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Subject:Re: Still lousy gas mileage
From:Jonce Fancher
Date:Wed, 2 May 2012 22:12:41 -0400

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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>
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<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">I would say a manual trans
1.9&nbsp; Waterboxer Westy will do about 20.5
mpg</blockquote></blockquote>tops. &lt;&lt;<br><br>
That is my exact average during the summer.<br><br>
<br>
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<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">Your oxygen sensor is working ?
&lt;&lt;</blockquote></blockquote><br>
The voltage looks good, it's 3 months old.<br><br>
<br>
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<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">no restricted cat or muffler
?&nbsp; &lt;&lt;</blockquote></blockquote><br>
This seems to be the latest consensus.&nbsp; I think I will replace the
cat next<br>
week.&nbsp; 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>
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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>
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