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Subject:Re: decreased mileage problem solved!
From:Bill
Date:Sun, 14 Jun 1998 13:39:01 -0600

At best I get 15mpg city, 18mpg highway with auto tranny.

>   12 mpg is what i get also in city driving in san fran with my
> good-running '82. got about 20 mpg in a 5,000 trip last summer.
cheers...
>
> city At 11:05 PM 6/13/98 -0600, Gary Shea wrote:
> >On Sat, 13 Jun 1998, Mark McCulley wrote:
> >> I have determined the cause of my 2-3 mpg decrease in mileage after a
> tuneup
> >> and O2 sensor change...
>
> >> Mark McCulley
> >> 87 syncro Westfalia
> >
> >17.5, huh?  Wow.  I have an '81 Westy and get (I must admit I'm guessing
> >here...) maybe 12 mpg in city driving.  About 18-20 on the highway
> >since I did the rebuild, but city driving still drinks gas like
> >crazy.
> >
> >-----------------------------------------------------------------
> >Gary Shea                                       shea@xmission.com
> >Salt Lake City                      http://www.xmission.com/~shea
> >
> >

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