Re: Terrible mileage problem

From: Bob Tom (tigers@bserv.com)
Date: Thu Nov 11 1999 - 05:40:06 EST


At 10:40 PM 11/10/99 -0800, you wrote:
> <snip>
>My brother recently bought a used 1991 Dakota Club Cab 4X4 318 auto.
>The original owner told him that it has 3.91 axles. He has been getting
>REALLY bad mileage; in the order of 140mi per 16gal of fuel (8.75mpg?!?!?)

It may be carboned up pretty badly. Also check the conditions of the
plugs, wires, distributor cap and rotor.

Bob. Southern Ontario, Canada.
'97 Dakota CC Sport, FR, 5.2L, 3.55 SG, auto.



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