Date:         Wed, 18 Mar 1998 00:03:35 -0800
Reply-To:     t bill <tbil@YAHOO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <Vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         t bill <tbil@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: mileage
Comments: To: Bob Berkemer <berky@WIN.BRIGHT.NET>, Vanagon@VANAGON.COM
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>
> Oh, the VW content... I was surprised to see my mileage vary a great
> deal between over the 3,800 mile trip. High was only 19mpg and the low
> was 13.7mpg. Averaged around 16 mpg. Now we did drive a lot at 65 to
68
> miles per hour and we did run into a good bit of head wind but I
figured
> we'd do better than that especially since it's a new engine with only
> 6,000 miles on it. Is this normal for an 84 westy automatic?

I don't know, Bob.  I've got an 83.5 auto westy and I've just checked
my records for a couple of long distance trips.  High was 21.9 mpg
(tail wind), low 16.1 (nasty head wind), tend to average 18 - 19 on
trips.  And I travel faster than you do.  >

Check the tail pipe and see if there is any carbon build up.

TBill
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