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My car sat at idle for 35 min while i was waiting for a to go order form chilis ( that place is run by morons b/c it took them 57 min for a to go order that was called in 25 min prior to me getting there ) and i got back in my car and i had a half a tnak of gas, but i just filled up a few hours before that, i can drive 200 miles in half a tank WHY did just sitting do that ( no ac on or anything else except the motor.

 
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If that much gas is gone I'd start looking for a leak.

 
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Dude, you live in Texas and you eat at Chili's? WTF, here in CT we'd kill for some decent Tex-Mex made by real Tex-Mexicans. Wow, you lost me there. (Just messin' with ya.)

But really, it sounds like you have a leak. Try idling your car and look for a drip or the smell of gas (no smoking though).

Good luck.

 
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yeah something is wrong, i think you have to idle like all day to burn half tank.

 
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not sure why it would only leak there at the chilis because its never done that before, and i wasnt eating a chilis i was just picking up 6 orders fro people at work, also why the hell would i get mexican food a chilis i didnt even know they had it ? but thanks for the insite ill check for gas tomorrow while i let it warm up

 
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Was the car parked on a flat surface or on a slope?

 
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Thats happened to me before, ive left it idle for about 10-15 minutes and it ate up like a 1/5 of a tank of gas. I thought it was weird also but i know for sure its not a leak. My car runs fine when im driving around, but it seems like that one time i idled it, it guzzled.

 
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the rule is if youre letting the car idle more than a few minutes, shut off the engine. everyone knows idle uses up lots of gas.

 
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and you get 0mpg lol

 
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Yeah it was on a flat surface, and i didnt realize it was going to take them an extra 35 min to get th order ready, i should have gone out and turned it off but i kept thinking "oh it cant take them that much longer"

 
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dude i used to get 175ish to 200 half tank... now i get like 150 if im lucky.... i dunno

 
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35 mins is a long time to idle your car and if you have a gas leak the evap system will know and throw a check engin light for an evap code. but iunno half a tank thats about 6 gallons of fuel used up idling. Hope u find out whuts wrong. Id say dont idle ur car lol.