Gas MPG is WAY OFF! Help!
#1
Gas MPG is WAY OFF! Help!
Last time I reset my odometer, my 96 GT vert went 35 miles on a quarter tank (rarely flooring it).
At the time, that meant I paid $10 to go 35 miles, which comes out to about 11 mpg.
It has been getting no more that 15 miles per gallon when I drive it like a complete granny (I drive about 60% city and 40% country roads)
I know that the EPA rating for the city mpg is 15mpg and 18mpg city/hwy combined, 22 hwy mpg (dream on, at least with my gt in it's current condition)
I'm barely getting the city rating at best, let alone getting anywhere near the combined or hwy rating for that matter
Is this normal for a 96-98 4.6 liter v8 GT?
If not, what should I do to improve my mpg most effectively?
At the time, that meant I paid $10 to go 35 miles, which comes out to about 11 mpg.
It has been getting no more that 15 miles per gallon when I drive it like a complete granny (I drive about 60% city and 40% country roads)
I know that the EPA rating for the city mpg is 15mpg and 18mpg city/hwy combined, 22 hwy mpg (dream on, at least with my gt in it's current condition)
I'm barely getting the city rating at best, let alone getting anywhere near the combined or hwy rating for that matter
Is this normal for a 96-98 4.6 liter v8 GT?
If not, what should I do to improve my mpg most effectively?
#3
RE: Gas MPG is WAY OFF! Help!
wow i thought my 19 mpg was bad
but what yo can do to try and improve it is change the plugs, plug wires, and fuel filter and see what happens after that
but what yo can do to try and improve it is change the plugs, plug wires, and fuel filter and see what happens after that
#5
RE: Gas MPG is WAY OFF! Help!
ORIGINAL: 99 GT vert
but what yo can do to try and improve it is change the plugs, plug wires, and fuel filter and see what happens after that
but what yo can do to try and improve it is change the plugs, plug wires, and fuel filter and see what happens after that
#9
RE: Gas MPG is WAY OFF! Help!
i have a 97 gt with just a bbk cai and i ave. 22 mpg 60highway/40city...i do 70+ highway and have 3.27's i get 18 when really on it most of the time and 22+ when i am ok and hit it to get around a chevy or two
#10
RE: Gas MPG is WAY OFF! Help!
ORIGINAL: bjh061487
+1 but i would change the air filter too... do you have any big mods and have not had your car tuned?
ORIGINAL: 99 GT vert
but what yo can do to try and improve it is change the plugs, plug wires, and fuel filter and see what happens after that
but what yo can do to try and improve it is change the plugs, plug wires, and fuel filter and see what happens after that