KCMC582

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My trip odometer is at about 160, and i am one line UNDER half a tank. my DTE is at 120. this is all city driving, and i usually drive with a decent heavy foot, accelerating to around 4k from a stoplight. i normally use 93 octane fuel, cuz no one has 91, and the only thing i havent checked is my air filter, or used any fuel injector cleaner or anything like that. this is all pretty much rural driving, on 2 lane highways with stop lights and suburban roads. my car is idling at what SEEMS to be about 500 rpms when im stopped at a light, but i couldnt really do the math with the spacing on the tach, its just about at the second small hash mark.

so is this all because of my driving style? it seemed before i had the crankshaft position recall done i was getting about 300 or so miles to the tank, and even my DTE indicated that, but now it seems it never goes above 280 or so. any ideas guys? or should i bring this up to nissan when i show them my trans nonsense?

KCMC582

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bump, anyone with similar driving style getting mileage this bad? id say im pretty aggressive when i drive, 8 outta 10 on the aggressive scale.

nailz420

I got same mileage. I dont see where you mention whats wrong with your tranny. Btw, 550 is the normal idle.

KCMC582

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my trans i mentioned in another thread. when i shift from D to third and back to D, 3 stays lit up and the car wont shift back to D/4. im gonna have nissan check it out when i go for my first free oil change. my intake is shipping now, so im gonna install that, maybe my air filter is very dirty too

00Max00

500rpm idle is not normal. Notice his car is a gle with a/t. normal idle should be 700+-50rpm. you'd better do a tuneup.

Maximadmoiselle

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700 +/-50 is normal for your 2k. He has a 2k2, so 700 would NOT be normal for his 3.5. What he idles at sounds about right, a problem would be if he was experiencing rough idle spd, etc.

As far as gas mileage, dang I would be so lucky if I could squeeze 300 miles out of a tank, and I don't have a leadfoot at all. Now my gas mileage (all-city btw) went up to over 20 mpg because I don't use the A/C as much in the winter months. But otherwise before I was getting 16.7 mpg

Bl_asd

long time no see.. mine is 19.5mpg...

Maximadmoiselle

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Yeah, life's been busy. Hopefully from next month on I'll be able to post more often

Sorry KC for hijacking your thread

LA02MAX

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geez, i get 32 out here in san antonio....i have a pretty heavy foot but i get well over 420 miles out of my tank. Most of it is hw driving though

zourtney

I'm sitting at just over half a tank right now at about 160miles (vq30), and I drive like my grandpa most days. I say you're fine (if you want gas mileage, get a honda! j/k)

KCMC582

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i guess its my heavy foot, combined with the fact that i love the torque on the VQ enough still that i keep steppin on the gas

since its time to start savin money, i guess i better start drivin like a grandpa or just eating less to pay for food, haha.

zourtney

drive like grandpa until the Civic punk rolls up next to you, then ya show him VQ-power! And, if you want to feel like youre getting good mileage, go for a long drive, then say "holy crap, I got 400miles on this tank of gas, sweet!"

(ps. stupid question, do you have the 3.0L or the 3.5L?)

(ps ps -- sorry for the stupid useless, post, but i think that youre getting decent mileage, though I'm no expert)

WildmanAL

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750rpm is normal for a 2K2. I used to be at 24 mpg, but now that I only drive in stop and go traffic I'm at 19.9.

KCMC582

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i have the 3.5

i am idlying about halfway between 0 and 1, so 500 ish, but which is it guys, 750 or 500? im gonna have the stealership check it out when i go for the oil change.

WildmanAL

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Well awhile back another org member had a question about his idle and from that thread several people confirmed at 700-750 idle. Are you reading your rpm guage right because remember that half way between 0 and 1 is about 700?

KCMC582

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ill check again in the morning, it seems to be at the second hash mark from the bottom, but ill check again. thanks.

KCMC582

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ok, im just a moron. somehow i was reading the RPM guage wrong...i dont know what i was thinkin, but yeah, its idling at about 750. also yesterday when i filled my tank, my DTE said 327 (went up to 334 with highway driving), the past few times it was saying 289, so well see what happens now.

WildmanAL

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glad everything worked out okay

takkar

Mine gives roughly 17-18mpg in city and 28 on the highway.

R.I.P. Grandma

Your car is fine, its the heavy foot and city driving that is killing your milage. I know that driving around NYC with all the stop and go traffic and up to 45min traffic jams i usually only get around 17mpg and thats with 70%city and 30%highway.