I had changed the oil(Pennzoil Platinum 5W-30),checked the rear end oil, checked that antifreeze ratio was at least 60% to 40% water, checked all the tires AND the spare(which was low on air),made sure the Degas bottle cap was loose enough to keep from holding any cooling system pressure, and TOOK OFF!
12 days and 2500 trouble free miles later I'm back home, refreshed from the vacation and ready to work up coming nightshifts.
AVERAGED 28 mpg doing road miles, and about 22 when heavy amounts of city driving occurred between fill-ups.
ONLY problem I had was sometimes on start-up it would idle really rough until I gassed it up to speed.
I ran 2 doses of STP fuel system cleaner thru it, and one dose of GUMOUT fuel system cleaner thru it and the problem lessened considerably.This car was driven sparingly the last 13 yrs. by it's original owner.I believe maybe the fuel system cleaner was badly needed. ANYWAY...............I had a trouble-free trip! don-ohio ^)
12 days and 2500 trouble free miles later I'm back home, refreshed from the vacation and ready to work up coming nightshifts.
AVERAGED 28 mpg doing road miles, and about 22 when heavy amounts of city driving occurred between fill-ups.
ONLY problem I had was sometimes on start-up it would idle really rough until I gassed it up to speed.
I ran 2 doses of STP fuel system cleaner thru it, and one dose of GUMOUT fuel system cleaner thru it and the problem lessened considerably.This car was driven sparingly the last 13 yrs. by it's original owner.I believe maybe the fuel system cleaner was badly needed. ANYWAY...............I had a trouble-free trip! don-ohio ^)
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