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Old 11-26-2019, 08:17 PM   #53 (permalink)
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The Green Hornet - '96 Ford Escort Wagon LX
90 day: 39.26 mpg (US)

The Red Rocket - '96 Geo Metro Base
90 day: 53.07 mpg (US)
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Very interesting - my car is indeed a 96 model. Curious that they stopped it in 96. Sounds like there were likely issues.

I am almost positive that the lean burn is the purge that I mentioned earlier. The car drops from closed loop to open loop and runs off tables since there isn’t a wideband to allow them to measure a/f besides 14.7:1.

The time in the mode seems to mirror what I recall from my ford fuel injection book from that time period.

I’ll have to pull that Manila out and study up on it to see what it says.

I do know that many people (including myself) disabled the purge condition. Due to issues with minor detonation and bucking when it happened. Perhaps that’s why ford stopped doing it in 96?
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