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Offline topher

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Re: Sudden MPG drop on my 2.0 GTi???
« Reply #10 on: 23 January 2008, 10:51 »
o2 sensor at a guess, seems to go wrong commonly on the 2.0's
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Re: Sudden MPG drop on my 2.0 GTi???
« Reply #11 on: 23 January 2008, 10:55 »
Il try and give the MAF a clean today and see if it helps
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Re: Sudden MPG drop on my 2.0 GTi???
« Reply #12 on: 23 January 2008, 15:05 »
As topher said my money goes on the O2 sensor. That went on my 2.0 a few months ago now, was giving me 19MPG etc.

Dont take it to the stealers, just go to your local garage, I would have thought they would sort you right out (thats what I did).
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Re: Sudden MPG drop on my 2.0 GTi???
« Reply #13 on: 23 January 2008, 15:46 »
where is the O2 sensor? is that the lambda probe?
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Re: Sudden MPG drop on my 2.0 GTi???
« Reply #14 on: 23 January 2008, 15:50 »
Quote from: rickyk on 23 January 2008, 15:46
where is the O2 sensor? is that the lambda probe?

Spot on, same thing, just diffrent name. No idea where it is tho.
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Re: Sudden MPG drop on my 2.0 GTi???
« Reply #15 on: 23 January 2008, 16:16 »
anyone know where it lives? manfold/exhaust?
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Re: Sudden MPG drop on my 2.0 GTi???
« Reply #16 on: 24 January 2008, 10:43 »
location?
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