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Bought a new 940T wagon! Needs a little help on MPG, Performance 900 1994

posted by  Jon K. on  Tue May 20 06:16 CST 2008
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Thats a great buy!

Your mileage is low but not awful. If you have never driven a turbo before you will quickly learn that you don't need to beat it like you have to an N/A car to keep up with traffic. Otherwise, you are still a little low. I get 22-23 w/ my car (has a roof rack) with about a 70/30 split between highway/city driving.

I'd do the tune up as a matter of course and then go looking for vacuum leaks - intake manifold gasket, throttle body gasket, hoses, the brake booster check valve, etc.

Also don't neglect the coolant hoses. These will not factor into your mileage, but the heat a turbo generates is bad for the hoses. Pay particular attention to the oil cooler hoses below the oil filter. Oil drips on these during changes and can lead to bulging and softening.
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Jonathan Knauer - 94 945Ti - fun!






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