[Vwdiesel] mileage woes

[Val Christian]

Roger,

Is the 1.9 blown?  I could be wrong, but I think most of the noise on 
1.5 NA and 1.6 NA is induction and exhaust noise.

Val

> 
> LBaird119 at aol.com wrote:
> > 
> > > The Rabbits are quiet
> > >   enough at 40, but at 80, they're just too loud.  My
> > >   opinion.
> > >
> > 
> >   More than opinion IMO.  ;-)  Last trip to Seattle in Dad's pickup, I
> > plugged
> > my ears for ALL of the highway driving.  I like the right amount of "bathroom
> > 
> > tissue" just stuffed in.  Cuts the high frequencies and still lets me hear at
> > 
> > about 70% volume.  It was SO much more relaxing and when I got home
> > my ears didn't ring!
> >   One of the projects for the pickup and my Rabbit is sound deadening!
> 
> One big difference I found between the 1.6D in my '81 and the 1.9D in the '82 (both pickups) is that the 1.9D is *so* much
> quieter.  I think this is mainly due to being able to run a part throttle on the 1.9D.  With the 1.6D, I found up to 55 it was
> not too bad, but past that and you got into the last part of the throttle travel, where the linkage picks up that last lever,
> and that's when it got much louder.  With the 1.9D, you are only at 1/3 to 1/2 throttle under most conditions and about all you
> hear is the wind and road noise, not much from the engine or exhaust.
> 
> I also found a marked MPG vs. MPH relationship.  Keep it to 55 or below and I get around 44 MPG, but push 65-70 (or higher) and
> MPG drops to 36 or so.
> 
> --
>    Roger
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