I had a problem with mileage on my V6 going down to about 10-12 from 18-20
mpg originally...I took it to the dealer and aparently I had lost the
throttle return spring on the trans? I don't know what they did but my
mileage is back to 18-20 again :)
Josh
00 CC V6
>From: "William H. Hiatt III" <william@hiatt.net>
>Reply-To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
>To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
>Subject: DML: Gas mileage to crap?
>Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2001 09:16:23 -0800
>
>Well, I got a 2k 4.7l w/ auto, and am only getting about 9.5MPG. I will
>admit, the computer, when I had to drive to have it relearn, I did drive
>very heavy footed, and I do drive lead footed sometimes. Most of my driving
>is just short trips, 5-6 miles. What's up here. I am a little lead footed,
>but that much. It has been around 50 degrees here lately too. Any ideas?
>Should I run fuel injector cleaner, or fuel system cleaner? What's the
>difference? I usually prefer the STP stuff.
>
>william
>
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