jwahl16
10+ Year Contributor
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- Oct 26, 2009
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Havertown,
Pennsylvania
I have been battling this problem of running rich, having poor gas mileage, and having little power.
I first got the car with a blown t25 (smoked like crazy). It was driven like that for a week or 2.
I put a big 16g on and other mods and started out with around 10 mpg. Since then I have managed to get my mpgs up to about 16/17 (its hard to tell my fuel gauge SUCKS) by doing the following:
New O2 Sensor
Fuel Filter
Spark Plugs .028 bpr6es
Wires
Air Filter
All new Vaccum lines
Just put in Redline fuel system cleaner on this tank but it doesn't seem to do anything
My Vac sits at 19 while in drive, but my car smells bad (no black smoke though).
So what else could it be? I'm using regular 10w-30 oil if that makes a difference. I plan on switching to mobile 1 next oil change.
Thanks and sorry for the long post!
EDIT:
I Just thought: could my Cat be clogged? That would put more restriction in the exhaust and reduce mpgs? What do you more experienced dsmrs think?
I first got the car with a blown t25 (smoked like crazy). It was driven like that for a week or 2.
I put a big 16g on and other mods and started out with around 10 mpg. Since then I have managed to get my mpgs up to about 16/17 (its hard to tell my fuel gauge SUCKS) by doing the following:
New O2 Sensor
Fuel Filter
Spark Plugs .028 bpr6es
Wires
Air Filter
All new Vaccum lines
Just put in Redline fuel system cleaner on this tank but it doesn't seem to do anything
My Vac sits at 19 while in drive, but my car smells bad (no black smoke though).
So what else could it be? I'm using regular 10w-30 oil if that makes a difference. I plan on switching to mobile 1 next oil change.
Thanks and sorry for the long post!
EDIT:
I Just thought: could my Cat be clogged? That would put more restriction in the exhaust and reduce mpgs? What do you more experienced dsmrs think?
