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Old 10-28-2004, 06:54 PM
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Poor Gas Mileage

Hey i got a 1999 nissan maxima SE limited. I get very poor gas mileage sometime i do drive it hard but even on times i dont my gas mileage is still poor.

-new filter
-recent oil change-
-tb CLEANED

ANY OTHER IDEAS ??as for the KS my performance isint being affected as they say under 3 k rpms pulls pretty hard till 3 k
 
Old 10-28-2004, 07:08 PM
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I get about 420 miles per tank on 80% highway, 20% local; How about you? I have the same question. Some guys get 450 miiles.
 
Old 10-28-2004, 07:19 PM
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HOLY CRAP 420 - 450 miles !!! I get about 380 miles per tank with mixed city/highway about evenly. And that's driving like grandma and actually trying to get the best mileage possible.
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Old 10-28-2004, 07:20 PM
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new fuel filter and maybe plugs
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Old 10-28-2004, 07:21 PM
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i get 280 miles a tank 70% highway and 30% city
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Old 10-28-2004, 07:22 PM
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Air filter. O2's (they'd trip the CEL though). Tire pressure. How bad is bad? What octane you use?
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Old 10-28-2004, 07:23 PM
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Originally Posted by XoPtOn
i get 280 miles a tank 70% highway and 30% city
Thats really bad gas mileage. You should be mid 300's with that kind of driving.
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Old 10-28-2004, 07:29 PM
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i have a o2 cel but i checked it out and its the rear o2 sensor, people say it has nothing to due with gas mileage
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Old 10-28-2004, 07:30 PM
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lol i buy gas every week
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Old 10-28-2004, 07:42 PM
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i fill up wiht 93 vpower form shell all the time and i got like 250 city driving
 
Old 10-28-2004, 07:54 PM
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I have a 95 with 165k and I was getting 15mpg (bad considering I can get that on my94 Bronco with a 5.8 motor and 35" tires) Found a bad knock sensor and jumped it out with a 470k resister and that got me 20mpg(highway). Last night I replaced my 2 front O2 sensors and it made a big difference. Don't know the milage yet but I drove about 100 miles today and the guage barley moved. I was getting codes for fuel trim and never got a code for the O2 sensor. When I pulled them out they where plugged. If you have high miles try changing them it can't hurt.
 
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i only have like 54,000 miles, what should i change?
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Old 10-28-2004, 08:01 PM
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I haven't replaced my fuel filter or plugs for i don't know how long, but with intake and y-pipe the worse I've avg'd in the past year is 22 mpg, that's all city. If it's all highway I'm above 400.
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Old 10-28-2004, 08:03 PM
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Originally Posted by 99 SE-L
i fill up wiht 93 vpower form shell all the time and i got like 250 city driving
V-power rules
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Old 10-28-2004, 08:11 PM
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I checked last week and got 20mpg. I'd say I never went more than 30% throttle even once the whole time I was testing the gas mileage. I have changed the following in the past:

sparg plugs (7k miles ago)
knock sensor (30k miles ago)
fuel filter (5k miles ago)
rear o2 sensor (3k miles ago)

I've never changed the pcv valve or the front 2 o2 sensors. Is changing the pcv valve part of a 60k tune up?

I also have a cel for evap solenoid. What can that do?
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Old 10-29-2004, 10:27 AM
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Originally Posted by XoPtOn
i get 280 miles a tank 70% highway and 30% city
ditto... i get excellent mileage on straight highway trips, so im only imaging how much better it will get when i change my knock sensor
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