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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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