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- From: ravalent@mothra.syr.EDU (Bob Valentine)
- Subject: Re: Poor Economy--318 Mopar
- Message-ID: <1993Jan23.193150.25245@newstand.syr.edu>
- Organization: Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
- References: <EfLj8cG00X0wQ0lklo@andrew.cmu.edu> <1jpakqINN7up@fmsrl7.srl.ford.com>
- Date: Sat, 23 Jan 93 19:31:50 EST
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- In article <1jpakqINN7up@fmsrl7.srl.ford.com> tgl@slee01.srl.ford.com (Tom Leone) writes:
- >
- >For that matter, EGR helps fuel economy, too. Was it removed
- >or disabled before the engine was installed?
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- NOT! Diluting the intake mixture with burned/partialy burned
- exhaust gas will only serve to reduce economy, since the fuel system
- will have to compensate by adding more fuel. Just disconnecting the
- EGR _WILL_ reduce mileage, since the system will then tend to run
- rich.
-
- >
- >Tom Leone <tgl@slee01.srl.ford.com>
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