Jeff,

I have an '85 Westy weekender and get about 200 miles before fill up - this
usually works out to about 12 gallons of gas.  On the interstate the gas
mileage is about the same with the Westy cruising at 75.  I have a stock
1.9L and a manual tranny with a total of 135K on the van.

Chris.

----- Original Message -----
From: Jeff Palmer <jpalmer@MB.SYMPATICO.CA>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, December 11, 2000 3:48 PM
Subject: gas mileage

> Is there a significant difference in gas consumption between 1.9
> and 2.1l motors?  Someone wrote last week that they got about
> 300 miles on a tank of gas with a 2.1.  I get about 350km (210
> miles) on about 50l of gas consistently with my 1.9l (in the
> summer, its much less in the winter of course).
>
> I had been considering moving to a 2.1l model as an "upgrade"
> until there were some questions as to its reliability and
> whether or not the increase in power was worth the extra cost.
> Better fuel economy would be an important factor though.
>
> They're all the same size gas tank, aren't they?
>
> Jeff
> 85 Westy
> Winterpeg