Re: Gas Mileage and burning Oil problem......

[Etop Udoh <eudoh@crl.com>]

> > my problem is now a little different.
> >  
> >  1.  The oil pan now holds oil, but the car loses or burns about 7 - 8
> >     quarts of oil a month, and the oil pan is not leaking anymore.
> 
> 
> Its not leaking oil anywhere else?? Really climb all over the engine to
> find any wet spots. if not, then its an internal problem. (gulp!)
> 
 will do......

> 
> >  2.   After I got a tune up, a new clutch put in, and the fuel
> injectors
> >     cleaned with some of the gas-line additive stuff, I now get barely
> >     barely 300 miles per tank of gas compared to the 400 - 500 that I
> >     used to get before.  No doubt the car runs better and faster, but 
> >     what gives with the "Gas Mileage" ??????
> 
> 
> Might sound funny but are you on the gas more? (Spirited driving now that
> its running better than before) Have you noticed whether or not your
> doing more in town driving than freeway driving before or are you still
> on the same driving routine?
> 
> How many tanks of gas have you burned since all the repairs/tune up? 
> 
 average fill-up is about 12 gallons of gas and that last me about 3 to 4 
days.....at around 300 miles on that tank - give or take a few....
 I do a lot more driving but I remember getting closer to 400 to 500 miles
on a tank of gas per fill-up in the past, but the car ran like a crippled 
animal then.

> 
> Shawn Meze
> 86' Jetta GLi
> 82' Scirocco GTi
> The Fastest, Quickest, Cleanest and
> best looking Scirocco in all of San Diego!
> 

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