Re: used parts/bad mpg

["Ian Overholt" <ioverholt@hotmail.com>]

From: Mike VanAmburgh <vwvr6r@fiber.net>

I checked my gas mileage last tank
and got only 20.3 mpg.  Ouch.  My VR6 car gets better mileage than that,
so I'm thinking that's not good.

-Mike

-No, that's not good.  You should be getting between 27 and 31 MPG.

-Ian Overholt
88 16v
81 "S"

Ian wrote:
> 
> >From the top;
>  my wife normally drives the car so I don't know when this started
> (unfortunately she tends not to follow the mileage)
> Symptoms: 20mpg, faint fuel smell in engine area
> Idle is good, I do hear something of a 'put put' sound when I take my 
foot
> off the gas after revving it a little. No funky colored smoke coming 
out of
> the exhaust, no other unusual noises or sounds. Fuel line connections 
to and
> from fuel filter look good
> Recently replaced: fuel, oil, air filters, plugs & wires, O2 sensor, 
and
> transmission
> 
> So far from the wonderful people who have responded I need to check
> "all the fuel connections, fuel distributor, cold start valve, fuel
> filter,injectors, all those connections. make sure she is firing on 
all 4 no
> misses. platinum plugs (bosch) of course, exhaust clogged ( possibly 
cat )(
> hope not ) vac lines and all that"
> "clean ALL the FI connections with some
> contact cleaner, and don't forget the O2 sensor connection.  also, 
check
> and see if the temp sensor is sending the correct signal"
> 
> I'm in for a busy weekend ;-)
> Thanks
> Ian
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: scott hand <vidahand@qx.net>
> To: Scirocco <scirocco-L@scirocco.org>
> Date: Wednesday, January 27, 1999 12:27 PM
> Subject: Re: used parts/bad mpg
> 
> >On Wed, Jan 27, 1999 10:45 AM, Ian <mailto:e@sbbs.se> wrote:
> >>Sorry guys I had the tank replaced about 6 years ago and the smell 
is
> >coming
> >>from the engine area, oxygen sensor was replaced last summer, also
> >replaced
> >>last year was air filter (K&N) fuel filter, spark plugs & wires.
> >>
> >>thanks for trying, but please don't stop!
> >>ian
> >>
> >
> >I occasionally have problems getting the fuel filter to seal well. 
Look at
> >fuel line connections to make sure they are dry (grey, not dark). A 
lot of
> >times a bad seal doesn't drip, just evaporates of the line. However, 
that
> >probably wouldn't account for bad mileage. I missed your previous 
post so I
> >don't know what symptoms your engine is showing. If you have bad idle 
it
> >could be leaky cold start valve, mixture, timing, lots of things.
> >
> >
> >
> >scott
> >
> >'86 Scirocco 8v
> >
> >
> >
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