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Re: Gas mileage?? Spotbiltxo #1261671 04/06/2018 12:34 PM
Joined: Aug 2012 Posts: 1,214 Knox County, TN V Volfandt Shop Shark
Volfandt Shop Shark V Joined: Aug 2012 Posts: 1,214 Knox County, TN	My stock 49 3100 w/216 w/a Roch B gets about 13mpg and looses about a qt every 250-300 miles. It may burn some but it leaks most of it out. Try a plug extender in your cyl #3. 1949 Chevy 1/2-Ton 3100 1949 GMC 1/2-ton 100 In the Stovebolt Gallery More pix on Photobucket Video of the 216 running Video of a Winter Cruise

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Subject	Posted By	Posted
Gas mileage??	Spotbiltxo	04/06/2018 2:09 AM
Re: Gas mileage??	Tiny	04/06/2018 11:33 AM
Re: Gas mileage??	Volfandt	04/06/2018 12:34 PM
Re: Gas mileage??	32vld	04/06/2018 1:06 PM
Re: Gas mileage??	moparguy	04/06/2018 2:18 PM
Re: Gas mileage??	Wally / Montana	04/06/2018 3:03 PM
Re: Gas mileage??	Spotbiltxo	04/06/2018 4:40 PM
Re: Gas mileage??	Tiny	04/06/2018 6:51 PM
Re: Gas mileage??	old55guy	04/06/2018 11:32 PM
Re: Gas mileage??	moparguy	04/06/2018 6:32 PM
Re: Gas mileage??	panic	04/06/2018 7:26 PM
Re: Gas mileage??	Spotbiltxo	04/06/2018 10:15 PM
Re: Gas mileage??	Justhorsenround	04/06/2018 11:51 PM
Re: Gas mileage??	Spotbiltxo	04/07/2018 12:49 AM
Re: Gas mileage??	DennisM	04/07/2018 1:07 AM
Re: Gas mileage??	Spotbiltxo	04/07/2018 3:47 AM
Re: Gas mileage??	moparguy	04/07/2018 10:31 AM
Re: Gas mileage??	Spotbiltxo	04/07/2018 2:21 PM
Re: Gas mileage??	6571	04/07/2018 3:17 PM

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