horrible gas milege
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horrible gas milege
im luck to get 400 kms per tank. and my car is stock engine wise. any ideas as to y this could be? my last tank i only got 360. and i just had an oil change and my air filter changed.
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Rep Power: 0 no i dont drive hard i used to but i got caught racing in august...182 in an 80... was issued careless but luckly was droped in court... but i have done the speed limit ever since...10-20 over max
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Originally Posted by 2k3civicgyrl
no i dont drive hard i used to but i got caught racing in august...182 in an 80... was issued careless but luckly was droped in court... but i have done the speed limit ever since...10-20 over max
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Originally Posted by Karumba
You don't exactly need to speed to drive hard. By driving hard we mean fast acceleration from stops, reving the engine unnecessarily, etc etc Speeding doesn't help it, but not always the cause. Also, 400 kms city or highway or mixture ?
when you fill up the tank........ look at how many litres you're filling at... and look at how many km's you drove since your last fill-up
if you can get 10kms for every 1 litre... it's pretty good... if anything better... like what telly's getting, it's extremely good
factors to cause use of more gas:
heavy items in rear seat, trunk.
reving
stop and go traffic
tires
body kit
a/c.. heat
filters..
....... hmmm, cant think of any more at the moment
if you can get 10kms for every 1 litre... it's pretty good... if anything better... like what telly's getting, it's extremely good
factors to cause use of more gas:
heavy items in rear seat, trunk.
reving
stop and go traffic
tires
body kit
a/c.. heat
filters..
....... hmmm, cant think of any more at the moment
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Rep Power: 0 body kit??? really??? but mine is only like a lip kit i didn't think that would be part of it.
someone once told me downshifting can cause crappy gass milege could that have something to do with it? i rarely use my breaks
someone once told me downshifting can cause crappy gass milege could that have something to do with it? i rarely use my breaks
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Rep Power: 813 well no, and lip kit is heavy but that doesn't affect much. also you need to calculate with all highway miles. there are too many factors in the city that change. for example i get around 20mpg city and 40 highway on average.
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Rep Power: 813 ya the lc20 in oil is 3.7oz (1oz per quart for first oil change), then then 1oz every 1000 miles til the next change.
the fp60 you put 1oz per 5 gallons of gas whenever you fillup or as often as you want.
the fp60 you put 1oz per 5 gallons of gas whenever you fillup or as often as you want.
Originally Posted by TeLLy
I just filled up my car at 520km, with the needle sitting at about 1/4 tank....he he. I'm a regular lubecontrol user btw.
i only get about 500 mixed city/hwy these days
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Rep Power: 813 other than that, just make sure plugs are good, air filter, tire pressure around 30psi, no heavy loads in the car, alignment, etc. pretty much anything can affect it. idle more than a minute starts to waste gas, acceleration wastes more than cruising.
Originally Posted by gearbox
ya the lc20 in oil is 3.7oz (1oz per quart for first oil change), then then 1oz every 1000 miles til the next change.
the fp60 you put 1oz per 5 gallons of gas whenever you fillup or as often as you want.
the fp60 you put 1oz per 5 gallons of gas whenever you fillup or as often as you want.
I think I will check this out as well.
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Originally Posted by gearbox
other than that, just make sure plugs are good, air filter, tire pressure around 30psi, no heavy loads in the car, alignment, etc. pretty much anything can affect it. idle more than a minute starts to waste gas, acceleration wastes more than cruising.
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Rep Power: 0 When you guys say you get 500kms, are you driving manual? Cause I'm driving auto and I regularly get close to 500 in the winter and 500+ close to 600kms in the summer... I thought those with manual tranmissions would get even more..
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Originally Posted by Leafs
When you guys say you get 500kms, are you driving manual? Cause I'm driving auto and I regularly get close to 500 in the winter and 500+ close to 600kms in the summer... I thought those with manual tranmissions would get even more..
Not using lube control or anything...
Not using lube control or anything...
