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- From: gshaffer@frc.ri.cmu.edu (Gary Shaffer)
- Subject: Re: [W] My 85 JettaGLI's Temperature
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- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 18:14:52 GMT
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- >I dont know if I should be worried about this or not, but I just bought a
- >85 Jetta GLI with about 97k on it.. I previously had a 85 GTI that I believe
- >had the same motor, minus the A/C, PowerSteering etc.. Well the GTI and the
- >Jetta both have the MFA guage which shows the Oil temperature (among other
- >things) the GTI's temp was usually about 165 or so, I never saw it higher
- >than 195... The Jetta However runs at about 210-220 all the time... Is this
- >normal?? It seems that the same motor should run at the same temperature
- >in both cars?? Other people with MFA guages, what temp does your car run at?
- >
- >ALso I have been noticing I think bad gas milage.. My Jetta seems to be getting
- >about 330-350 Miles per 14.5 gallon tank of gasoline... What kind of milage
- >do others get??? My GTI used to get almost 415 miles out of the same size
- >tank when I first got it, but towards the end it only got about 350...
- >
- >Thanks for any input...
- >
- >
- >--
- >---===>>> Nick <<<===---
- >haasnr@ucunix.san.uc.edu
- >------------------------
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- Nick,
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- I have an '85 GLI with about 90K on it. Oil temp is typically about 200.
- The highest I've seen it is 230. MPG is about 21/27.
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- - Gary
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