im on E and i have only went 208 miles ..... the hell is that. 97' SE 5 speed 108k ...Any suggestions

 

1.) FAQ's-clean TB, check knock sensor, psi in your tires
2.) Ease up on the gas.

 

1.) FAQ's-Fuel and air filters
2.) Ease up on the gas.

 

Even if you redline the thing at every light it shouldn't be that bad

 

welcome to the club man, i get the same ****

 

uhh, that is false info, my needle goes down as soon as i floor it once and ive noticed that even 3-4 redlines end up with 15-20 less miles at the next fill up

 

hm.. 208 miles / 15 gal. = 13.8 MPG .. you can't get that "$hitty gas" mileage for just having a lead foot. There is something else to get that kind of gas mileage

 

there is something else contributing to that, but having a lead foot sucks the hell out of your gas tank as well. "flooring it at every stoplight" will be a big factor.

 

of course I didn't mean every stoplight..just the one that has another car beside you

 

Dunno what max u drive but mine (and all others) have 18.5 gal tanks. Meaning 208/18 (u never use that last .5 gal hopefully) leaving u at 11.5 mpg, or approximately what a hummer gets. You can floor it at everylight (pretty much) and get better mileage than that, i do.

 

Plus that's not adding right. You can't really go by the fuel gauge to get an accurate gas mileage number.

What you have to do is hit the odometer at your next fill-up (fill the gas tank full), drive around for a while until you get at least half a tank, write down the number of gallons from the pump that you put in the car and do this;

(what it says on your odometer)/(how many gallons you just put in the car)
= Gas mileage.

 

yes 18.5, but I sometimes drived mine until the gas light is on for quite a while and never fill up more than 16.5 gal. So I just assumed his needle is just on E and the light still not on yet.. where I got the 15 gal. from, sorry if that's not very accurate for you.

 

There is somethign called a knock sensor and 02 sensors that tend to go bad and kill our gas mileage... but then our cars arent very fast anyway so flooring it wont make a difference