My GF owns this car and we noticed it gets awful MPG's. if we are lucky we get 250-270 miles from a full tank. I also noticed it slips a bit when accelerating from a dead stop. especially when going from 1st- 2nd. its got about 200,000 miles on it and was sitting for a while before she bought it. Could it be the trans or anything else cause it to get shitty gas milage? I did a tune up on it no more than a month ago and did everything except the fule filter. Has new plugs ( ngk's ), oil, oil filter, air filter, new timing belt, water pump. Could it be the torque converter? I dont know much about auto trans as all my EF's have all been stick. That and i know how much of a pain Auto trans can be.

thanks in advance!

also, if tranny end up being the culprit, where can i find a good used one locally in the L.A area? anyone have one laying around?

 

the gas mileage wont be as good as a stick can tell you. i have a 91 auto and its ok. the tranny could be going with that slip you mentioned. i would say to drain the tranny fluid and replace it with Honda brand atf. if it gets better do it again after 1000 miles. i had an accord that did the same thing and the problem went away by doing this. almost every honda around this age dosent do too well with regular atf.

 

I had the same problem in my 89 DX auto except it would slip from 2nd to 3rd. I bought another auto trans off of a local guy for 100 bucks. Fixed it right up Getting 35 MPG when I'm not trying to save gas. Best was 43.

 

ill try thr HOnda auto trans fuild and see if that helps. if not, then ill have to source a low milage auto trans at the junk or locally.