[Vwdiesel] Passat electrical woes is me.

[Brian and Ruth Decker]

HI Loren; There has to be something about a Dasher perhaps it is more
aerodynamic than the other VWs of the early N/A diesel era. The only honest
50 mpg under most conditions VW N/A diesel other than my 1981 Dasher station
wagon with a 1.6 and a 5 speed from a turbo diesel Quantum that I have owned
is a 1981 Dasher 4 door sedan. You do have to get rid of the short Dasher 4
speed if you want to highway and get good mileage. The easy answer is a Fox
gasser 4 speed. They are quit tall and drop in with no conversion. You are
then good to go traveling. I drove mine on a 8800 mile trip to the east
coast and up to Maine then back through Kentucky and southern California.
Average MPG for the whole trip 49.43. 178 gallons to go 8800 miles. Not bad
for 29 a year old Dasher. 
Brian Decker
Toledo WA

-----Original Message-----
From: vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com [mailto:vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com] On
Behalf Of LBaird119 at aol.com
Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2011 9:31 PM
To: vwdiesel at vwfans.com
Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] Passat electrical woes is me.

In a message dated 2/24/2011 7:08:52 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
decker at toledotel.com writes:

>   What is an ECU I can't find one on my 1981 VW Dasher 1.6 diesel
> Station Wagon that gets 50mpg most every fill up. It's been on a lot of
> trips in the last couple of years. Oklahoma twice, Arizona twice, Texas
> once, Canada 3 times, Nebraska once, Maryland once and California too many
> times to mention.
> 

  Extra Crunchy Underwear (from too long of trips between truck 
stops due to making very high mileage).  ;-D
  Yeah, yeah, preaching to the choir there Brian.  I only own one 
computer controlled version of diesel.  I could bypass the problem 
but don't know how many more might pop up unexpectedly. 
  Never could get 50mpg consistently on anything other than a 
chipped Passat either.  Then again you have a coveted 5 speed, 
Dasher diesel combo too.
    Loren
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