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high fuel consumption

Posted: 11 Jan 2014, 17:00
by mutt1960
hi can anyone help me with this problem, i have a 2.1 inj 1990 van when i rev my van black smoke comes out the exhaust it is only doing 14 miles to the gallon and thats on a long run .probably doing less on a short run, any ideas what the problem might be.the garage that i took it to did something with the air flow mixture but its not fixed the problem might have even made it worse. any :idea :idea

Re: high fuel consumption

Posted: 11 Jan 2014, 19:05
by mrhutch
what engine code?

Re: high fuel consumption

Posted: 11 Jan 2014, 20:32
by Bigfootedboarder
Air leak, metering unit faulty?

Re: high fuel consumption

Posted: 11 Jan 2014, 21:08
by mutt1960
mrhutch wrote:what engine code?
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