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Originally Posted by riethoven
I think your mileage is lower than the average. I have a 1985 W123 Wagon and get 24 around town and 28 on the road. We took my wife's identical car to Florida and cruised at 80MPH most of the time and still got around 23 MPG. We also had a full compliment of luggage and five people in the car.
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They aren't super economical and they do consume some gas (diesel) but 22 to 25 mpg I could live with. I know mine is low based on the fact that I haven't changed my routes or trips much.
As I said a Full Tank easily took me to Boston a few years ago and would last me a week of commuting. I could live with even 20mpg. But at 15 to 16 mpg, something is definitely amiss.
I dont know why people dont suspect injectors. I had a bad Ip once and thats basically what it was, trash. The car went from a dog to a perky peppy driver after i changed the IP. The Shop that checked the bad one basically said the ALDA was non existent and 3 out of 5 injector barrels were shot and something else ( I forget) was non existent. Everyone else said " Adjust this and adjust that and you will be fine..."
That being said, i will probably replace my Injectors and Pump and my mileage will even get worse
, always seems to be my case. Later on I will find out my daughter is siphoning off diesel
heck you can't stop a tinkerer from tinkering...I just want to do it correctly. I mean can't Injectors go South? They are fallible, too. (After all, I am also)