Jeff, I have an '85 Westy weekender and get about 200 miles before fill up - this usually works out to about 12 gallons of gas. On the interstate the gas mileage is about the same with the Westy cruising at 75. I have a stock 1.9L and a manual tranny with a total of 135K on the van. Chris. ----- Original Message ----- From: Jeff Palmer <jpalmer@MB.SYMPATICO.CA> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Monday, December 11, 2000 3:48 PM Subject: gas mileage
> Is there a significant difference in gas consumption between 1.9 > and 2.1l motors? Someone wrote last week that they got about > 300 miles on a tank of gas with a 2.1. I get about 350km (210 > miles) on about 50l of gas consistently with my 1.9l (in the > summer, its much less in the winter of course). > > I had been considering moving to a 2.1l model as an "upgrade" > until there were some questions as to its reliability and > whether or not the increase in power was worth the extra cost. > Better fuel economy would be an important factor though. > > They're all the same size gas tank, aren't they? > > Jeff > 85 Westy > Winterpeg |
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