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There's been a few posts here, some by me, some by others, in regard to poor gas mileage. I did a search and found that there were some people having issues with their C&L mass air and that the solution, in some cases, has been to rotate the sensor in a certain direction to resolve the issue. This appears to be more common on cars that have the fenderwell cold air units with the K&N filter installed, like mine. If this is possibly the case, which direction would I want to angle my sensor to lean out the fuel mix, toward or away from the engine?
 

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Installing the K&N inside the engine compartment has been known to cause problems with air disturbance due to the wash from the fan. This may not apply to your setup.
 
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Black Sun 5.0 said:
There's been a few posts here, some by me, some by others, in regard to poor gas mileage. I did a search and found that there were some people having issues with their C&L mass air and that the solution, in some cases, has been to rotate the sensor in a certain direction to resolve the issue. This appears to be more common on cars that have the fenderwell cold air units with the K&N filter installed, like mine. If this is possibly the case, which direction would I want to angle my sensor to lean out the fuel mix, toward or away from the engine?
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Rotate it while the engine is running until you reach a spot that suites your taste. What problem are you having?
 

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I'm running damn rich, that's the problem.
 
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