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In case Jim is curled up in front 60 minutes.... Check your voltage regulator, if system voltage is low it will run rich and the aftermarket regulators cant be trusted. You should at least be 22-23 in town. Keith > 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 > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >