Mileage reduction solution found?

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Author Message   Paul T. Schram (Paulschram) Senior Member Username: Paulschram Post Number: 1033 Registered: 02-2002 Posted on Friday, February 21, 2003 - 08:01 am:    Sounds like a Milton novel, eh? Last night, I replaced the cap and rotor on the Disco... I don't know why it was necessary, the one replaced only had 42K on it! This morning, it was as though I was driving a different vehicle! It actually accelerated! I burned less fuel (albeit measured by movement of the gauge) on the entire route to work this morning than I burned from the half-way gas station home last night. I think I'll put off the new oxygen sensors for another 100K to be absolutely sure they need to be replaced! Peace, Paul   Prescottj (Prescottj) Senior Member Username: Prescottj Post Number: 265 Registered: 12-2002 Posted on Friday, February 21, 2003 - 11:02 am:    Hey Paul, with your milage you should almost be on your 3rd set   Prescottj (Prescottj) Senior Member Username: Prescottj Post Number: 266 Registered: 12-2002 Posted on Friday, February 21, 2003 - 11:03 am:    Don't 95 discos only have 2 02 sensors to replace?   Paul T. Schram (Paulschram) Senior Member Username: Paulschram Post Number: 1036 Registered: 02-2002 Posted on Friday, February 21, 2003 - 11:59 am:    No, I should be well into the third set! I have had the opportunity to extinguish the light twice since I've owned the truck, once at 103K and again at 155K. Now that it is running well again, I don't feel the urgency to do the diagnostics on the sensors, but will if for no other reason than the exercise and to determine the actual operating characteristics of the sensors. Yes, pre-96 Rovers only had the single pair of sensors. Paul   Steve (Steve2) New Member Username: Steve2 Post Number: 8 Registered: 09-2002 Posted on Friday, February 21, 2003 - 12:08 pm:    paul if you think that is amazing - replace your fuel filter - you will think you have a turbo under the hood.... steve   Paul T. Schram (Paulschram) Senior Member Username: Paulschram Post Number: 1037 Registered: 02-2002 Posted on Friday, February 21, 2003 - 03:38 pm:    Steve: NO!!!!!! I'd rather do the heads again rather than tackle that project. When we did it on my brother in law's Rangie, I made him remove the old one just so he'd appreciate me more. Not sure it worked. It's great fun when he gets mad and starts swearing in Serbian. Maybe when I replace the O2 sensors, I'll do the fuel filter too. 250K miles seems about right. Peace, Paul   Prescottj (Prescottj) Senior Member Username: Prescottj Post Number: 271 Registered: 12-2002 Posted on Friday, February 21, 2003 - 05:02 pm:    Paul, my old 02 sensors have 70k miles less than your current ones,do you want them? LOL how about my old fuel filter?