[T3] Corn Fuel and Type III engines

[Keith Park]

That's true, but I notice it on my long trips to Virginia in the fall too,
if I go down late, I get less gas mileage than if I do earlier in the year.
I also noticed it this past March when it was in the 80's for a week and I
actually got the Square out and drove it for a week, on the December fuel
load.

Keith


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[mailto:type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org] On Behalf Of Jim Adney
Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2012 11:21 PM
To: type3 at vwtype3.org
Subject: Re: [T3] Corn Fuel and Type III engines

On 3 Oct 2012 at 19:30, Keith Park wrote:

> Heck, I notice a drop off in gas mileage just going to the winter blend
gas!

I suspect that what you notice is mostly the change in temperature. 
Engine warmup takes much longer when it's cold out and the engine 
starts out colder. Depending on the time of year, the starting engine 
temp diff can be more than 70 F. That's huge, and it makes a big 
difference to both FI and carb engines.

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