Haskell- Make absolutely sure that the flex rubber fuel line going in
front of the valve cover and feeding the injector bar has no cracks.
Your leak may be elsewhere, but if it is there, you are courting
disaster. If it is an old line, I'd replace it in any case.
Rob Bast
Hinesburg, Vermont USA
'92mi16
'91mi16
89505v6
57citroen2cv
On Jan 8, 2008, at 11:18 AM, Haskell Small wrote:
> By any chance do you smell gas? Is it possible there is a leak?
>
> I ask this because I occasionally smell gas from my 89 mi16
> (despite my
> mileage being fine). I have had it checked several times and no
> leak has
> been found, but I continue to smell it- just last night when first
> getting
> in my car, which was parked on the street, I noticed it. And I
> noticed it
> again later in the night after being parked in another location on a
> different street- so I can't write it off to me smelling someone
> else's
> fumes. I have been hit in the rear and wonder if the gas tank has a
> small
> leak, but of course it never smells when I'm "at the doctor's
> office" and my
> mechanic says don't worry about it. But I worry by nature- should I be
> concerned with this and look deeper?
>
> Haskell
>
> Haskell Small, composer, pianist, teacher
>
> haskellsmall@starpower.net
>
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>
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>
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>
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> _____
>
> From: peugeot-L@yahoogroups.com [mailto:peugeot-L@yahoogroups.com]
> On Behalf
> Of peugfan@juno.com
> Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2008 10:52 AM
> To: peugeot-L@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Peugeot-L] Mi16 lousy mileage
>
> Well, I put on about 70 miles locally, then 170 miles on the
> Interstate at
> about 75, with cruise control on, topped up the tank when I got
> back, and
> the mileage went all the way up to about 25 mpg. 23.8 for my daily
> commute,
> 25 at highway speeds. Definitely not right.
>
> The car runs GREAT! I'm using regular unleaded, as I have since I
> bought the
> first Mi new in '89. Pulled the plugs (Denso) this morning: all
> four look
> like new, no deposits, etc. The wires are not the originals, look
> brand new.
> Car only has 105,000 miles.
>
> I looked up the recommended spark plug gap in the Haynes; they
> indicate .060
> inch for the Mi16. My plugs are set at .040. I find it hard to
> believe that
> the gap could make a difference in my gas mileage because I always
> thought
> the gap was supposed to be about .032, which is what I normally set
> gaps on
> all my other 405s over the years. That .060 would seem huge. Is
> that my
> problem?
>
> I can pull the distributor cap, etc., but that doesn't seem likely
> since the
> car runs so well. If gas wasn't $3.25 (regular) here, I'd just live
> with it
> rather than take a chance messing up such great performance!
> Suggestions???
>
> fs
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