Hi Jeff, I've had a 90 GL country homes conversion, P/S, automatic, with 205/70s on alloy rims, since new. I don't think I've ever got more than 260 miles out of a tank and by that time I've pumped in close to 15 gals. - i.e. running on fumes. I've even coasted into the gas station a couple of times (once managing to swipe the side of the van in my haste to get to the correct side of the pump before momentum gave out!). I just rejoined the list and didn't see the post you mentioned, so if someone is getting 300 miles from a tank I want to find out how! Graham 90 GL auto country homes camper > Jeff Palmer wrote: > > > > 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 > > -- > Stuart MacMillan > Seattle > > '84 Vanagon Westfalia w/2.1 > '65 MGB (Daily driver since 1969) > '74 MGB GT (Restoring sloooowly) > > Assisting on Restoration (and spending OPM): > '72 MGB GT (Daughter's) > '64 MGB (Son's) > > Stripped and gone but their parts live on: > '68 MGB, '73 MGB, '67 MGB GT
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