Thread: Mpg

**emholic** · 07-20-2008 09:50 AM

What's up guys,

i've been seeing alot of "MPG" Posts lately and thought i'd chime in.

About a week ago my Dad mentions to me that our favorite fill up spot just posted stickers, claiming 10% ethanol added to each grade of fuel.

http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2006/0...lower-mileage/

personally i have just been noticing my engine running rough, starting about a month ago...

**emholic** · 07-25-2008 03:04 PM

**SEXICÄN** · 07-25-2008 03:09 PM

My mileage is still the same!

**B7A4WD** · 07-25-2008 03:09 PM

ive noticed when i fill up with arco my gas runs out way faster as in it burns faster... but then i filled up with shell, it burned more slow and i had more mpg.

**tre** · 07-25-2008 03:10 PM

We have been using 10% ethanol in good ol' Illinois for years. Perhaps that is why my car does not get the mpg of others cars on the forum. I do have 1500 miles now though and it is getting better. I drove like a grandma on my way to work today just to see what kind of mpg I could get - I got 31.5 mpg. It has been improving as the miles tick by.

**emholic** · 07-25-2008 03:15 PM

Why is the GAS STILL HIGH THEN?? i went from averaging 400 - 350 per tank. But this may be because i like to push the car more now than before

**minameismud** · 07-25-2008 03:24 PM

ethanol reduces mileage and adds undue wear to your engine. the biggest direct issue is that it gums up fuel injectors. run a can of fuel injector cleaner through your engine every few thousand miles. when i drove v8 pickups, you could DEFINITELY tell a difference - the injectors made a more definite *click* noise when they fired after a can of the cleaner, and the trucks all seemed a bit more peppy (butt-dyno proven).

emholic, go here: http://www.epa.gov/otaq/rfg/whereyoulive.htm and find out if your county requires stations carry reformulated stuff. if not, find another station. me, i'm stuck driving at least an hour one way to get real gas