Poor Gas Mileage - long

From: stevie.o@excite.com
Date: Fri Dec 17 1999 - 09:43:00 EST


                                                sorry long, but informative...

                                                I have a '99 Dak 318 4x4 auto CC that has always got pretty low gas
                                
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
X-Mailer: Excite Inbox
X-Sender-Ip: 207.220.154.231

>Yikes, I said sounds like mine. =A0What can I do? =A0He said you can test =
 the
O2 sensor and make sure the voltage range output is between 0.0 to 1.0
Volts and not something like 0.2 to 0.8. =A0He said getting an O2 sensor =
to
work good is key to helping the problem.=20
 JA,
How would I test this?? any ideas??
I have a, 99 SLT+ CC 4x4 318 3:92, and the best milage I have ever got, 17
mpg, 300 mile highway, cruise. Empty to Empty, milage/gallons . I avg. 14mp=
g
with a total of 12k on the engin, mostly (70%) highway miles, flat Michigan=
.
I just recently took my dak in for the 12k oil change, I've been complainin=
g
about bad MPG, and they finnaly crack the plugs and re-gap them. NOW I'm
getting 11 MPG, before I started reading my DML digest this morning I calle=
d
the local 5Star and told them this is gonna end now!!!
I know the 3:92 gear is partly to fault but I should still AVG. 16 mpg -
easy!!!
I got rid of an 12 year old Rander V-6
and got 18 - 20 mpg??!?!?!?!

Does anyone know more about the leaking Intake Man. gasket leak?? Heard it
here awhile ago, havne't heard anything el;se???? Flip was it you???

stevie.o@excite.com
99 SLT+ CC 4x4 318 3:92 Em Grn
currently getting 11 mpg

_______________________________________________________
Visit Excite Shopping at http://shopping.excite.com=20
 The fastest way to find your Holiday gift this season



This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : Fri Feb 06 2004 - 11:47:57 EST