I posted abuot 2 weeks ago with my fuel problem, and it didn't seem to get better, I barely got 275 miles on my last tank....3 tanks ago I got 325 miles, 2 tanks ago 300 miles, tank before last got 275 miles again. There are no CEL's and my driving habits are fairly normal no excessive revving or anything I try to keep it around or under 2500 rpms, what would you recommend getting checked out?

1995 Accord LX Coupe AT 143k


Modified by f22 lx at 11:44 AM 5/17/2006

 

any help?

 

change your fuel filter, run some injector cleaner through the system, don't press the gas pedal so hard (lol), do a full tune up if you haven't in a while.

 

check your air filter

 

ive ran fuel injector cleaner through the tank about a tank ago, and my air filter and spark plugs are almost brand new, a major tune up was done about 9k-10k ago

 

I don't know from miles per tank. Normally, fuel economy is measured in miles per gallon.

After having ruled out all the obvious fuel wasters, (tire pressure, ignition, timing, mechanical deficiencies, etc) I would suspect the primary O2 sensor.

 

generally if the O2 sensor wasn't working properly a CEL would come up, because I thought that would haev been the problem...

I was considering a new fuel filter, but it seems that they are really hard to install from what I've read...

 

It's a long shot but your odometer could be failing.

I had to replace mine at around 22k and it would stick on a certain mileage for a while and then work fine.

From what I have read it is not an uncommon problem on 5 gen accords.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by f22 lx &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I was considering a new fuel filter, but it seems that they are really hard to install from what I've read... </TD></TR></TABLE>
don't be a wussy. check your fuel filter.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by f22b2power &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">It's a long shot but your odometer could be failing.

I had to replace mine at around 22k and it would stick on a certain mileage for a while and then work fine.

From what I have read it is not an uncommon problem on 5 gen accords.</TD></TR></TABLE>

I've already replaced it with a fresh one about 16k miles ago...

The fuel filter will be checked...

 

any other ideas?

 

Perfectionist mentioned it off-handedly, but increasing your tire pressure decreases rolling resistance. if your tires are low on air it could be decreasing your fuel economy.

 

check your ect sensor it is under the distrubitor

 

does replacing fuel filter actually help increase gas mileage???

if so where can it be found?
how much does it cost to replace?