Have you checked for fuel leaks? Have you checked to see if it's running rich? I get about 16-17 cruising at 75 Mph in my '84 Westy. Chris. --- Geza Polony <gezapolony@SBCGLOBAL.NET> wrote: > My '84 Westy has lousy fuel economy--right now it's getting > around 12 mpg in > combined city/highway driving, and has never gotten more than > 18mpg on > highway-only driving. This is with winter California gas, > 87-89 octane, > pretty light foot on the accelerator. Sometimes it has gotten > as low as 8.9 > in city driving. > > What's been done to the engine: new fuel injectors, new plugs, > new plug > wires, new distributor cap, new O2 sensor, new Temp II sensor, > set timing, > set CO mixture, set idle position and throttle switches, > checked and > repaired all vacuum lines (distributor advance works fine), > checked and > cleaned charcoal cannister, new fuel pump, new fuel filter, > new air filter. > > The car runs fine, no problems idling, going up hills, > starting, or anything > else. > > Is this normal Vanagon mileage or is there something else I > should check? > > Thanks for any input. > > Geza >
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