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Date:         Mon, 22 Jul 1996 07:18:05 PDT
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From:         "Shawn Wright" <VWNUT@smus.bc.ca>
Subject:      Re: Gas mileage

On 21 Jul 96 at 16:13, John Sweet wrote:

> Here we go with my THIRD (and last) post of the day, and hopefully of > the week: > > My '87 Westy, 2.1 L wasserboxer engine, is getting only 17 mpg > highway. That seems low to me. Is it typical for the rest of you > guys with vans of similar age and equipment? > > One contributing factor might be that it has the wrong tires -- > 205/70R14 car tires, max load 1400 pounds. It should have light-truck > tires, like the ones it was shipped with. And having the wrong tires > often means lousy gas mileage. > My '88 w/165k on new engine gets 21-23 hwy, worst case about 19mpg hwy. I don't think tires should make that much of a difference if you run them at full pressure. I believe a bad O2 sensor can cause rich running and poor mileage - the Bentley should tell you how to test it.

Shawn '88 Westy 332k (Kyra) '85 Jetta TD 350k (Jenni)


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