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Date:         Mon, 3 Apr 2006 09:08:09 -0700
Reply-To:     Michael Diehr <md03@XOCHI.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Michael Diehr <md03@XOCHI.COM>
Subject:      Re: mpg
In-Reply-To:  <44309EB8.70306@cs.uchicago.edu>
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My story:  My 85 westy automatic, with my old 1.9 engine with 150k
miles on it with low oil pressure, I'd get about 14-15 around town
and 17-18 on the highway, driving around 60-65mph.


I recently had a rebuild 2.1 put in (with new plugs, distributor, and
ECU) and now it seems like I'm getting around 12ish?   Of note, my
speedo cable seems to have developed a kink at the same time, and now
when going about 10-20mph the needle is jumping around and I can hear
it go click-click-click.    It also seems like the engine is running
rich, but I'm not sure about this.


Question -- could a partially damaged speedo cable be causing my
odometer to read wrong?  Or is it more likely that my engine is in
fact running rich with the new ecu, and i need a tuneup?
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