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Old Jan 1, 2014 | 09:30 PM
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make sure you dont have a fuel leak, like thru the overflow hose or something. something is bad wrong to be getting 25 miles to the gallon. hows the choke?
 
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Old Jan 11, 2014 | 07:40 PM
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make sure you dont have a fuel leak, like thru the overflow hose or something. something is bad wrong to be getting 25 miles to the gallon. hows the choke?
The choke idles perfect when you close it and you can tell there is an obvious difference when the choke is on vs off so I believe it works perfect. I've kept a way chile eye and No gas leaking while idling, driving, or off. The last thing I could think of it is running to rich with fuel in the air gas ratio. Don't know if it would cause as bad mileage as I'm getting but I wonder if it is a possibility??? Though my mileage was 25 mpg since then I've seemingly got about 30 mpg which is better but still not right, I think thanks for the responses
 
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Old Jan 11, 2014 | 07:44 PM
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what jets are you running? My 2006 883 never got under 40mph and I ran the **** out of it
 
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