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Originally Posted by JamesDean
LOL. probably. The question is..is it really that big of deal lol. I'm averaging 33 mpg right now. Would like to jump up 3-4 mpg but probably not going to happen easily, especially with 70-75 mph averages.
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I hate to burst your bubble, but 33mpg is darn good. Over the ~30kmi that I owned my 124.128 it averaged right around 30mpg, and the best-ever peak was 33.0mpg, with a few tanks in the 32.x range. The car was fully tuned up (new timing chain, IP timing tweaked, synthetic fluids, etc etc) These numberes were all using the crap low-BTU diesel we get in the PNW, so if you live somewhere with "good" diesel, ~33mpg average is right on target.
There is literally nothing you can do to tweak the motor to get another 3-4mpg. The only thing I can think of that would provide that result (with no other changes) is a 5-speed manual with overdrive 5th gear. My nephew has a .128 with 5-sp and it has gotten ~36mpg on a long freeway trip.
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Originally Posted by JamesDean
Right now what IS worth dealing with is these two noises. One is in a door and goes away after about 20 minutes of driving and the other is this low pitch whistling of wind/air somewhere in the passenger side. Its akin to growling but sounds like wind whisping around something. Not a clue.
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The whistling/air noise... check the felt window channel in the door, look for any loose or misplaced trim, and - I swear - if you have any big chips in the windshield, get them fixed. Our car had a wind noise whistle that I could never track down and then after I had all the stone dings in the windshield repaired, voila! The noise vanished and never returned.
11-30-2012, 10:55 AM
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