My Vehicle Milage Has Dropped 5%+. How About Yours? (VANITY)

Vanity | 4/4/14 | Self

[WinMod70]

“NO it is garaged. why would something be sold with less in one season than another? Isn’t that lying?”

Well, I doubt very much that you take your garage with you on your travels.

why would something be sold with less in one season

- Winter blend diesel is made from adding #1 diesel to #2 to help keep the fuel from gelling. #1 is basically kerosene/jet fuel and does not contain as much energy (think BTUs) as #2 diesel. Of all the fuels readily available to the public, straight up #2 diesel contains the most energy per volume. Another thing to keep in mind, biodiesel contains even less energy than #1 diesel. Actually, biodiesel is closer to gasolene in energy content.

[wally_bert]

International made some good trucks for normal people years ago. Tough and reliable but none would win a beauty contest.

I have seen a few good looking dressed up Scout IIs here and there.

[center mass]

I owned a ‘65 GTO. A buddy and I changed out the transmission in the parking lot of a wrecking yard in El Dorado AK with the tools in my trunk. Simpler times, better times. I don’t even change the oil anymore.

[mad_as_he$$]

OBD may not catch a lazy O2 sensor. If they have over 80,000 miles on them just change them. Shop around for best price but use name brand such as Bosch. Amazon and ebay often have killer deals on new name brand parts. BTW everything else being good the easiest thing you can od to improve mileage (after all the common things) is to upgrade drive train lubes to full synthetics.

[tacticalogic]

A buddy and I changed out the transmission in the parking lot of a wrecking yard in El Dorado AK with the tools in my trunk

Manual or automatic?

I always hated pulling an automatic transmission. Everything you take loose starts dripping on you.

[bert]

I don’t know about mileage, likely no effect because the quantity is small.

It is my thought that with 10% ethanol there is no need for drier which is ethanol.

Water dissolves in ethanol and ethanol dissolves in gasoline

[anoldafvet]

If you run the defroster a lot, it will reduce your mileage because the Air Conditioner comes on when you run it.

[VA_Gentleman]

No, the on-board diagnostics didn’t catch it. I just noticed that I was going from about 300 miles per tank down to 260. It turned out that the O2 sensors on that make and model were problematic for that make and model.

[thackney]

In regard to ethanol content, I’m not positive, but I think the percentage of ethanol is consistent throughout the state, and everyone changes the percentage at the same time.

I believe that is true in all states, except for ares that require RFG (Reformulated Gasoline).

[Organic Panic]

My car is an old isuzu beater. When I filled up in Oklahoma the car ran great, got about 320 per tank, was surprisingly responsive. When fill up in ethanol states (no choice in most of the country and hilariously, Texas gas stations have big banners bragging about ethanol) the isuzu runs like one cylinder shut off and gets 280 per tank. Also, the “check engine” ligt is always on with ethanol fuel. As soon as a fill back up with pure gasoline the ligt goes out. THANKS GOVERNMENT FOR ALWAYS KNOWING WHAT’S BEST FOR THE NATION!

[center mass]

This was that little 3 speed manual Pontiac used at the time. No way this could hold up to the 389ci/360hp engine and a teenage boy. I eventually got tired of changing them and went to good 3 speed automatic.

[tacticalogic]

IIRC, those things weren’t much bigger than a 3lb coffe can.