I have looked in the workshop manual but cant find this info so I thought I would ask you guys! Its for my 1303 73 Bug litres or gallons I dont mind, I am trying to work out the MPG. Thanks
-- Paul Soames
1973 1303 Beetle -
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Fuel Tank Capacity
Sep 05, 2003
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1973 1303 Beetle -
Uh, for MPG(l), just fill it, drive it, fill it and check the pump. Beats having to run it to empty.
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Speedy Jim
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That's horrible. What carb are you using?
You definately have a problem there, even my Navigator does better than ...
Tim
Paul Soames wrote:
Its a brand new 1914cc and i am still in the running in period, I am using dual twin Webber 44 IDF's!
Any suggestions on tuning would be appreciated!
I JUST got my 73 super that has a '70 1600cc stock with a 31pict carb....what kind of milage can I expect from it?
Ya think we are psychic or something? Drive it and you tell us! Okay, okay, between 8mpg and 35mpg. Guaranteed.
Psychic ? Or did you mean Psycho ?
My 67 with a 1500 gets about 35 on on the highway, 28 in town.
Randy
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What can I do to improve the mpg? I have tweaked the mixture and idle but is there anything else?
Something is very, very wrong. You might step over the
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and ask in the Drag and Speed section. Yourproblems could be anything from deckheight to jetting, an open manifold..or all of the above. I have a pro-built 2165 that gets as much as 40mpgat 65mph. It can be done.
ok ok so i found the problem very very simple problem at that. The speedo wasnt reading the milage correctely, to every true mile the speedo only recorded 0.3 of a mile which meant I actaully done 333 miles instead of my recorded 100! As you can guess the MPG improved greatly to 41MPG time to find a new head I have messed about with the old one but cant find a way to solve the problem. I think the cog that runs off the worm gear is just slipping on the milage counter shaft!
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