

| 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 . . . . . ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com
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