Did you do everything with the EI upgrade? The correct 12V coil? Gapping
your plugs to .040 and running out to 18-20 degrees for your advance? On
the two installs of Garys EI dizzy, I have been pleasantly surprised with at
least 5 mpg better..
Eric
> My car used to diesel a lot until I installed Gary's EI distributor.
> For the most part that solved my problem. It also greatly improved the
> feel of the engine under load reducing pinging immediately after
> shifting going up a steep grade or accelerating at lower rpm. It is
> not as necessary to downshift when picking up speed in traffic. My gas
> mileage improved but only very slightly.
>
> Bill
> San Diego
> 70 1600
>
> On Apr 9, 2004, at 3:25 AM, datsunmike wrote:
>
> > There are several things that can cause dieseling. Too much compression
> > caused by a cut head, sharp edges in the combustion chambers that get
> > hot
> > and act like a spark plug continuing the combustion process, too high
> > an
> > idle speed and gas not having enough octane.
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