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My son's 69 SB is doing well. We ran a full tank of gas through and kept track (once we had put in a later speedo with tripmeter), and it's getting 17.5 mpg (all of it around town driving). It starts with a little bit of a loapy idle, as if it's too rich and after about 2-4 minutes starts running totally smooth. My think is that temp sensor I, is not working or perhaps has a bad connection to the control unit. The fact that the loapy idle goes away so quickly to me would indicate that the other temp sensor on the head is warming up and working properly. The sensor that's in the case should warm up as the oil comes up to temp which would take a little longer, but doesn't seem to happen. I checked the pressure sensor and I'm pretty confident that it has not been messed with. My think is that we should get 22-25 mpg around town. Does that sound right? Any pointers or things to check would be appreciated. Thanks, Jim Showker ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~