Re: mysterious fuel problems...

[mallick@orion.crd.ge.com (John Mallick)]

Dan Simoes wrote...

I still have a couple of problems:

- - gas milage is horrible, 19.5mpg on a long trip, worse if it snows.
  A guy with an 85 gets 27-28.  We've got oxygenated gas now
  but it should be better than this.

...
You should be doing better than that.  My '84 4000sq gets about 28 mpg
on a long trip.  Is your O2 sensor working?  Otherwise, I might
suspect a bad temperature sensor messing around with the fuel
injection.  That smell of fuel makes me think it is running a bit
rich.  It might be worth having someone look at the fuel injector
spray pattern.

How's the air filter?  It's a real bear to get to, so maybe it hasn't
been changed for a *long* time.  Someone once said that removing the
headlamp allows easy access, but I just leave it to my mechanic. 

John Mallick
'84 4000sq
'91 200tq20v