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Old 06-23-2005, 12:26 PM
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My gas mileage has gone to hell. When I bought the car in Febraury, I use to get about 290 per tank and now I am barely getting 200. I havent changed my driving style. Its time for the car to be serviced. Can someone tell me if the car comes with a fuel filter or something that needs to be changed cause right now gas is too expensive.
 
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Old 06-23-2005, 01:27 PM
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My gas mileage has gone to hell. When I bought the car in Febraury, I use to get about 290 per tank and now I am barely getting 200. I havent changed my driving style. Its time for the car to be serviced. Can someone tell me if the car comes with a fuel filter or something that needs to be changed cause right now gas is too expensive.
The car does in fact come with a fuel filter that is located in the gas tank. I believe that it does not need replacement until 100,000 miles. How many miles on the car?
 
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Old 06-23-2005, 01:46 PM
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that means your getting 10 mpg? wow thats crazy, might wanna get that checked out
 
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Originally Posted by darkstar
My gas mileage has gone to hell. When I bought the car in Febraury, I use to get about 290 per tank and now I am barely getting 200. I havent changed my driving style. Its time for the car to be serviced. Can someone tell me if the car comes with a fuel filter or something that needs to be changed cause right now gas is too expensive.
I noticed you live in the Cayman Island, does it have a hilly terrain and winding roads? Maybe its the gas formulation.
 
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Old 06-23-2005, 03:42 PM
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Certainly driving style and habits have much to do with gas mileage, but it sounds like you've not changed those much since new.
If the air filter or air inlet passages are plugged, it would kill G/M too. No inline gas filter, but there is one in the tank. Unless you've been running dirty gas, it's not likely that's the culprit.
Talk to the dealer about your concerns. He can do an analysis and even reprogram/update the ECU for better results.
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Old 06-23-2005, 03:57 PM
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Reset your ECU using the pedal method.
Also look at the other threads at the bottom of this page in the "SIMILAR THREADS" section.
 
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thanks for the replies

Cayman Islands is flat, flat, flat. no hills at all. Its a small island so basically i do the equivalent of city driving. I bought the car second hand with 27k. I am up to 31k now. Its time for an oil change so i figured that i might aswell get it serviced. Maybe the air filter is all clogged up. Should i try an fuel injector cleaner?
 
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What are you getting for mpg?
 
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try a k&n air filter and be sure to use 91 octane.
 
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