Have you broken the engine in properly? Years ago, I rebuilt a '61 Bug - first one from scratch - and the motor lacked power - until the rings finally seated. Performance went up by about double right there. Check your compression - and vacuum advance / distributor, too. Bad advance will cause bad performance.
Chuck Kuecker. Clark Gardner wrote: > Something isn't right. Probably your carb needs adjusting or a rebuild, could > be vacuum lines, timing...... 16 mpg at 45 mph is terrible. > Clark > > Jordan Elwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, my name is Jordan and I have resently had my 64 beetle engine rebuilt and > its now on the road. I am conserned that its not getting the right millage > though... I never take it over 45mph and on the last tank I got 164 miles. Is > this right? Before I had the rebuild done I was getting 230-250. Can someone > tell me what I should be looking at for a stock engine? Thanks! > > Jordan > _______________________________________________ > vintagvw site list > [email protected] > http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw > > _______________________________________________ vintagvw site list [email protected] http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw
