Possible Causes of bad gas mileage?
11-20-2002, 07:29 PM
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Possible Causes of bad gas mileage?
Why could I be getting such bad gas milage? I'm at half a tank or less after 120 miles. new fuel filter, cap, rotor, ignition coil, spark plug....?
no more draggin on brakes... what else?
no more draggin on brakes... what else?
11-20-2002, 07:36 PM
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high rpms, oversized wheels/tires and heavy, not utilizing proper shifts point (refer to owners manual, i get 36mpg in my EX part due to those shift points), more city use than highway or no highway use... prolly more just tired lol
11-20-2002, 07:46 PM
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i believe my 93 is OBDI rite? so I have to look for my codes... its an AT (
), stock tires, stock everythign except for i/e and the spark plugs are gapped to factor .040 inches in fact, i got better gas milelage with the NGKs originally that were so out of gap (.060) and i got better gas milage then...?
), stock tires, stock everythign except for i/e and the spark plugs are gapped to factor .040 inches in fact, i got better gas milelage with the NGKs originally that were so out of gap (.060) and i got better gas milage then...?
11-20-2002, 08:14 PM
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oh an auto.. what kind of mileage do you get? do you downshift often and accelerate quickly often? it is really easy to do both without thinking too much in an auto.. i rarely downshift unless i am slowing.. cause of the work... that helps to keep my speed down anyways and follow slow traffic
11-21-2002, 02:44 PM
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thermostat replaced a little more than 2 years ago.. (something like that) it was bad before but now its good.
i'll reset the ECU when i get the chance... maybe the ECU adjusted to the increased gap of the plugs? i dunno. i dunno how smart the ECU is....
i'll reset the ECU when i get the chance... maybe the ECU adjusted to the increased gap of the plugs? i dunno. i dunno how smart the ECU is....
