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HELP!! my Honda civic SI 00 waste a lot of gas.

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Old Jan 24, 2013 | 12:48 PM
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Old Jan 24, 2013 | 02:53 PM
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Default Re: HELP!! my Honda civic SI 00 waste a lot of gas.

your injectors have micro filters on them. which dont normally get plugged. you could try replacing them. also you can replace your cap and rotor on you distributor while your at it and set the ignition timing to spec with a timing light
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Old Jan 24, 2013 | 03:02 PM
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Keep your foot out of vtec!
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Old Jan 24, 2013 | 03:10 PM
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Default Re: HELP!! my Honda civic SI 00 waste a lot of gas.

How about more accurate numbers than just "I feel"? Go through a whole tank or two and get back to us.
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Old Jan 25, 2013 | 04:14 PM
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Default Re: HELP!! my Honda civic SI 00 waste a lot of gas.

6 gallons for 100km is about 10 miles per gallon.

i would check for leaks around the fuel filter you just changed.
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Old Jan 25, 2013 | 06:26 PM
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Default Re: HELP!! my Honda civic SI 00 waste a lot of gas.

Originally Posted by dirty19
Keep your foot out of vtec!
God dammit Dirty you think of the funniest damn things lol
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Old Jan 25, 2013 | 09:30 PM
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Default Re: HELP!! my Honda civic SI 00 waste a lot of gas.

Originally Posted by dirty19
Keep your foot out of vtec!
Now that's just too easy, yo.
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Old Jan 26, 2013 | 09:00 AM
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Default Re: HELP!! my Honda civic SI 00 waste a lot of gas.

Did you replace the spark plug wires and the distributor cap and rotor.

Did you check/adjust the ignition timing using a timing gun?
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Old Jan 28, 2013 | 06:55 AM
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Originally Posted by LadyCamouflage
Now that's just too easy, yo.
Dirty knows where the gas goes, when the vtec kicks in.
Ride that vtec hard till you hit redline yo, and its sucking the gas right out of the tank!
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Old Jan 28, 2013 | 07:06 AM
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Default Re: HELP!! my Honda civic SI 00 waste a lot of gas.

Originally Posted by wallendiaz
wait a minute.....mark in yellow on my gauge is miles or kilometers?????


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Yes, that would be 100 miles.

If your getting 100 miles for 6 gallons, that is 16mpg and something is not right. You should be getting a lot more than that.
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Old Jan 28, 2013 | 07:28 AM
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come on it should be that hard to figure it out, how do you drive, spirited? where do yo drive city or highway? if is city then 100 on 6 gallons is a little more than 16 miles to the gallon wich is right on the money if you drive with in the vtec zone, I had the same car no mods and I get 18 city 32 highway.
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Old Feb 4, 2013 | 08:00 AM
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Originally Posted by wallendiaz
i just drive always in the city with air conditioner turn on, i never try to drive on highway and my rpm are always under 4,000 i never drive in vtec zone.
You just answer your question, city driving is the worse way to improve your gas mileage, your car is fine, 16 to 19 miles to the gallon is all you're going to get on city driving , if you want to tested fill up your tank and drive in the highway for about 30some miles and after that top off the gas again until is full don't keep adding after the the handle from the pump clicks, should be +/- a gallon.
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Old Feb 4, 2013 | 08:07 AM
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Default Re: HELP!! my Honda civic SI 00 waste a lot of gas.

Here is something that is overlooked,
Do you let your car warm up at least 5 minutes before you start driving?
I'm not sure how cold it is out there but here in Chicago we have at least a foot of snow so I let my car heat up, I notice when I'm in a rush and I don't heat it up then it wastes alot more gas.
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