Bad Gas Mileage!!!

20vturbodub · 02-07-2006, 01:42 PM

I Filled up the tank with 93 octane, 16 gallons, and i got 135 miles ot it driving around town!!!, i changed the plugs wires filter and oil and oil filter, what else could it be, im gona buy new 02 sensors today, but there is 3....which should i get???

~~Blazin810~~ · 02-07-2006, 02:59 PM

That's actually about what I get around town, maybe 20 miles more though. Town driving ruins gas mileage.

20vturbodub · 02-07-2006, 03:14 PM

all my friend who have them around town get like 250 around town

flyboy367 · 02-07-2006, 03:37 PM

the wife gets around 200 miles per tank town driving on 30's and a little motor work. but we can hit the highway to pa and back in under a half tank

Frizzle86 · 02-07-2006, 05:38 PM

Why are you using 93? I would use regular, less ur running forced induction or you need the extra octane due to your tune.

Its been proven that people who put higher octane gas in a car that does not need it normaly gets worse gas milage then with regular.

20vturbodub · 02-09-2006, 08:25 AM

ok so i will put 87 octane in, i still am gettting shittty gas milage, cna some one help me out or what???

00 DUCK · 02-16-2006, 08:56 PM

I assume you've upgraded your air filter to something more free flowing like K&N or Airaid...something like that? Changed your fuel filter lately? An old clogged fuel filter may give you problems...had your injectors cleaned or if older carb tuned? o2 sensor is not a bad way to go either. If it is old and you don't know when it was replaced last...replace them.

Keeping your foot off the gas pedal..driving the speed limit..no jackrabbit starts is the easiest and cheapest way to start. Of course if you have mechanical peroblems this will only get you so far.

Good luck, and let us know how it goes. I get between 16 and 21 mpg in my Jimmy. 16 is around town and 21 usually is highway trips. mixed driving I get around 18-19

Vsandme · 02-18-2006, 11:57 AM

200 miles on a full tank WTF....my guage says 283miles when i fill up but i get close to 300miles on a tank

02-07-2006, 01:42 PM	#1
20vturbodub Registered User Age: 22 Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 12 Location: User is: OffLine	Bad Gas Mileage!!! I Filled up the tank with 93 octane, 16 gallons, and i got 135 miles ot it driving around town!!!, i changed the plugs wires filter and oil and oil filter, what else could it be, im gona buy new 02 sensors today, but there is 3....which should i get???
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02-07-2006, 02:59 PM	#2
~~Blazin810~~ Banned Age: 22 Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 2,474 Location: Northeast Iowa User is: OffLine	Re: Bad Gas Mileage!!! That's actually about what I get around town, maybe 20 miles more though. Town driving ruins gas mileage.
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02-07-2006, 03:14 PM	#3
20vturbodub Registered User Age: 22 Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 12 Location: User is: OffLine	Re: Bad Gas Mileage!!! all my friend who have them around town get like 250 around town
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02-07-2006, 03:37 PM	#4
flyboy367 Registered User Age: 28 Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 462 Location: Spotswood NJ User is: OffLine	Re: Bad Gas Mileage!!! the wife gets around 200 miles per tank town driving on 30's and a little motor work. but we can hit the highway to pa and back in under a half tank
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02-07-2006, 05:38 PM	#5
Frizzle86 Registered User Age: 28 Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 5 Location: User is: OffLine	Re: Bad Gas Mileage!!! Why are you using 93? I would use regular, less ur running forced induction or you need the extra octane due to your tune. Its been proven that people who put higher octane gas in a car that does not need it normaly gets worse gas milage then with regular.
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02-09-2006, 08:25 AM	#6
20vturbodub Registered User Age: 22 Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 12 Location: User is: OffLine	Re: Bad Gas Mileage!!! ok so i will put 87 octane in, i still am gettting shittty gas milage, cna some one help me out or what???
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02-16-2006, 08:56 PM	#7
00 DUCK Registered User Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 56 Location: Independence, MO User is: OffLine	Re: Bad Gas Mileage!!! I assume you've upgraded your air filter to something more free flowing like K&N or Airaid...something like that? Changed your fuel filter lately? An old clogged fuel filter may give you problems...had your injectors cleaned or if older carb tuned? o2 sensor is not a bad way to go either. If it is old and you don't know when it was replaced last...replace them. Keeping your foot off the gas pedal..driving the speed limit..no jackrabbit starts is the easiest and cheapest way to start. Of course if you have mechanical peroblems this will only get you so far. Good luck, and let us know how it goes. I get between 16 and 21 mpg in my Jimmy. 16 is around town and 21 usually is highway trips. mixed driving I get around 18-19
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02-18-2006, 11:57 AM	#8
Vsandme Registered User Age: 22 Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 316 Location: User is: OffLine	Re: Bad Gas Mileage!!! 200 miles on a full tank WTF....my guage says 283miles when i fill up but i get close to 300miles on a tank
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