Used to get about 20% more, 17-18 in town, 19-20 highway. Sacramento is lot flatter than SF. On 2/28/04 5:58 PM, "Art McGinn" <ajmcginn@EARTHLINK.NET> wrote: > in stop-and-go traffic in san fran, i'm lucky to get 12 mpg. on > freeway, especially if reasonably flat, get around 21 mpg. these babies > really suck-it-up in 1st, 2nd & third gears, and you spend a lot of time > there in stop-and-go city driving -- i rarely get into 4th gear, for > that matter. i've come to believe that the above mpg figures are about > normal for these lovable frankish sumos. art, '82 westy (ex '68 breadloaf) > > > > > > > Mike Miller wrote: >> Volks, >> >> My 84 Westy is getting 15-16 mpg. Bad. >> >> >> Put my digitool in there, looked like the O2 sensor was bad. Changed it. >> >> Same mileage. >> >> Put digitool in and the engine starts missing badly from 2800-3000, OK above >> and below. >> >> Readings on digitool >> >> >> T1 .92-.95 >> T2 .13-.14 >> O2 0-.75 >> AFM 1.57-1.61 at idle up to 3.5 plus at 4000 rpm. >> >> >> f1 flickers >> f2 steady >> >> Any ideas? >> >> >> Mike >> > > |
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