only getting 200 miles for a full tank....

delphis · Post by **delphis** » Thu Dec 08, 2005 8:06 pm

so ya exactally what the post said, I was thinking it should upwards of almost 300 miles. Any way to improve this? I haven't replaced injectors or fuel pump yet and there is over 90k miles on the car, any suggestions of an afterrmarket fuel pump and good injectors?

thanks
timmay

kinkyllama · Post by **kinkyllama** » Thu Dec 08, 2005 8:21 pm

How many gallons does the tank hold?

You have a lanos, right? When i drive decently i get 27-28mpg in my forenza which is 370+ miles a tank. 14.5 gallons and i usually have at least a gallon left when i fill up

daftmajin · Post by **daftmajin** » Thu Dec 08, 2005 8:25 pm

kinkyllama wrote:How many gallons does the tank hold?

You have a lanos, right? When i drive decently i get 27-28mpg in my forenza which is 370+ miles a tank. 14.5 gallons and i usually have at least a gallon left when i fill up

Lanos tanks hold a little more than 12.5 gallons I believe.

kinkyllama · Post by **kinkyllama** » Thu Dec 08, 2005 8:35 pm

Since the lanos is lighter and has a smaller engine you should be getting well over 300miles! Whats your driving like?

I can get 400 miles a tank if i drive good... but latly ive been shifting later (holiday traffic) and am getting like 265miles a tank

delphis · Post by **delphis** » Thu Dec 08, 2005 8:57 pm

my driving is normal not gettin to crazy with revving up to high rpms or anythiing, yet I have never changed my fuel pump, fuel filter, or injectors and I think that is what the problem might be.

CustomLanos · Post by **CustomLanos** » Thu Dec 08, 2005 9:07 pm

geezzz.....my car must suck on gas too, i barely get 28-30 mpg. and thats mostly highway.

delphis · Post by **delphis** » Thu Dec 08, 2005 9:11 pm

well I just did the calculation, and I am only getting roughly 16 mpg and I know my car should be getting wayyyyyy more than that.

Does anyone know where I can get some better injectors that are too expensive? I went gm-car-parts.com and they wanted 58$ for each injector!

kinkyllama · Post by **kinkyllama** » Thu Dec 08, 2005 9:16 pm

delphis wrote: Does anyone know where I can get some better injectors that are too expensive? I went gm-car-parts.com and they wanted 58$ for each injector!

I wouldnt get better..just OEM. But 58 bucks seams very high. Have you ever put fuel injector cleaner in your gas? That'd probably help alot

Aneab · Post by **Aneab** » Thu Dec 08, 2005 9:25 pm

me and Delphis in the same boat poor gasmilage for the lose...

when i'm nice to my car and basically only do freeway driving (constant 70 mph on cruise control) i get about 250-270miles (18MPG) per tank... if i'm hard on it, i only get around 220 (16mpg), which isn't much less... and if it's all city driving... well it goes down from there (16 mpg nice city driving and 13~Ish mpg hard city mixed with nice driving)

delphis · Post by **delphis** » Thu Dec 08, 2005 9:29 pm

kinkyllama wrote:
delphis wrote: Does anyone know where I can get some better injectors that are too expensive? I went gm-car-parts.com and they wanted 58$ for each injector!
I wouldnt get better..just OEM. But 58 bucks seams very high. Have you ever put fuel injector cleaner in your gas? That'd probably help alot

Ya I have and it helped only for a little bit but then it went right back down, I think i just need to replace the pump filter and injectors.

Aneab · Post by **Aneab** » Thu Dec 08, 2005 9:31 pm

my friend knows a place that can rebuild all 4 of your injectors for 50$, which is a nice price, but if you need the car to get places, thats not going to work out very nicely...

~Kyle

delphis · Post by **delphis** » Thu Dec 08, 2005 9:32 pm

ya I will just buy new ones, it is no big deal, i would rather have brand new than rebuilt.

Aneab · Post by **Aneab** » Thu Dec 08, 2005 9:33 pm

yeah i'd love to have new ones too...

UK_REZ_ESSEXRACERS.COM · Fri Dec 09, 2005 4:43 pm

i was getting 160-180mpg from a 1.6 lanos, had exhaust, and air filter. that was mostly town driving. the MPG is shit, im getting more from my TYPE R civic, thats 200bhp!!!!!!!!!

whiptastic_nubira · Post by **whiptastic_nubira** » Sat Dec 10, 2005 3:03 am

on a full tank of gas (12 gallons) i can go to the beach and back and cruise around while im down there...i wanna say its almot 200 miles to get there...about 40-50 cruisin miles...and 200 back...so thats around 400-450 miles. all highway miles..except for the cruising around. i could probably do that on 3/4 tank..if im not racing around.