97 Sc 2 burning to much gas !!

[dgi007]

does anyone else have a problem with there saturn buring alot of gas !! its not in performance mod unless its stuck ... and i have lost almost 100 km on a tank of gas !! anyone no why ? thanks

[Ballistic79]

Have you tried running some fuel injector cleaner throught the system? If not fill your tank up with premium gas and add a bottle of fuel injector cleaner to the tank and see if that works.

[dgi007]

does it have to be premium that pretty pricie for my budget !!

[Ballistic79]

Not really, the fuel injector cleaner will still work, but if you can swing one takfull of premium it helps, cuz premium also has additives that help to clean your fuel system.

[sierrap615]

SES light on?

[saturnspeed_12]

once again look into cts. also think about new plugs and wires. get the cts from the dealer and as of plugs the best is ac delco rapidfire, yet people will say ngk v-powers are the best for saturns but i have run through many plugs, including ngk, and the ac delco rapidfires have proven to work the best. also as of wires go with napa belden, dealer, or msd. those are then best to go with.

[jsh22]

yea, like saturnspeed_12 said i would look into the cts. i just had a diagnostic done on my '93 sc2 due to it taking massive amounts of fuel to just get to work and back. anyway, what came up was that the coolant temperature sensor is not working right, the thermostat is also opening too soon. we're swapping out the cts today or tomorrow...will let you know how that goes

[saturnsc2]

Originally Posted by Ballistic79

Not really, the fuel injector cleaner will still work, but if you can swing one takfull of premium it helps, cuz premium also has additives that help to clean your fuel system.

that's a myth. all fuel has additives to keep your fuel system clean, otherwise you would see cars on the side of the road all the time. the oil companies like to lead us to believe that using premium fuel will clean the fuel system, or that it burns cleaner, has more power, ect. they just want you to buy the more expensive fuel. save your money, it's bullshit. the only thing premium fuel has is more octane so the fuel burns slower which is neccessary for a high compression engine, & it's not necessary to use it in a saturn...