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Subject:Re: gas mileage tanks....
From:Mark Dorm
Date:Sun, 27 Aug 2000 01:35:42 PDT

does the two minute idle upon shut help prevent rich start up or are you
refering to the fuel injection system??? - I think fuel injected 911's have
(or at least had) a choke you could use...

>From: SpaceKommander <jboldway@cottagesoft.com>

>
>The answer is simple - one word, really : SATAN. I think German cars suffer
>from fuel economy gremlins like British cars suffer from electrical
>problems. Don't worry. It will go away. I'll get 19 MPG one week then about
>9 the next, then back up to 19 . . . I have learned to just ignore it -
>only thing that worries me about it running excessively rich is from engine
>wear due to rich startup which causes unburned gasoline to wash oil off
>cylinder walls. Nice thing about old carburated engines is with a manual
>choke you could open it up and keep the engine revved about 1700 rpm by
>foot until it was warmed up . . . . .

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