I'm still under 20 mpg (276K miles 83 300TD) and it's neither leaky fuel lines nor a faulty odometer. As of now I still don' have a clue what might be causing this crppy fuel economy. The car runs fine otehrwise. To make matters worse, diesel sells for more than high test here in D.C.
On 12/30/05, BillR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Bob - My mileage is back up to 26 on my '81 SD. I did have a leaking fuel > return line on 1 [enough to make it wet] and replaced 1-2-3, but I don't > think that was all of the reason for the 3-4 mpg drop I got for three tanks. > BillR > Jacksonville > 1981 300SD 'EM' 269k miles > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Bob Rentfro > Sent: Friday, December 30, 2005 6:08 PM > To: Mercedes mailing list > Subject: [MBZ] New Life and a Scalded Dog > > I believe my lack-o-power woes may have been a tank of bad fuel. Now that > I've ran two tanks of the usual stuff, everything is back to normal...even > without changing the filters yet. Could that be possible? > Additionally, the oldest girl child was home with the TDI Beetle. I drove it > today and was reminded how much fun they are. It goes like a scalded dog. > She claims she got 47mpg on the way home. When she takes off for the U.K. > next month, I be able to clean it up, get a timing belt done...and somehow > tell her it is going to become mom's car while she is singing and dancing > across the U.K. Girl-child will be surprised to find out she is now old > enough to get her own car when she returns. Stand by for tears. > > Bob Rentfro > '77 300D 146K > Litchfield Park, AZ > _______________________________________ > http://www.striplin.net > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used > parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.striplin.net > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net >
