how do u tell how many miles you get on a full tank. if you set the trip odometer to 0 will that work? Cause when i did it it go really high.

 

set the milage to 0 write how many gallons you get.
then divide the milage by the gallons.
sould be around 20

 

i get 38 in my s10 sonoma 2.2 truck

 

our tanks are 18.5 gallons. You don't really want to push it down that far. Usually, if you go until the gas light is on it will refill to 16 or so gallons.

The best thing to do is buy a small notepad. When you go down near empty, fill it up and write down the gallons and reset the trip meter. Do the same thing every time for several fill ups and write down how many miles on the meter and how many gallons to fill it. You should be able to judge how many miles to a tank and what mpg you are getting.

On freeway trips, I can go well over 400 miles without worrying about running out and usually comes out to about 28-30 mpg. Mixed is more like 23-26 mpg.

 

is 28-30 about the best highway mpg 3rd gen gets???? over 20 is good in the city

im getting 15 in my 87

 

yes 28 to 30 is about the best we can get. Some of us turbo guys still manage to get 26-28. I myself have got 27 ath the best since being turbo.

 

i do nothing but city streets and pull off a nice 19 mpg :0

 

What kind of question is this? Ever heard of a trip odometer? It won't be like the new BMWs and actually tell you what you want to hear, so just keep your eye on it and use your memory and a conservative estimate afterwards.

 

man stfu i never said it was like the new bmws. i hate ***gots like who act like that

 

Mine got better when I put AMSoil in the tranny and upgraded my intake, y-pipe and exhaust. I think it was like 27 tops in stock form.

The EPA ratings when the cars were brand new were 21 city/26 hwy for the 5-speed and 19/26 for both the VE auto and the VG auto.

 

Nice to know in the MAXIMA forums.

 

Write it down your mileage when you fill up on your gas reciept and then next time you go do the same. Then just subtract and divide. Save your reciepts and average them over time.

 

the key issue here is the record your miles travelled and the amount of fuel purchased...
you CANNOT depend on the fuel gauge to tell u how much fuel is in ur tank...it is a crude estimate. remember that tanks are not perfect cubes and are very irregular shapes and forms. so to calibrate a fuel level sender to accurately relay the fuel level is very difficult.

just to repeat what has been said -
fill ur tank up - don't top it off..just fill till the pump clicks itself off.
then record # of miles travelled...let's say like 150 miles
@ 150 miles go to the SAME station and use the SAME pump and fill it up the SAME way again (meaning till the pump clicks itself off)
u know have the exact volume of fuel used to travel that 150 miles
voila

it's best to repeat this a number of times to get an average

 

My highway milage has not really changed since i boosted.. Going throught the mountains in colorado on my way from Pheonix to chicago.. i got 33 for a tank.. i was really happy with it.. Thats with 550 cc injectors and Liveedit tuned ECU. Cant complain.

Jeremy

 

I just got back from a trip to Bend and La pine for my grandpa's funeral. I had my 2 sisters in the car with their luggage (literally). 27.108 mpg. included is a trip up to bachelor and of course over the cascades twice so there was lots of climbing and thin air involved on winter brew. i won't complain.

RIP Gramps!

 

I have no idea how you guys are getting such great gas mileage, its the opposite for my ride. I have to put 20 bux in every second day, and I drive mabye 100-150km for a half a tank is awful.

 

tofay i seriously just got about 8 MPG........youll see why later

 

I was getting 11-12mpg on my VE A/T
but that's what happens when your pipe is bad and you have a few more exhaust leaks

 

Ive got a few exaust leaks, and driving pretty hard and I got 260 miles out of my last tank, but I noticed a leak when the pump was getting within a $1 of full, it was leaking pretty bad. Idk where it was but it wasnt doing it later. I also park on an incline so that wasnt helping. With my old max it used to get 350 no problem.

~Alex

 

I get about 23 mpg.

 

I got 480 on my last tank, I could have sworn that we only had 15 gallon tanks for some reason

 

Me too.. I'll be running on fumes it seems and the car takes 10 yrs to crank over, but when I go to fill up it only takes 15 or so gallons.. it seems hard to believe that there should almost be 4 gallons left

 

The specs say 18 gallon tank...

 

my owners manual says 18.6 gallons

 

My FSM says 18.5

 

man, there must be something wrong in mine cause i only do 310 hwy.

 

How do you stop your rear brakes from draging?
How do you adjust them?

I get about 16 mpg with a leaking y-pipe!

89 max vg se

 

Most likely your rear brakes are dragging because to the calipers are freezing up..replacing them will fix it..

A leaky flex section will also cause bad mileage....