2002 Civic EX Sedan Automatic Vtec: Heater problem
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Re: 2002 Civic EX Sedan Automatic Vtec: Heater problem
Is this even possible? The first tank of gas after the head gasket job, and I got 38.3 MPG in half city - half hwy driving?!
Could that gasket have been reducing MPG in other ways, even before it started causing the coolant leak?
Wow. I had no idea this car was even capable of that!
Could that gasket have been reducing MPG in other ways, even before it started causing the coolant leak?
Wow. I had no idea this car was even capable of that!
03-19-2017
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Re: 2002 Civic EX Sedan Automatic Vtec: Heater problem
Hard to tell. If something was amiss causing it to run inefficiently and got corrected during the work, then sure, but the typical head gasket seep problem on this engine doesn't usually kill off gas mileage.
If the head had to be machined, that could have a little bit of an effect on how it runs.
Weather break, it has been a lot warmer than a couple months ago?
Maybe your driving habits changed a little?
My own car can give me anywhere from low 20s to over 50 MPG depending on how I drive and which tires/wheels I have bolted on.
Did a Honda dealership do the work?
If the head had to be machined, that could have a little bit of an effect on how it runs.
Weather break, it has been a lot warmer than a couple months ago?
Maybe your driving habits changed a little?
My own car can give me anywhere from low 20s to over 50 MPG depending on how I drive and which tires/wheels I have bolted on.
Did a Honda dealership do the work?
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Hard to tell. If something was amiss causing it to run inefficiently and got corrected during the work, then sure, but the typical head gasket seep problem on this engine doesn't usually kill off gas mileage.
If the head had to be machined, that could have a little bit of an effect on how it runs.
Weather break, it has been a lot warmer than a couple months ago?
If the head had to be machined, that could have a little bit of an effect on how it runs.
Weather break, it has been a lot warmer than a couple months ago?
Maybe your driving habits changed a little?
My own car can give me anywhere from low 20s to over 50 MPG depending on how I drive and which tires/wheels I have bolted on.
[/QUOTE]Did a Honda dealership do the work?[/QUOTE]
Nope. A highly rated local mechanic shop.
