>Wed, 1 Mar 2000 15:17:51 EST Joe Lucca <JLucca8410@AOL.COM> said:
>Subject: Gas Consumption
>on my way back to work i noticed i went through a quarter tank of gas
awfully
>fast, and the van wasn't accelerating properly. does this sound familiar to
>anyone?
>joe
>86 vanagon

A couple of months ago I went 43 miles on a half tank.  Blowing huge black
clouds of smoke.  Eventually had to stop, it was running so poorly.

It was my fuel pressure regulator, it had plugged up and I was running 90
plus psi fuel pressure instead of the proper 30 or so.  Made me run a little
rich...

Carl
82 Vanagon L
83 GTI
86 Scirocco