Wednesday, December 28, 2011

The Van is Back.

In my last post, blogger "have a nice day" pretty much described the repair work my mechanic performed better than I could have described, so read his comment.

Other information:

1. The oil pressure sender was replaced because it was leaking oil.

2. I have switched from Valvoline synthetic blend 5w-30 to Valvoline synthetic 5w-30. I have had problems finding the synthetic blend recently, so I thought now would be a good time to make the switch to full synthetic.

3. Lastly, I filled up with 91 octane (no ethanol) after getting the caravan back from the shop. I won't be doing this very often, but I thought it would be interesting to see any differences in performance compared to the 89 octane (10% ethanol) and 87 octane (no ethanol).

The following fill-up was achieved with 87 octane (no ethanol):

December 27:
277.9 miles / 13.935 gallons = 19.94 mpg

2 comments:

wounded said...

I commented on a previous post. But just curious as to the cost of repairs?
Regards,
Brian

Ben said...

Parts: 1315.63 +
Labor: 700.00 +
Misc.: 10.00
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Subtotal: 2025.63 +
Tax (6%): 121.54
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Total Cost: $2,147.17