Date:         Sat, 22 Feb 2003 10:51:56 -0500
Reply-To:     "G.M.Bulley" <gmbulley@BULLEY-HEWLETT.COM>
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From:         "G.M.Bulley" <gmbulley@BULLEY-HEWLETT.COM>
Organization: Bulley-Hewlett
Subject:      automatic gas mileage.
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Pushing a 4,500 lb box with the drag coefficient of a brick wall up to
60 mph takes a lot of fuel, no matter how you drive, or what motor you
use.

There are mileage stats in the Vanagon archive from an informal survey a
bunch of us listees responded to a couple years ago. From vague
recollection 20 mpg was fairly mainstream for nearly any four-banger
(air, wbx, I4, etc.) Some folks claim 23, 25, etc. I've been pleased
with 20-23 in our 2056 cc air-cooled Westy.

Unless you have a diesel, or drive 25 mph, you won't see much above 22,
in an automatic Vanagon. Sorry.

From Our Nation's Rainy Capitol,
G. Matthew Bulley

WAR--A real threat to US Citizens?
Blood for oil?
Or an elaborate sideshow to distract attention from more pressing
national problems the Administration can't seem to solve?


-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf
Of Nock
Sent: Saturday, February 22, 2003 10:01 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: ticco automatic gas mileage.

My real issue with the automatic is gas mileage. With my Ticco, I still
get under 20 mpg.

    I have new fuel rail/injector's
    no fault codes when running
    voltage viewed through software looks in range
    same mileage if I disconnect my O2 sensor.
    plugs seem to look ok, maybe a little dark.(I am no plug expect
though)


Could it be leaks in the gaskets of my fuel tank?

Any tips ideas?