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On 26 May 2004, at 20:33, wodkowski@mac.com wrote: > I had written before about my terrible city mileage. Jim said I should > check my voltage at the generator measuring from D+ to ground. I just > got around to that and measured (with all other wires still attached) > 15.5 V at medium rpms. Now Jim said I should get about 14.5, so NOW my > question is whether this is too high? Would that affect mileage? 15.5 sounds just about right if you're measuring it at the generator. It should measure 14.1-14.4 at the output of the VR, or at the battery, but that's harder to get to. > Anyway, what else should I check? My dwell, timing and valves are all > good. May be awhile before I get to it. Grad school starts next week. Are the vacuum retard and advance diaphrams still both good? They should each hold vacuum. Any gas leaks anywhere? Cracked overflow hose? - Jim Adney Madison, WI USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org