ls2poweredgoat 5,000+ posts
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2001 Honda Accord, 4-banger 5-speed, car only weighs 3,000 lbs. I'm only getting 350 miles to a tank, with a 16 gallon tank, which averages out to approx. 22 mpg.
For example, my dad drives a 2006 CTS sport w/6-speed and in stop and go driving, he's averaging 22 mpg, and he doesn't drive like a 95 year old man either...BUT...he doesn't drive as hard as I do..
I changed the spark plugs when I bought the car, but I didn't change any thing else. Original o2 sensors (two of them).
I have a Megan Racing header/test pipe on there...which actually...when I put them on, gave me quite a boost in gas mileage. I also added an Ebay short ram air intake, that helped too. The 2nd o2 sensor rests in the test pipe, and seeing that my car originally is ULEV (Ultra Low Emissions Vehicle), my check engine light is always on, because it "isn't meeting emissions", with the test pipe.
I drive the car somewhat aggressively, but not nearly as much as my friends do. I've been doing a lot of highway driving, especially on the last 2 tanks, and my gas mileage doesn't show it.
Granted, I do 95 mph on the highway, but still.
Last summer I was getting 400-460 miles to a tank, most of it being stop and go traffic...which averages 25 - 29 mpg.
I'm thinking of replacing the o2 sensors and spark plug wires, both of which are original. Car has about 110,000 miles on it...
For example, my dad drives a 2006 CTS sport w/6-speed and in stop and go driving, he's averaging 22 mpg, and he doesn't drive like a 95 year old man either...BUT...he doesn't drive as hard as I do..
I changed the spark plugs when I bought the car, but I didn't change any thing else. Original o2 sensors (two of them).
I have a Megan Racing header/test pipe on there...which actually...when I put them on, gave me quite a boost in gas mileage. I also added an Ebay short ram air intake, that helped too. The 2nd o2 sensor rests in the test pipe, and seeing that my car originally is ULEV (Ultra Low Emissions Vehicle), my check engine light is always on, because it "isn't meeting emissions", with the test pipe.
I drive the car somewhat aggressively, but not nearly as much as my friends do. I've been doing a lot of highway driving, especially on the last 2 tanks, and my gas mileage doesn't show it.
Granted, I do 95 mph on the highway, but still.
Last summer I was getting 400-460 miles to a tank, most of it being stop and go traffic...which averages 25 - 29 mpg.
I'm thinking of replacing the o2 sensors and spark plug wires, both of which are original. Car has about 110,000 miles on it...
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