Keep in mind that the Vanagon was designed as a utility vehicle first, built on a truck chassis. It was built in a period when 55 mph was the norm. And, true to form, my stock 88 GL 2.1L with manual tranny, will get 21 mpg if I peg it at 55 mph and don't dog the engine.Any thing faster than that and mileage drops precipitously. Headwinds and tailwinds have a significant effect as well. After all, the things aren't the epitome of aerodynamic efficiency. Regards, John Rodgers 88 GL Driver Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott wrote: > As I've posted previously, my 84 1.9L auto only gets about 15.5 MPG > while others have reported somewhat higher mileage. Even after filtering > out those who seem to be quite optimistic, and paying especial attention > to those who deny not keeping careful records, Mellow Yellow still > trails the pack. It gives us great sadness. > > It has been proposed that my poor numbers might be due to a funky O2 > sensor, or crummy compression. I'll get to the compression tomorrow or > the next day, but right now I have hooked up my handy-dandy voltmeter to > the sensor and with the engine warmed up, it is outputting between .36 > volt and .66 volt, ranging around about .55 volt. This seems kinda > normal, from what I read. > > -- > > Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott > 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus > 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana") > 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano > KG6RCR > > |
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