hbombz203

i recently purchased the car @ 34kmi and im getting roughly 14-16 mi/gallon..

the dealership said they changed part of the emissions control unit, but after 5 days there is no improvement, i can basically watch the needle go down...

any suggestions? PLZ HELP

wellinghurst

How are you calculating it? There are ways to do it that seem correct, but are not. You have to:

Fill up the car.
Reset trip meter.
Drive til empty.
Refill.
Divide miles driven by actual gallons put back in.

Please don't take this the wrong way, but a lot of people do it wrong and divide by the size of the tank. Just eliminating the easy stuff.

hbombz203

its been on several full tanks, i reset the trip counter and drive till just after the gaslight turns on.. its been roughly 230 miles every time.. it should be getting almost 30 from what ive been told.. please if anyone has any suggestions it would be greatly appreciated

Accord1234

Alot depends on highway vs stop and go and idle time. Someone who does everyday stop and goes, leaves thier car on all the time will be alot worse then somweone who just cruises on parkways. Are you sure that little miles per tank? Did you figure out how many gallons it took.

hbombz203

im positive.. its getting under 250 miles on a FULL tank, and its taking almost the full 17 gallons every time i fill

hbombz203

can someone please offer me a suggestion instead of telling me how to calculate gas mileage? any sound technical advice would be greatly appreciated

Elusive K24

you should be getting over 350 on a full tank if not 400...is there a check engine light or anything? how about your oil? your ecu could be [freak]ed up too, or they might need calibrate some **** for the gas..try posting up on gen7accord.net, i'm from there too and there are members that know a lot but i have never encountered a issue like yours, maybe one of the other guys will know...but it could be your ecu, if your throwing codes get your codes checked...do you have any mods done to the engine or anything?

George Knighton

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I'm not sure how long you've owned that car, but my best advice would be to get the dealer to fix it or take the car back before your time for action runs out.

That's seriously just waaaay off base for a K24 in an Accord.

someone else

What kind of tire/wheel package does the car have on it? What pressure are the tires set at? What type of driving do you do?

hbombz203

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they said that they replaced the evap canister and part of the intake.. i was told by a few people that the car has a computer that has to gage new amounts of air, etc. to adjust the cars performance, so is it possible that it could take some time for the car to adjust?

hbombz203

also, no codes came back twice on a diagnostic.. but its not a honda dealership that i bought it from =/

someone else

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hbombz203

its the 5 spoke stock alloy wheels on michelin all weather tires... they are all inflated at 32 psi, i do a pretty much 50/50 mix of city and highway driving

JDM_Acccord

sorry to hi-jack the thread but....

how many gallons of gas should a 03 accord 6-6 take? i fill up from empty and it usually takes about 12.5 gallons where as ive heard it should take 17?

JDM_Acccord

bump.

wellinghurst

yeah 17.1 to be exact. Sounds like you can really drive a while once yours reads empty. I usually get about 15 in mine when it reads empty.

hbombz203

glad the thread got boosted because i really could have used some help..