You might check your wheel alignment. It doesn't take much excess toe-in to really make the tires scrub. Jake On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 4:19 PM, Michael Sullivan <sandwichhead@gmail.com>wrote: > Well, it seems that all I could really try is to slow down a little. I > have > stock 14" tires and Royal Purple in tranny and final drive. All new wires, > rotor, etc. My timing could be a little off, though. Wish I could get > 20mpg. Otherwise, van runs and drives really well. Thanks for all the > tips. Thought I read the Temp II or something could be cleaned and > possible > help mileage but I may be mistaken. Enjoy the road. > Michael in San Antonio > 91GL Weekender AT 2.1L 'Gringo' > 73 Beetle > > > On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 6:14 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans < > scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote: > > > do you have pretty standard size tires ? > > wouldn't want big fatties , not for fuel mileage. > > > > >
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