Folks, I got a bit of a surprise today at the gas pump. A few weeks back I drove my new (to me) Westy up from St. Louis to Minneapolis through a very nasty storm. What with hauling at least 50 pounds of ice on the undercarriage and 40 MPH headwinds, i expected the gas mileage to be low... and it was... about 15 to 15.5 MPG (doing the math in my head at the pump). Flash forward to yesterday when i took a nice leisurely drive out to New Richmond and back...127.7 total miles. Since the St. Louis trip i've replaced the coil, dist. cap & rotor, ignition wires, switched to RedLine tranny oil, and melted all the ice off the bottom of the vehicle. Filled the tank this morning: 8.1 gallons. For 127.7 miles that's 15.7 MPG. What's wrong with this picture? The engine ran fine and strong when i bought it... runs fine and strong now (with less bucking!). Seems to run a bit hot (needle about half out of the LED all the time at speed, fully above in traffic). Any suggestions on where to begin? Or should i just accept this as normal for my vehicle? Thanks, -jspeer '89 Westy still not-yet-named (Thirsty?) |
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