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Subject:Re: weird problem w/ poor 85 Westy gas mileage
From:Cory Zumbrennen
Date:Thu, 9 Jan 1997 21:38:27 -0700 (MST)

On Thu, 9 Jan 1997, Lawrence Johnson wrote:
 
> My wife and I just returned from a trip to Giorgia, Tennessee, Alabama
> from Ontario, Canada. We drove the long stretches on Interstates (why is
> the wind always head on?) and took lesser roads through all the
> beautiful mountains we could find. The whole trip was 2960 miles and we
> AVERAGED 20.76 miles/gallon (thats US gallon and US miles). Wow you guys
> have good gas (92 to 94 octane of all brands). 
> More seriously, I think what made ALL THE DIFFERENCE was the INJECTOR
> CLEANER I used three times allong the trip.
> Larry
> '86 Syncro Westy
> 

	I have definatley noticed this phenomenon many times.  Those tanks
with the fuel system claener (K44 or is it 44K) just seem to go on and on.
But when I figure in the cost of the additive, $20 or something
ridiculous, my cost per mile skyrockets...

Cory 
'86 Westfalia