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On 7 Aug 2006 at 21:45, mackenzie wrote: > However in regards to fuel economy- I drive about 20 miles to work each way, > and on the way home can sit in sometime very heavy traffic. I had a 74 super > prior to this and was driving close to the same distance and didnt go > through nearly as much fuel as I am now, hence my suspicion that there's > something wrong with that dept. (could be totally unrelated to the other > issues). But since my odometer doesnt work anymore its hard for me to really > gauge what my exact mileage is per tank. My quick calculation puts me > somewhere around 10mgs, which is like hummer mileage. Borrow a voltmeter and use it to monitor your 12 V power at the fuse box. Drive the car around a bit to warm things up then, with the engine still running, check the voltage. The voltage will go up as you speed up the engine, but it will level off at some point. That point should be above 14 V. If it ends up less than 13.5 V replace the voltage regulator with a Bosch 30-019, which will cost you $30-40. Low system voltage makes the FI run rich. -- Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~