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Old Oct 28, 2009 | 05:57 AM
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I just filled up last Tuesday. And looks like it's going to be donezo soon. Can anyone help me to improve it? Or if anyone can calculate my MPG from the picture?
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Old Oct 28, 2009 | 07:23 AM
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Calculate it yourself. Just reset your trip odo. between fill-ups, and divide the miles you drove by the gallons you added.
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Old Oct 28, 2009 | 07:28 AM
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do what the dude says ^^^^^ and what setup is this anyways? more info would give us a better idea
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Old Oct 28, 2009 | 07:37 AM
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Doesnt look to bad i would say your averaging about 22 miles per gallon, considerring our cars were rated at 26 highway and 25 city you are are not in to bad of shape unless most of your miles were highway
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Old Oct 28, 2009 | 10:00 AM
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i get over 30mpg in my LS and did in my skunk2 camme'd GSR. You must have a heavy foot.
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Old Oct 28, 2009 | 05:33 PM
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29-32 mpg for me, bra. 5 spd, 1.8, mostly city driving. No mods, no more jack rabbit starts, well, hardly any!
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Old Oct 28, 2009 | 05:57 PM
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I get around 32 mpg in '96 RS with all of the regular bolt on. Pretty damn good for 13 yr old car.
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Old Oct 28, 2009 | 06:06 PM
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I get between 28-30 on my '01 ITR. I was getting around 22 before I changed by upstream oxygen sensor. Are you aware of any mechanical issues with your car? emission issues? They could possibly be the reason for your poor gas mileage.
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Old Oct 28, 2009 | 07:22 PM
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Set up is I'm running LS/VTEC with CTR CAMS and CTR PISTONS and Spoon Cam Gears. That's basically I know about the car since I just bought it. And I have no idea with emission issues, how do I check on that?
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Old Oct 28, 2009 | 08:46 PM
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call the CHP and ask for the ref
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Old Oct 28, 2009 | 09:41 PM
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I would say check and clean the intake filter, clean throttle body plate while your waiting for your filter to dry, clean your FITV or IACV depending on what year your car is, replace your fuel filter if it hasn't been done yet, check your spark plugs, wash your car , check and jack up the tire pressure. Your O2 sensors might be on their way out too but thats probably the most expensive fix so i would leave that one for last.
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Old Oct 28, 2009 | 09:48 PM
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Do a tune up new plugs, plug wires, cap and rotor and fuel filter like mentioned above.
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Old Oct 28, 2009 | 10:51 PM
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I am curious what others are getting for average MPG?
I average about 31 mpg so far with a pretty even mix of city and highway.
5th gear could have had a better ratio for improved fuel economy.
Its only a 500 rpm drop from 4th to 5th, so Im thinking Toyota had some interns engineer that one.
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Old Oct 28, 2009 | 10:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Slain
Do a tune up new plugs, plug wires, cap and rotor and fuel filter like mentioned above.
Is there a engine light on in your cluster? If so, get the codes from Advance auto or Autozone, they'll do it free. Like I said before, it's possible that could resolve the issue.
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Old Oct 28, 2009 | 10:53 PM
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That's if your Integra is 1996 or newer..
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Old Oct 28, 2009 | 11:25 PM
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Bad gas mileage, most of the time, is not hard to fixed. First and foremost, check you're o2 sensor, it's a main contributor to bad gas mileage as well as incorrect timing. Spark plugs, spark plug wires, fuel filter, etc. etc. should be check as well.
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Old Oct 29, 2009 | 06:56 AM
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24-26 in a mix of mostly local driving with some highway. 28-31 on long trips all highway. About the same numbers, '94 GS-R and '01 ITR, bone stock.

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Old Oct 29, 2009 | 09:19 AM
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In my 97 gsr with usdm itr pistons and an ls tranny i filled up once with 3.5 gallon right when the car started to bog out of fuel. Drove it 126 miles untill it sttarted to bog out. Thats +/- 36 mpg. Considering my car runs lean and i was BFF with the gas pedal for the 126 miles feathering it and shifting at no more then 3.5k rpms. I know this isnt the right way to figure it out but just saying. Oh this includes mostly citty driving and sometimes highway.
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Old Oct 29, 2009 | 10:37 AM
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Originally Posted by -PaulMc-
Is there a engine light on in your cluster? If so, get the codes from Advance auto or Autozone, they'll do it free. Like I said before, it's possible that could resolve the issue.
Not in California, they don't do free CEL diagnostic anymore.
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Old Oct 29, 2009 | 12:58 PM
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I looked over the car and it has a couple of things. Vafc installed thats not really tuned. Lsvt. And a chipped ecu. I do not recall a cel. Really needs to be tuned. There was one more issue that I can not recall.
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Old Oct 29, 2009 | 04:59 PM
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Btw, can I clean my intake filter with just water and soap? I have a no name filter. For the time being until I get money to buy a K&N one?
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Old Oct 29, 2009 | 06:04 PM
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Yeah that will be fine just use a mild soap nothing to strong, i used to clean my no name with the k and n stuff till i got the actual real filter
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Old Oct 30, 2009 | 05:09 AM
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i get on average 9mpg. but theres something wrong with her. lol
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Old Oct 30, 2009 | 08:50 AM
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shift low, drive easy
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Old Oct 30, 2009 | 09:38 AM
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When I had my Integra, I'd keep it under 3k when on the highway and take my time. I still do with my EK (35+mpg wOOT!), only when I'm not late for anything. So plan ahead and cruise with the semi-trucks lol ugh... sucks being a broke student.
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