Re: Painting cars---Heavy Hoods

["Daryl Koch" <pbulman@nycap.rr.com>]

Keith - I'd be using Sta-bil in the gas for that OB all of the time.  With
the new gas and small carbs, there is a tendency for the gas to varnish up &
go flat in about a month.
Daryl - 72SB
----- Original Message -----
From: "Keith Park" <topnotch@nycap.rr.com>
To: <type3@vwtype3.org>
Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2005 10:11 PM
Subject: Re: Painting cars---Heavy Hoods


> Ive found recently that modern Gas, here in the US anyway, it very
> problematic and wont give you the gas milage you used to get... especially
> the winter blends.
> My 87 Golf with straight CIS will not start and idle properly hot, for the
> first 20 seconds or so, because of vapor lock in the fuel lines.  It wasnt
a
> problem in 87 but it is now and its not a problem with the injections
> system.
>
> Ive also found that my 61 Merc outboard wont start as it used to 10 years
> ago, needs more choking now. and again... I rebuilt and properly adjusted
> the carbs, and finally concluded that its the gas!
>
> KEith
>
>
> > > Re/ Mileage for a 72 T3 FI being acceptable at about
> > > 22 mpg, that's a sort of relief...though the idea of
> > > VWs being "good on gas" is from an earlier time, I
> > > suppose, relative to 60s and 70s Belchfire bombs.
> >
> > VW gas mileage suffered a lot as the engine displacement went up in the
> 60s and
> > the emissions controls came in.
> >
> > > It seems that such cars may not be up to contemporary
> > > urban area highway levels because of the speed thing.
> > > Modern cars on 65 MPH highways go 75 and 80+
> > > routinely, thus making a 65 or even 70 mph VW almost a
> > > stand-still obstacle.
>
>
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