gas milage

I have a 1996 ej8, and I think there is something wrong with my car's fuel consumption. Right now my needle is at E, and I have only done 250 miles, most of which is city. The ej8 has a 12 gallon fuel cell right? SO that would be 20 mpg. Sure I drive it hard sometimes, but thats pretty rare.

So now, what should I change or do? Maybe a tuneup? What does a tuneup consist of? Many thanks

my first question will be..................did you follow the maintenence in your owners manual?

i duno, got the car 2 months ago

has 93k miles

Is the fuel light on? B/c on my 98 EX I'll be down around towards E, but the fuel light won't come on til a little later. Usually while I'm in the vicinity of E, but the light isn't on I still got a bit of gas left and I'll only wind up getting <10 gal at the gas station when I go to fill up.

The light came up as I was going to the pump.

my first question will be..................did you follow the maintenence in your owners manual? Is the air pressure in your tires good? What about your transmission fluid? Air filter? Spark plug wires? Pretty much what superbluecivicsi said about basic mantinence.

it could be something as little as your tires being un alliened. does the car vibrate at any particular speeds. it happend to me once and i was getting about 24 mpg's.

maybe fuel filter, air filter. try putting some addatives to the gas injector clearner. (NOT octane boost)

Actually I have no idea what the tire pressure should be for my car. Does anyone know? 96 ex?

should be something like 30-32 psi