MPG LOSS! Please Help
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Heel & Toe
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From: Tacoma wa
MPG LOSS! Please Help
Changed the optispark,plugs,coil,airfilter,wires,and oil 2 weeks ago. The car needed a serious tuneup, I was averaging 18 mpg over a 1 year period of time, since then I am getting about 15.5mpg its not a huge deal but I wanted to know what the possible causes would be.
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Racer
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Re: MPG LOSS! Please Help (vettehead1995)
You must have changed your driving habits. More City and less highway driving. Or maybe your foot got heavier on the pedal. I get about 15mpg with City and Highway driving.
-Tim
[Modified by Hawaii89vette, 11:20 AM 2/27/2002]
-Tim
[Modified by Hawaii89vette, 11:20 AM 2/27/2002]
Drifting
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From: Bowie MD
Re: MPG LOSS! Please Help (vettehead1995)
Possible causes:
1. your right foot got 25lbs heavier in the past two weeks. :D
2. (more likely) O2 sensor potentially going bad. Mine were bollixed up and my mileage took a nose dive.
1. your right foot got 25lbs heavier in the past two weeks. :D
2. (more likely) O2 sensor potentially going bad. Mine were bollixed up and my mileage took a nose dive.
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Re: MPG LOSS! Please Help (85vetteguy)
OK, I take a totally different read on your question ~~~
It looks as though you don't reset your average MPG each time you get a new tank of gas. Therefore, the average MPG that you see is a composite of highway and city driving. If you have not taken any long trips since the rebuild, then your average is going to reflect city driving only.
Try this:
Go out on the highway (Interstate/Freeway) and set cruise control at 70 MPH on level ground. Reset the average MPG and see if the new reading is somewhere between 25 and 30 MPG. If so, then you are doing OK.
:seeya Purp
It looks as though you don't reset your average MPG each time you get a new tank of gas. Therefore, the average MPG that you see is a composite of highway and city driving. If you have not taken any long trips since the rebuild, then your average is going to reflect city driving only.
Try this:
Go out on the highway (Interstate/Freeway) and set cruise control at 70 MPH on level ground. Reset the average MPG and see if the new reading is somewhere between 25 and 30 MPG. If so, then you are doing OK.
:seeya Purp
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When my O2 sensor went out my MPG went down from 18 to 14.5
When my O2 sensor went out my MPG went down from 18.something to 14.5.
My car ran so rich my plugs fouled, and the exhaust smelled of gas.
Also, my check engine light never came on.......
My car ran so rich my plugs fouled, and the exhaust smelled of gas.
Also, my check engine light never came on.......
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Re: When my O2 sensor went out my MPG went down from 18 to 14.5 (vettehead1995)
Which O2 sensor, I believe there are 3, or do you change them all
Drifting
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Re: When my O2 sensor went out my MPG went down from 18 to 14.5 (Vette92)
Yep, what he said. I only changed out the forward two sensors (My 96 has 4 of them) and my mileage went right back up.
In order to remove them without dropping the exhaut you will need the appropriate sized crows foot and an extension long enough to reach up there.
I could get to the drivers side one with a shorty wrench but not the passenger side without the crows foot.
In order to remove them without dropping the exhaut you will need the appropriate sized crows foot and an extension long enough to reach up there.
I could get to the drivers side one with a shorty wrench but not the passenger side without the crows foot.
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Re: When my O2 sensor went out my MPG went down from 18 to 14.5 (MCPOWHITE96)
I'm suffering the same problem too. Except that I did change both of my O2 sensors and still no difference. Now what? I installed the Bosch ones from my local AZ. :seeya
