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 jim lay
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| posted on May 10th, 2003 at 10:51 AM |
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fuel economy of 2lt air cooled kombi
Just got a very good nick transporter to compliment thevery original one owner 1500 beetle (which is just mickey mouse!) and wondered does anyone
have any tech tips re improvement in fuel economy. Is there anything that can be fiddled with in the injection system? I have fitted a fuel star
catalyst on the beetle which has been brilliant in regard to fuel consumption , cleanliness of oil and unleaded compatability, but i gather these
units can cause problems with injectors due to minute deposites of tin. I,m a kombi owner from way back so I understand all the driving stuff. Cheers
to you all . Jim |
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| posted on May 10th, 2003 at 12:23 PM |
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I'm assuming its a '76 FI model? If so, use premium unleaded to help keep the injectors clean (don't use LRP under ANY circumstances)
which will help fuel economy a bit. The only other thing I can suggest is that you drive slower. My 2L FI bus could use up to 20 litres / 100 km if I
really hammered it, but staying under 100kmh and judicious use of the right foot will bring the consumption down considerably. 
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| posted on May 10th, 2003 at 05:29 PM |
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Would not worry about premium ulp unless it pings with standard ignition settings.Both my 76 Kombi's wer perfectly happy with regular ULP.
Jeff
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| posted on May 10th, 2003 at 11:24 PM |
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Were your '76's fuel-injected? The biggest problem I had with the FI was keeping the injectors clean which was resolved either by using
Mobil injector cleaner on every third tank, or by using Premium Unleaded.
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| posted on May 11th, 2003 at 01:59 PM |
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Yeah,
Had one FI and my current one is on dual webers.The FI ran fine on unleaded as does the one on webers
Jeff
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