12 MPG or less!

[richtazz]

Have you ever change the timing belt on your car. IF the timing belt is stretched, it will throw off the timing, which will cause knock. The ECM in turn retards timing to combat the knock, making your mileage crappy. If your car has over 100k, and you haven't changed it yet, you're due. Go to the bank and get a loan, cuz that job ain't cheap, but it needs to be done before you grenade your engine.

[AKWE-gt]

Originally Posted by Tom94gaGT

exchange rate akwe! probably about the same

that was with the exchange and everything. .86$ a liter( this was the price friday for regular) x 4 = 3.44$ a gallon canadian/ 1.21(us rate in canada) = 2.84$ a gallon us x 17 gallons(size of my 97 gp tank)= about 48 bucks. i think 93 octane is an extra 9 cents a liter or 36 cents a gallon. the funny part is that on monday the price will drop down to .75$ a liter and it will slowly climb back up during the week.

[ru35angel]

Question: My fuel filter is giving me problems while removing.... The nut on the fuel rail is almost striped, possibly by previous owner, and it looks really rusted.... any help with this problem? You dont think I should replace the entire fuel line down to the engine do you?

[kustomkid54]

WD 40 the nut andvise grap the nut. You can always replace it. Go to Sears. They have a nut breaker that works really well. I thought it was a bolt. May be wrong.
Shouldn't be a reason to change fuel line. If it has that much dirt in it. Run the car, and replace filter again. Good luck

[richtazz]

they make a fuel line repair kit to replace the stripped out end. You can get them at any auto parts store for around $10-$15. The kits come with a short piece of repair line, the threaded o-ring fitting and a compression union. Put anti-sieze on the threads to keep it from happening again.

[ru35angel]

thanks... Ill give it a try....

[kustomkid54]

How did I see fuel filter? Damn glasses.

[ru35angel]

Oh hell yeah..... I purchased the fuel line repair kit, hacked off some of the old pipe, spliced on the new (with replacement filter) and let me tell you some of the changes..... A feel in some increased power, increase in sound (custom exhuast is deafening now, oh yeah) <doesnt make sense right?......Fuel mileage went from 13.1MPG...yeah 13.1! too 18.8mpg...according to DIC... one weird thing though....> my total mileage trip calculation went from 129mprt (miles per remaining tank) all the way to 212mprt.... and it really shifts around at least 20mprt at stops and go's...which it never did before....Thanks for the advice, my car REALLY needed the new fuel filter.....!