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Old Oct 20, 2007 | 08:43 AM
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I used to get around 200 220 miles on a fill up, its a 1996 GT, But i filled up then noticed today i drove 55 miles i know thats a right amount of miles drove too, and its already to the half of tank line. Why is my gas millage so bad now ?
Old Oct 20, 2007 | 08:55 AM
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Fill back up and make sure that your gauge is reading correctly. Then start worrying about there being something wrong.
Old Oct 20, 2007 | 09:00 AM
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Old Oct 20, 2007 | 09:04 AM
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i had the samething a couple months ago i was only getting around 120 miles on a tank and it ended up being a vacume leak and once i fixed it my milage went back to normal
Old Oct 20, 2007 | 09:07 AM
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how much it coast to fix?
Old Oct 20, 2007 | 09:13 AM
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it was the rubber gasket that holds the filler tube into the tank and it was only 17 dollars
Old Oct 20, 2007 | 11:41 AM
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did that turn the CEL on? 99 GT VERT
Old Oct 20, 2007 | 09:19 PM
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yes but it came on about 2 to 3 weeks after my gas milage went down you will be able to tell if it has a leak the car will not run right if the gasket is cracked
Old Oct 20, 2007 | 10:48 PM
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i burned a whole tank in like 40miles in my car....it was the gasket ...$17 from ford
Old Oct 20, 2007 | 11:05 PM
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that evap leak will rob you blind



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