My gas mileage SUCKS
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My gas mileage SUCKS
i have about 102K on my 2000 SE, and it only gets about 22 MPG! is that normal? i hear all of you mostly get around the upper 20'* to lower 30'*. i have a K&N filter and i just changed the 02 sensor. what else can i do to get better gas mileage?
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You think yours is bad??? I am only getting 14-17 mpg in my 1999 SSEi. I'm going to pull my 2k old NGK'* and check them. Also am going to get it scanned for codes. This sucks as it just had a complete tune-up 7-8k ago and I have put new plugs, wires, air filter, exhaust, t-stat and fresh trans in it in the last 5k. Up until last week it was getting in the low-mid 20'*.
I just put the new K&N filter on as well as the Magnaflow muffler, but the mileage had already dropped into the mid-high teens before them (had them installed Thursday after noon).
Oh, and the mojority (90%) of my driving is cruising to and from work on the freeway with the cruise set at 70-77 mph.
Back on topic, I'd suggest you replace the following:
PCV valve
Plugs (looks like you already have)
wires
Air filter
fuel filter
plug wires
t-stat
and run a can of Seafoam through and also run premium fuel through about every 3rd fill of gas.
Good luck and let us know what happens.
Martin
I just put the new K&N filter on as well as the Magnaflow muffler, but the mileage had already dropped into the mid-high teens before them (had them installed Thursday after noon).
Oh, and the mojority (90%) of my driving is cruising to and from work on the freeway with the cruise set at 70-77 mph.
Back on topic, I'd suggest you replace the following:
PCV valve
Plugs (looks like you already have)
wires
Air filter
fuel filter
plug wires
t-stat
and run a can of Seafoam through and also run premium fuel through about every 3rd fill of gas.
Good luck and let us know what happens.
Martin
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WHERE'* the PCV valve on a 2000 SSEI?
Originally Posted by OLBlueEyesBonne
You think yours is bad??? I am only getting 14-17 mpg in my 1999 SSEi. I'm going to pull my 2k old NGK'* and check them. Also am going to get it scanned for codes. This sucks as it just had a complete tune-up 7-8k ago and I have put new plugs, wires, air filter, exhaust, t-stat and fresh trans in it in the last 5k. Up until last week it was getting in the low-mid 20'*.
I just put the new K&N filter on as well as the Magnaflow muffler, but the mileage had already dropped into the mid-high teens before them (had them installed Thursday after noon).
Oh, and the mojority (90%) of my driving is cruising to and from work on the freeway with the cruise set at 70-77 mph.
Back on topic, I'd suggest you replace the following:
PCV valve
Plugs (looks like you already have)
wires
Air filter
fuel filter
plug wires
t-stat
and run a can of Seafoam through and also run premium fuel through about every 3rd fill of gas.
Good luck and let us know what happens.
Martin
I just put the new K&N filter on as well as the Magnaflow muffler, but the mileage had already dropped into the mid-high teens before them (had them installed Thursday after noon).
Oh, and the mojority (90%) of my driving is cruising to and from work on the freeway with the cruise set at 70-77 mph.
Back on topic, I'd suggest you replace the following:
PCV valve
Plugs (looks like you already have)
wires
Air filter
fuel filter
plug wires
t-stat
and run a can of Seafoam through and also run premium fuel through about every 3rd fill of gas.
Good luck and let us know what happens.
Martin
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Originally Posted by boott
WHERE'* the PCV valve on a 2000 SSEI?
Originally Posted by OLBlueEyesBonne
You think yours is bad??? I am only getting 14-17 mpg in my 1999 SSEi. I'm going to pull my 2k old NGK'* and check them. Also am going to get it scanned for codes. This sucks as it just had a complete tune-up 7-8k ago and I have put new plugs, wires, air filter, exhaust, t-stat and fresh trans in it in the last 5k. Up until last week it was getting in the low-mid 20'*.
I just put the new K&N filter on as well as the Magnaflow muffler, but the mileage had already dropped into the mid-high teens before them (had them installed Thursday after noon).
Oh, and the mojority (90%) of my driving is cruising to and from work on the freeway with the cruise set at 70-77 mph.
Back on topic, I'd suggest you replace the following:
PCV valve
Plugs (looks like you already have)
wires
Air filter
fuel filter
plug wires
t-stat
and run a can of Seafoam through and also run premium fuel through about every 3rd fill of gas.
Good luck and let us know what happens.
Martin
I just put the new K&N filter on as well as the Magnaflow muffler, but the mileage had already dropped into the mid-high teens before them (had them installed Thursday after noon).
Oh, and the mojority (90%) of my driving is cruising to and from work on the freeway with the cruise set at 70-77 mph.
Back on topic, I'd suggest you replace the following:
PCV valve
Plugs (looks like you already have)
wires
Air filter
fuel filter
plug wires
t-stat
and run a can of Seafoam through and also run premium fuel through about every 3rd fill of gas.
Good luck and let us know what happens.
Martin
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WHERE'* the PCV valve on a 2000 SSEI?
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<<it only gets about 22 MPG! is that normal? i hear all of you mostly get around the upper 20'* to lower 30'*.>>
1. 22mpg around town and a little highway. I'd say that'* about right if you keep your foot out of it. In my 2001 SC I get about 23 round town in mid-winter and about 31 strictly highway mid-winter BUT I drive like I've got an egg under my foot. Just got it this winter so haven't seen what she'll do in warm weather.
2. Upper 20'* to lower 30'*? Not around town in a Bonne!
1. 22mpg around town and a little highway. I'd say that'* about right if you keep your foot out of it. In my 2001 SC I get about 23 round town in mid-winter and about 31 strictly highway mid-winter BUT I drive like I've got an egg under my foot. Just got it this winter so haven't seen what she'll do in warm weather.
2. Upper 20'* to lower 30'*? Not around town in a Bonne!
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BoneStkBonny wrote:
Well, 22 mpg isn't too terribly bad. A lot depends on your driving habits, and all that was outlined in the posts above. Is this all highway miles, or combined? I average approximately 22 mpg in this car, that is combined mileage. If I take a long trip, I can usually get close to 27 mpg highway.
and it only gets about 22 MPG!