Helping your MPG

[RussellK]

More important that what number you get for the TSII is that the resistance changes (downward) as the engine temperature changes (upward).

I didn't know that. I just took a read on a cold engine. So I should take a cold read and then warm up the engine and take another read? If resistance doesn't drop then I might have a faulty TSII?

[Randy in Maine]

Leave the ohm meter hooked up and start up the engine. As the engine warms up, the resistance should change with increasing engine temperature. From Ratwell's site....



Post your results please.

[chitwnvw]

I had a decline like that because of the gap in the points. Have you done a basic tune up?

[khargis]

(1978 2.0 fuel injected bus) hey folks, i recently started smelling gas, usually after i have filled up, but not always. what are some steps i can take to track down this matter? leaky fuel lines - i haven't noticed any leakage in or under the bus. any thoughts would be helpful. thank you, kris

[Bleyseng]

Those pesky vapor elbows above the gas tank or the tank rubber filler elbow are cracked.

[dtrumbo]

Credit where it's due, Richard Atwell. http://www.ratwell.com

[Bleyseng]

#1 is the rubber filler neck elbow that cracks and stinks.

[luftvagon]

My van prefers to run richer. While it revs faster when lean, it runs stronger when running rich. Unfortunate side affect is a bit harder start, which may just mean a slight adjustment to AAR.

[khargis]

thanks, i'm gettin on it today, will holla back.

[Amskeptic]

My van prefers to run richer. While it revs faster when lean, it runs stronger when running rich. Unfortunate side affect is a bit harder start, which may just mean a slight adjustment to AAR.

Try the owner's manual factory blessed hot-start method:

slowly press accelerator to floor while cranking - release instantly upon catch

[JLT]

Try the owner's manual factory blessed hot-start method:

slowly press accelerator to floor while cranking - release instantly upon catch

Is that supposed to work for '71 buses (1600 dp) as well as those of the vanagon vintage?

Or is there a better method?

(You'd think that after 300,000 in buses, I'd know, but every bus seems to want something different.)

[luftvagon]

My van prefers to run richer. While it revs faster when lean, it runs stronger when running rich. Unfortunate side affect is a bit harder start, which may just mean a slight adjustment to AAR.

Try the owner's manual factory blessed hot-start method:

slowly press accelerator to floor while cranking - release instantly upon catch

That's what I have been doing, but I don't like doing that. Makes me cringe.

[bajaman72]

Is this bad? I have to start my baja like this as well (2276). My 1600DP/34-3 starts with the flick of a switch hot or cold.

[Amskeptic]

My van prefers to run richer. While it revs faster when lean, it runs stronger when running rich. Unfortunate side affect is a bit harder start, which may just mean a slight adjustment to AAR.

Try the owner's manual factory blessed hot-start method:

slowly press accelerator to floor while cranking - release instantly upon catch

That's what I have been doing, but I don't like doing that. Makes me cringe.

Why? You release the accelerator as it catches, no rpm spikes whatsoever. Engine needs air when hot, to counteract fuel vapor.
ColinNoCringe

[sped372]

That method works well for me too, trick is to depress slowly enough to get minimal squirtage from the accelerator pump.