Uhh, wouldn't they want to surpress this with all the power available to them?
10% lowered sales would seem disasterous.
-Curt
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Howdy -
If this story were true wouldn;t the gas/fuel companies put a bit of
Acetone
in for us? Something that would bump mileage by 10% or so would seem
to be
a pretty good advertising story - they could do it and we would never
know
unless they told us.
Sincerely,
Larry T ('74 911, '67 MGB, 78 240D)
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I think your next step, given the age of the engine, should be a
compression check. Compression problems usually show up as cold start
issues long before they affect power or economy. When it gets really
low the engine will start to misfire at warm idle and will be a bear to
start when cold, but it'll still drive well at speed.
If it's not compression, check for bad injectors, especially if you're
getting a lot of nailing with the engine warm. In my experience a VW
diesel with good injectors, and properly timed, is relatively quiet for
a diesel -- they don't clatter as much as the other mechanical diesels
I've experienced. Rebuilt injectors are around $40 each; if the ones
you have are original to the car, you may be amazed at the reduction in
smoke and noise with new ones. (Or you can take them to a Bosch shop
and get them "pop tested." Last time I did this it was $10 an injector,
which could be credited towards rebuilt ones if they were bad.)
