

| Subject: | Re: Still lousy gas mileage |
| From: | Jonce Fancher |
| Date: | Wed, 2 May 2012 22:12:41 -0400 |
<html> <body> Have not followed the thread BUT, I traded my 84 Vanagon with 24k Miles that I have not driven for 4 years.<br> Put a new battery in it and it fired right up. But gas mileage sucked.<br> Found it to be the Vac can on the distributor was not advancing. Can turned crunchy.<br> Swapped it out and Up went the gas mileage.<br> still have the 85 westy zetec. <br> But the 84 is being driven gently by its new owner locally.<br> All in good fun!<br> Jonce<br><br> <br> <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite=""> <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite=""> <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">I would say a manual trans 1.9 Waterboxer Westy will do about 20.5 mpg</blockquote></blockquote>tops. <<<br><br> That is my exact average during the summer.<br><br> <br> <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite=""> <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">Your oxygen sensor is working ? <<</blockquote></blockquote><br> The voltage looks good, it's 3 months old.<br><br> <br> <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite=""> <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">no restricted cat or muffler ? <<</blockquote></blockquote><br> This seems to be the latest consensus. I think I will replace the cat next<br> week. May as well get that out of the equation since its probably 4-5 years<br> old and one of the $99 or so ones. I've gotten my money's worth out if it.<br><br> Thanks,<br> Bryan</blockquote> <x-sigsep><p></x-sigsep> <font face="Comic Sans MS">Jonce Fancher<br> 56 Single Cab<br> 66 Sunroof Bug<br> 66 Squareback<br> 66 Porsche 912<br> 71 Sunroof Bus<br> 84 Vanagon 7 Passenger 24k Miles<br> 85 Vanagon Westi 2.0L Zetec<br> 03 Sprinter<br> 1 Understanding / Tolerant Wife, 2 Kids and 1 Beagle <br><br> </font><a href="http://www.fanchers.com/" eudora="autourl"> www.fanchers.com<br> </a><a href="http://www.busesbythebeach.com/" eudora="autourl"> www.busesbythebeach.com<br><br> </a></body> </html>
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