127 Miles on nearly 20 gallons?

[Huw Powell]

> i recently started noticing the gas mileage going down
> on my car, first i was getting about 400 miles out of
> a tank which is about right, but then i noticed i was
> only getting about 230 the next month

Sound sliek it needed a "tune up", good place to start is plugs, cap and
rotor.

> and then of
> course right now i just got 127 miles on a full tank
> on my 84 4k.

Now it *really* needs a tune up.

> it also blows black smoke and bogs down
> really bad going into 2,3,4,5 gears

Um, yeah, probably needs a tune up.  if those ignition parts don't fix
it ask again.

Might be running very rich due to bad OXS or temp switch for the ECU.

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Huw Powell

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