Howdy all,

Well, my $500 '82 245GLT is surpassing my expectations in several areas. The car hunted at idle, especially when cold, when I got it. Now it overshoots once at startup and settles in at an indicated 950RPM. It may surge once or twice during warmup; after that it is smooth. I reckon the idle motor may have been a bit lazy from sitting. Is that a plausible guess?

A set of plugs and wires cured the heavy misfire under boost. It will spool right up and keeps gaining speed well beyond what I need it to do. What this car needed most was to be driven. It hasn't used a drop of oil. I wish I could say the same for the transmission fluid. ;-)

After 700 miles of mostly highway travel I can report 28MPG(!) by the odometer. How accurate? Well, the speedometer reads about 10% high. But the route I normally follow that reads 178 miles on the Amazon (dead-on accurate, BTW; checked by GPS) yields 171 miles on this odo'. So, that MPG figure should be pretty darned close. I will check it with GPS on the way home.

The reason for the post: a strong odor of fuel when the turbo spools. The more pressure, the more pronounced the fuel odor. I have followed the fuel system from the tank to the injectors and I cannot find any evidence of a fuel leak. Gasoline is a mighty fine solvent; I should be able to find it.

Anyone got a clue for me?

sd