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Re: Pressure Acummulator Discoveries




>	As a newbie owner ('85 5000ST,91.3K), what's normal operating
>	temperature for these cars?  Mine appears to run a little hot:
>	equilibrium is exactly at the half-way mark on the gauge.  (And
>	boy is that fan noisy or what ..).
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Sounds about right.  A real drawback of the turbocharged cars.

>	Also, my gas mileage is not exactly stellar -- I've never in
>	the three months/6,000 miles that I've had the car broken the
>	the 22 mpg mark. 21 mpg is typical.  I would have expected more in
>	the 24-25 mpg range -- what do you folks get?  How dependent is it
>	on average driving speed?  I don't feel any lack of power, though.

what type of driving? stop-n-go, mixed, I've seen higher for mostly highway and 
as low as 16 for pure city driving.
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>	-Arun
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