>Wed, 1 Mar 2000 15:17:51 EST Joe Lucca <JLucca8410@AOL.COM> said: >Subject: Gas Consumption >on my way back to work i noticed i went through a quarter tank of gas awfully >fast, and the van wasn't accelerating properly. does this sound familiar to >anyone? >joe >86 vanagon A couple of months ago I went 43 miles on a half tank. Blowing huge black clouds of smoke. Eventually had to stop, it was running so poorly. It was my fuel pressure regulator, it had plugged up and I was running 90 plus psi fuel pressure instead of the proper 30 or so. Made me run a little rich... Carl 82 Vanagon L 83 GTI 86 Scirocco |
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