[T3] Re Invasion Update

Brian Fye bfye at canyonville.net
Wed Jun 27 11:00:45 PDT 2012


Great report Jim!

We are almost home, but I do know my MPG after a jet change is up by 19 percent!

On 6/27/12, Jim Adney <jadney at vwtype3.org> wrote:
> I'm all recovered from the trip, so here are the details:
>
> 2291 miles at an average of 25.75 mi/gal. The best tank was 29.5 and
> the worst was 23.6. The worst tanks were on the way out, when we had
> very strong head and cross winds all the way. The best tanks were on
> the way home, which tends to be more downhill, but the weather
> managed to turn around and give us headwinds most of the way,
> although they weren't as strong.
>
> The exhaust valves had tightened up just a bit, but most of the
> intakes were unchanged. The dwell had increased slightly, which
> retarded the spark by a couple degrees. That would have decreased my
> gas mileage a bit.
>
> I often smelled gas during the drive, mostly just after filling up,
> but a little bit almost any time. So this morning I did a final
> fillup, to get the average gas mileage, and then checked everything
> over for leaks. I found 2 very small ones, neither large enough to
> drip, but still enough to smell.
>
> There was one at the top of the tank, where my overflow hose kit was
> installed. I had overtightend one of the crimp rings, leaving a VERY
> small passage where the hose had puckered up. I fixed that by
> crimping less, and oiling the surfaces so they could slide and not
> pucker. That leak would only have leaked when the tank was full, so
> it explains why my gas mileage got better after Dave mentioned that
> he could smell me when he followed close behind me. I stopped topping
> up the tank after that, and my mileages seemed to improve slightly.
>
> The second leak was below the tank, where the pressure hose connected
> to the hard line running back on the driver's side of the car. This
> is the same spot that I thought I had fixed before meeting the
> eastern caravan. I could see a bit of wetness on that tube, but an
> extra 1/4 turn on the hose clamp seems to have fixed it. It's really
> hard to get a screwdriver on that hose clamp; I ended up using an
> open end wrench.
>
> I drove home making lots of left turns and weaving down the streets,
> to slosh gas up against the gas cap, but there was no sign of leakage
> there.
>
> Everything on the engine is dry, but I haven't gotten underneath to
> inspect where the pressurized hard line comes out of the pan on the
> driver's side. I should look there, but I suspect that it's fine,
> because it's a LOT easier to get a screwdriver on that clamp.
>
> BTW, I've replaced all the pressure hoses under the tank, but the
> unpressurized hoses are all the originals. They are still supple and
> have their original factory crimp hose clamps on them. That's 41
> years and 80,000 miles later.
>
> ALL the hoses at the rear of the car, where they get hot, have been
> replaced.
>
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> Jim Adney, jadney at vwtype3.org
> Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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