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LeakyMitsuFeb-09-03 09:35 AM
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#43936, "REALLY bad gas mileage all the sudden???"


          

what are some things that could cause my car to get really bad gas mileage? its sucking really bad cuz gas is somethin like 1.78 a gallon here. only mod is the cai, other than like plugs, wires. i dont understand. TIA

  

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RE: REALLY bad gas mileage all the sudden???, RIeclipse, Feb-09-03 09:58 AM, #1
RE: REALLY bad gas mileage all the sudden???, HiOnPSI, Feb-09-03 10:12 AM, #2
      RE: REALLY bad gas mileage all the sudden???, amljbs, Feb-09-03 10:44 AM, #3
           RE: REALLY bad gas mileage all the sudden???, TeamDR1665, Feb-09-03 11:39 AM, #4
                RE: REALLY bad gas mileage all the sudden???, LeakyMitsu, Feb-09-03 01:51 PM, #5
                     RE: REALLY bad gas mileage all the sudden???, HiOnPSI, Feb-09-03 01:56 PM, #6
                          RE: REALLY bad gas mileage all the sudden???, LeakyMitsu, Feb-09-03 02:08 PM, #7
                               RE: REALLY bad gas mileage all the sudden???, HiOnPSI, Feb-09-03 03:28 PM, #8

RIeclipseFeb-09-03 09:58 AM
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#43938, "RE: REALLY bad gas mileage all the sudden???"
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if your o2 sensor is died and you would get really bad bad gas mileage

  

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HiOnPSIFeb-09-03 10:12 AM
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#43939, "RE: REALLY bad gas mileage all the sudden???"
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yep, my o2 went out last week and i went through half a tank in 80 miles. Now, i'm at 120 miles today and not even to 3/4 tank yet.


Jon

1997 Eclipse RS

14.21@101mph 10/4/02

  

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amljbsFeb-09-03 10:44 AM
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#43940, "RE: REALLY bad gas mileage all the sudden???"
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I wonder if I have this same problem because I rarely get more than 250 260 miles out of a tank of gas. Unless Im on the interstate the whole time then about 400 miles.

1998 Eclipse GST

  

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TeamDR1665Feb-09-03 11:39 AM
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#43941, "RE: REALLY bad gas mileage all the sudden???"
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It might be^^^
When I lived in Wichita, I drove about 36mi to/from work a day but it was mostly on the loop (hwy), I would usually get about 420mi on a tank, and when I left Wichita, the thing made it all the way to Tucumcari, NM before I needed gas, and even then, it probably STILL had another 50 mi or so in the tank.
Now I'm in Phoenix, and I realize why there is a difference in the EPA CIty/Highway ratings. If I get 350 on a tank in town, I'm lucky. What with the mountains and traffic we got here..

  

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LeakyMitsuFeb-09-03 01:51 PM
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#43943, "RE: REALLY bad gas mileage all the sudden???"
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wouldnt a bad o2 sensor throw a cel?

  

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HiOnPSIFeb-09-03 01:56 PM
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#43944, "RE: REALLY bad gas mileage all the sudden???"
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Yes, it does. But i have CELs for other reasons unknown. My cat's gone, so that's one of them. At one time i think i had 3 or 4....When my o2 finally completely died, the CEL actually started flashing. It only did it once, though.


Jon

1997 Eclipse RS

14.21@101mph 10/4/02

  

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LeakyMitsuFeb-09-03 02:08 PM
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#43946, "RE: REALLY bad gas mileage all the sudden???"
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when your light flashes it means you are losing compression in 1 or more cylinders within a 200 rpm range... i think. mine flashed when i had a lifter/valve problem. sorry to hear about all the cels haha.
Brandon

  

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HiOnPSIFeb-09-03 03:28 PM
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#43950, "RE: REALLY bad gas mileage all the sudden???"
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lol..and i can guarantee you, the way it was running, i was!


Jon

1997 Eclipse RS

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