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• Re: Propane tank filling
  Historical mailing list - westydriver
  Fri, 13 Sep 2002 00:14:20 -0600
  ...As you stated, only in the "boil off" rate for consumption would the altitude come into play. jimt On Thursday, September 12, 2002, at...
• Re: Laptop Power Consumption?
  Historical mailing list - Simon Reinhardt
  Mon, 18 Nov 2002 10:22:32 -0700
  I'll chime in on this, too. Just checking around the room, the power supplies for a camcorder, an IBM laptop, and an HP...
• Re: New Engine report
  Historical mailing list - John Runberg
  Sat, 24 Apr 2004 11:49:46 -0400
  ...Do rebuilt engines come with these instuctions? - gas consumption The trip from Canada to NC isn't the flattest drive in the world. For...
• Re: Local gas prices
  Historical mailing list - wheelierider
  Sun, 23 Apr 2006 09:44:41 -0700
  ...Gas > consumption across North America didn't go down last year. But it > could have. If think if the price of gas were really...
• Report: gas mileage, in town, 1.9L AT
  Historical mailing list - chris and/or ruth
  Mon, 4 Apr 2011 20:16:01 -0700
  ...I don't normally check� fuel consumption except when on camping trips, those are highway miles. I get about 18 to 21 mpg depending...
• 2L aircooled '80 -what rpm?
  Historical mailing list - Ben Gabel
  2 May 1996 16:24:54 +0100
  ...What is the most economical RPM range for this engine? I'm fitting a tacho & want to get the best fuel consumption. Any advice...
• Re: Charge control 2 (fwd)
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 28 Sep 1995 11:41:30 -0500 (CDT)
  ...Apparently, alternators on newer cars are equipped with the low-consumption smart voltage comparator chip. >All European cars 75 and up have these solid...
• Fw: Propane Fridge
  Historical mailing list - Dane Tessler
  Tue, 28 Apr 1998 11:02:42 -0700
  ...Propane Fridge >> >> Does anyone know what the propane consumption is on the fridge? How long >> would it run on a full tank of LP...
• Help me out project people... WAS: Propane pressure facts
  Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
  Thu, 1 Nov 2001 20:13:27 -0700
  ...The blanket is without a thermostat and runs continuously making the heat level hard to manage and the power consumption excessive. I am considering...
• Re: Aerodynamics related to fuel consumption (for an 84 tin top)
  Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
  Mon, 24 Oct 2011 22:17:53 -0700
  ...Aerodynamics related to fuel consumption (for an 84 tin top) It is not the frontal area that kills the aerodynamics of the van, it...
• Re: Gas prices ...read and weep (2)!
  Historical mailing list - Joseph J Helwig
  Sun, 21 Apr 1996 08:53:06 -0600
  ...that when cars come to america they suddenly >increase their fuel consumption by 20% . > imperial gallons to litres; multiply by 4.54 american gallons...
• Re: ISO '90 or '91 Carat
  Historical mailing list - harald.nancy
  Wed, 22 Oct 1997 13:08:09 -0700
  ...It might have slightly higher fuel consumption compared to my ex-81 standard westy, but it doesn't make much difference. It handles well...
• Re: engine swap source: TDI
  Historical mailing list - Helmut Zeidler
  Wed, 18 Mar 1998 08:33:02 +0200
  ...Low fuel consumption at a small revolution range near by the maximum torque. Isn't it that what you like to have? Helmut '80...
• Re: For Sale: Volkswagen LT35 in SoCal
  Historical mailing list - Helmut Zeidler
  Mon, 15 Feb 1999 11:33:05 +0100
  ...Less power, high fuel consumption. I sent a description of the upgraded 2.8 TDI to Bjoern, who may translate the article when he...
• gas mileage
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Mon, 11 Dec 2000 16:48:45 -0500
  Is there a significant difference in gas consumption between 1.9 and 2.1l motors? Someone wrote last week that they got about 300...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - sanford schulwolf
  Sat, 27 Jul 2002 16:26:57 -0700
  Oil consumption, low MPG Hello, We are on our big summer trip from San Francisco, into British Columbia - we have 2.5 weeks. I...
• Re: Maybe now is the time to fill the tank of your extra car or "parts vanagon"
  Historical mailing list - turbodieseltrooper
  Fri, 2 Sep 2005 20:17:52 -0700
  ...The flat > statement was fuel consumption problems "cannot simply be solved by > technology." It wasn't a "plan"; I was simply pointing out that...
• Re: Fuel Consumption
  Historical mailing list - Rodney Kindlund
  Tue, 30 Apr 2002 15:43:22 -0700
  ...What I did was try to remember the fuel consumption and thought it was 26.5. I just took out my Handspring Visor and...
• Re: Delta Six DS4000
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 23 Jun 2015 20:22:19 -0700
  ...I'm looking for an LED bulb to minimize consumption. I ordered one from an online Vanagon vendor and when the wrong bulb arrived...
• Re: thermal storage in wasse
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 12 Dec 1995 09:56:04 -0500
  ...eigine warm up more quickly, adding to improved efficiency and fuel >consumption, but it also makes for warmer passengers and cleaner windows. >the >air...
• Roof A/C - Swamp Cooler
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Wed, 31 May 2006 17:30:05 -0700
  ...Looks like you can run it off of a solar panel so power consumption shouldn't be a problem. The website doesn't say...
• Re: Vitrifrigo/Truck Fridge power usage
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon
  Sun, 18 Sep 2011 21:10:48 -0700
  ...then why >>> does Vitrifrigo even bother giving the option of three different levels of current >>> consumption? >>> --------- >>> Rocket, >>> >>> Somewhere between your question (above) and Dennis...
• Re: Digifant 21. MV High Fuel Consumption
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Tue, 19 May 2009 09:31:08 -0400
  Dave, don't think of it as a poor mileage car. Think of it as the best mpg motorhome that was ever made. Check...
• Re: More Friday Blabbering
  Historical mailing list - Miguel Pacheco
  Fri, 20 Jul 2007 16:21:30 -0400
  ...we feel we may be over the limit in our alcoholic consumption or, we do as Jeff Lincoln and pull over for a nap...
• Re: Breather tower test?
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Sat, 17 May 2008 16:15:57 -0400
  ...http://neksiwel.20m.com/cgi-bin/i/images/p9110067.jpg and I would swear my oil consumption dropped dramatically. This engine has over a...
• Re: Oil.. Where's it go?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 18 Oct 2017 19:48:56 -0700
  ...I doubt the integrity (structure) is negatively affected. > > I'm quite sure switching to synthetic oil has reduced oil consumption at > freeway speeds. > > Don...
• Caravelle VR6 & TDI
  Historical mailing list - Tore Vefferstad
  Wed, 27 Mar 96 10:41:12 +0100 (MET)
  ...Fuel consumption is 8,5 l/100km at 90 km/h and 14,5 l/100km in "city traffic". This is better than the...
• Re: Calculate fuel consumption when idling?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Sun, 25 Nov 2007 16:13:58 -0800
  ...Calculate fuel consumption when idling? 855 liters per minute? Let's see ... 1.3g per liter = 1,110 grams of air per minutes / 15...
• Re: O2 sensors, setting air mixture
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Mon, 21 Nov 1994 13:15:03 CST6CDT
  ...on a) > the sensor readouts and b) fuel consumption? (in other words does fuel > mixture need to be readjusted after a new cat is...
• Re: Eurovans (bare with me)
  Historical mailing list - DANIEL R HERBERT
  Tue, 20 Apr 1999 14:36:45 -0400
  ...Fuel consumption is close to a draw. Torque is great, and well-matched to the vehicle. Hope this helps. Dan On Tue, 20 Apr...
• Norcold AC/DC refrigerators...
  Historical mailing list - Alan Bosch
  Thu, 17 Jun 1999 15:50:55 -0500
  ...There are, after all, a few beverages that need to be cold for proper consumption at the camp site :o) Has anyone on the...
• Re: Calculate fuel consumption when idling?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Mon, 26 Nov 2007 13:23:45 -0800
  It's simple and direct. If I had a gas can I'd do it right now! -- Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott 71 Type...
• Re: Calculate fuel consumption when idling?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Mon, 26 Nov 2007 17:08:10 -0800
  ...Yes, > flow through. > > And for fuel consumption, imagine the cold start and then extended warm up > due to the engine not being loaded. Probably...
• Re: Aerodynamics related to fuel consumption (for an 84 tin top)
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Mon, 24 Oct 2011 18:09:08 -0700
  ...Aerodynamics related to fuel consumption (for an 84 tin top) To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Date: Monday, October 24, 2011, 5:29 PM � For...
• Syncro: miles/gal trip log
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Fri, 10 Jan 1997 10:22:41 -0800
  FYI here are the gas consumption results from our Christmas trip to Tom Forhan and south through the mountains of Giorgia, Tennessee, Alabama and...
• Re: The best GENERATOR
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 10 Feb 2010 13:19:29 -0800
  ...But what is the best > up > > to 2000 watts geenerator with the cleanest power output, low noise level, > > fuel consumption, longest life, best weight...
• Re: Unreal oil consumption on diesel Va
  Historical mailing list - Zeidler HelmutNTC-Dusseld.
  Thu, 28 Aug 1997 18:02:25 +0200
  >I Don't have al the info you need, but can say that my 1985 Turbo diesel >Jetta has 140 k on it and...
• Re: oil consumption rates?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 16 Feb 2000 15:01:13 -0800
  In my experience, a quart every 500 miles is right at the borderline of acceptability, with 1000 miles being about average and 250 miles...
• Re: I am almost ready to shoot my vaagon!
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Mon, 11 Dec 2000 22:05:13 +1200
  ...Too little air and too much fuel and you get incomplete burning, fouled plugs/pistons/rings etc, smoke, excessive consumption...and that hidden danger...
• Re: Laptop Power Consumption?
  Historical mailing list - Billy
  Sun, 17 Nov 2002 19:22:17 -0800
  Ah Dang, been sniffin those fumes from my leaking heat exchange to much. Just when I figured out a perpetual motion machine and you...
• Re: Propane heaters
  Historical mailing list - John C...
  Wed, 8 Mar 2006 18:14:31 EST
  ...Other than space, power consumption is the main reason: Plat-Cat: .5 amp/hour Suburban Furnace: ~5 amp/hour If you're always plugged...
• Re: How to increase gas mileage
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Thu, 27 Apr 2006 13:59:52 -0700
  ...I also find that driving at 90 kph rather than 110/120 kph makes for the biggest decrease in fuel consumption. Why is no...
• Re: Idling downhill? (Was: Calculate fuel consumption when idling?)
  Historical mailing list - Kai Mei
  Wed, 28 Nov 2007 17:11:03 -0500
  SWAG... neutral is much more gas efficent.. assuming you don't have to come to a full stop at the end of the hill...
• Re: [Diesel-Vanagon] Won't Start
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Thu, 28 Sep 2006 06:47:58 -0700
  ...Clogging your air filter is a recipe for runaway in a TD (speaking from experience...) What is your oil consumption? Mine has plenty of...
• Re: 84, rich running, help request...
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Tue, 29 Jun 1999 20:05:23 -0400
  ...Fixing that improved things somewhat, > with good idle and better gas consumption. > > I'm still seeing stumbling (the AFM capacitor fix has been done...
• Re: Fuel Saver ?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 26 Feb 2006 21:11:12 -0800
  ...It is supposed to reduce turbulence and therefore drag at the rear of vehicles and improve the laminar flow thus reducing fuel consumption. Maybe...
• Re: Fuel Consumption
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Tue, 30 Apr 2002 11:20:59 -0600
  Sure, go ahead a gloat ;>) ....great mileage Rodney..I wish, I wish.... I've got a 17-19 thing going on with my Westy...
• Re: How long to do a valve job and replace the seats?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 27 Sep 2000 18:18:49 -0500
  If the compression is good, but oil consumptions is high, the suspicions would be that the valve guides are wearing out. On every intake...
• Re: Fuel consumption in different gears - how does the energy / fuel work?
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Mon, 26 Mar 2012 12:14:07 -0400
  ...The problem with what your asking for in terms of data is that I don't know an accurate way of measuring fuel consumption...
• ThinkGeek fridge/cooler review
  Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
  Wed, 5 May 2004 14:02:05 -0600
  ...Power consumption when cold: 1.6-1.8 amps @ 12.7v (25watts) MY PERSONAL OBSERVATIONS: A good deal, I daresay. This is a great...
• Re: Update on Waterboxer vs Transplant Power Options
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Thu, 21 Jun 2001 01:48:00 EDT
  ...Ring control and wear will be seen as oil consumption. Current piston ring technology with synthetic oil will be hard pressed to show consumption...
• breakfast in Saltlake City
  Historical mailing list - Ted Titcomb
  Mon, 15 Jun 2009 10:18:09 -0400
  ...desert in the heat of the day! They report no oil consumption(!) or problems, but lots of time in the Colorado mountains in 2nd...
• Re: Stereo Power Amp
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Sun, 10 Nov 2002 00:37:09 -0500
  ...s internal amp when camping. > > The reason being to minimize power consumption when camping. > > However the Stereo Guy .... tells me this really isn't...
• Re: Main bearings/rod bearings/bolts
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Tue, 28 Jan 2003 09:25:53 -0500
  ...Most aircooled folks would be ecstatic if their oil consumption was that low. Do a compression check and if your compression's okay, just...
• Fridge usage
  Historical mailing list - Marla Stelk
  Wed, 20 Nov 2002 10:00:04 -0500
  Hello everyone, The electrical consumption rag reminded me that I wanted to ask ya'll about using the fridge while driving. The instructions that...
• Re: Calculate fuel consumption when idling?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Mon, 26 Nov 2007 15:30:28 -0800
  ...Heck, I figured that the rate of gasoline consumption when idling would have been determined long before I got this van, and would have...
• Re: Maybe now is the time to fill the tank of your extra car or "parts vanagon"
  Historical mailing list - turbodieseltrooper
  Fri, 2 Sep 2005 18:07:27 -0700
  ...Maybe now is the time to fill the tank of your extra car or >> "parts vanagon" >> >> >>> Well, *of course* our fuel consumption problems can...
• Re: Which Subaru engine?
  Historical mailing list - Kelly Bauman
  Thu, 17 Jul 1997 10:06:46 -0700
  ...Also subaru no longer produces the SUX? > Forget to mention fuel consumption? Single digit MPG results are not funy. Better throw in a new...
• Re: CANADIAN THREAT!/FRI!
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Sat, 17 Apr 1999 01:33:53 -0500
  ...Those Nags they turn into politicians, for domestic consumption. Cheers! Marshall Ruskin 84 Westy Iron Igloo
• Re: Cylinder Sleeves Quick Question
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Tue, 18 Apr 2000 18:33:38 -0400
  ...only rings works for a short time and then the oil consumption increases that said the cylinders need to be honed to brake the...