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Date:         Wed, 11 Jan 2012 10:13:07 -0800
Reply-To:     Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@YAHOO.COM>
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From:         Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: Was:Re: Oil in Coolant Morphed to "Power at Altitude" or
              something like that.
Comments: To: Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
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Could be for the reasons you already specified:  If at sea level you use X amount of fuel for a given number of revs, then at elevation you use .8(X) fuel for the same revs.  
 
Or maybe not.  I'm no scientist, nor do I play one online.
 
Stephen


--- On Wed, 1/11/12, Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM> wrote:




From: Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Was:Re: Oil in Coolant Morphed to "Power at Altitude" or something like that.




  On a side note:   I have noticed a significant increase in miles per
gallon at higher elevations in my inline Jetta gas motored vanagon....I get
around 23mpg as my normal fuel consumption overall, but when I venture into
the high mountains I have seen fuel economy jump to(max) 26 miles per
gallon on several occasions...  Wonder what causes that, exactly?


  Don Hanson
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