My gas mileage has hit an all-time low of 14 mpg. I have a 72' 1700 and I'm at my wits end as to how to get more miles for the buck. I've changed the ignition system completely (i.e. brand new), I've checked the compression and its A-OK and I've changed the cut-off jets in the carburator. All of these things were done on the advice of mechanics... What I have not yet attempted is a carb equalization. I didn't think it needed one because the engine runs like a Swiss timepiece. Any suggestions? Is the "volume control" screw really just an idle mixture screw? If not, then is there a volume control screw on the passenger's side carb? AAArgh, I hate not being able to drive my VW... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Mark Sabourin "They all err; Muslim, Christian, and Jew Two make up humanity's universal sect, One man, intelligent without religion The other, religious without intellect." - Ma'arri (1057) "The plague of man is the opinion of knowledge. That is why ignorance is so recommended by our religion as a quality suitable to belief and obedience." "Man is certainly crazy. He could not make a mite, and he makes gods by the dozen." - Michel de Montaigne Carleton University Email address: msabouri@chat.carleton.ca ----------------------------------------------------------------------
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