Date:         Sat, 28 Feb 2004 19:39:11 -0800
Reply-To:     Mike Miller <mwmiller@CWNET.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Mike Miller <mwmiller@CWNET.COM>
Subject:      Re: Bad gas mileage/ecu
Comments: To: Art McGinn <ajmcginn@EARTHLINK.NET>
In-Reply-To:  <40414742.70400@earthlink.net>
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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)
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> Mike Miller wrote:
>> Volks,
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>> My 84 Westy is getting 15-16 mpg.  Bad.
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>> Put my digitool in there, looked like the O2 sensor was bad. Changed it.
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>> Same mileage.
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>> Put digitool in and the engine starts missing badly from 2800-3000, OK above
>> and below.
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>> Readings on digitool
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>> T1  .92-.95
>> T2  .13-.14
>> O2  0-.75
>> AFM 1.57-1.61 at idle up to 3.5 plus at 4000 rpm.
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>> f1 flickers
>> f2 steady
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>> Any ideas?
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>> Mike
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