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Old 08-18-08, 09:16 PM
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Premix and fuel economy?

i just recently started using idemitsu rotary premix on my stock 90 N/A. I still have my omp but i decided to run premix just to make sure my motor has that little extra protection from a potential omp failure. i mix it with 1/2 ounce per gallon as the back of the premix bottle and how mazdatrix suggest on their website. my question is should my fuel economy go down when i run premix? i was thinking that with the extra lubrication and better sealing that my engine would be a little more effiecent or at least the same effiecency as what it was before i started premixing? is this a wrong assumption?
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For sheezy. hehe. yea mines the same...same being its still shitty. lol
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oh ok, thanks. yea i need to increase my fuel economy...14 miles per gallon is killing me
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The pre mix shouldn't have anything to do with you MPG. I guess it really shouldn't matter though, we don't buy these cars for fuel economy.
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It will hurt your miles per dollar though, since now you're dumping in several ounces of expensive oil per fill, whatever that brand costs.
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14mpg i hope you have a turbo (my n/a gets around 20-22mpg)
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Originally Posted by SDrotary-FC
14mpg i hope you have a turbo (my n/a gets around 20-22mpg)
What is your secret?

I'm pretty sure my n/a is getting around 15-16mpg.
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I think economy depends on the motor or something...my old stockish TII got 24 mpg highway. My heavily modified TII I have now gets 15 mph highway
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turbo II gets aprox 19
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no it's an NA, it definitely needs a tune up and a fuel tune, i just need to get more money first
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Originally Posted by RyosukeD
What is your secret?

I'm pretty sure my n/a is getting around 15-16mpg.
motor stock (85k org miles), fresh tune up/fluids/ a few mods (exhaust/intake) and i dont really drive over 65mph (speed limit on our freeways here are 55 )

a new stock fc got 24mpg on the highway new i drive pretty mild with it most of the time.

if your getting 15 on the freeway you need to slow down or fix your 7.
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yea i'm planning on changing the spark plugs. I've read somewhere that might help. I've only had the car for a couple of months and the old owner wasn't realy a car guy so all he ever did was change the oil. If the spark plugs don't help i think i'm going to change the O2 sensor because i know that's never been changed. Anyother ideas that could help other than those two? (by the way it's an S5 NA with 78K original miles)
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You'll have to wire brush your spark plugs every month or so from gunky build up. Other than that you don't notice any changes.
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I have never checked just city or just highway mileage. My weekly driving consists of about 1/3 highway and 2/3 city miles and my 91 N/A Vert automatic gets 17.5mpg and I don't baby it much, hell gotta floor it and wind it out to get the fat pig movin' !

I imagine if I took a long highway trip and kept speed at limit, It might get around 21-22mpg.
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I'm getting 17/25 with the omp disabled in mine.
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well mine gets 0 mpg.. then again half the engine is laying on the garage floor right now.
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uhh my n/a gets 9-12mpg =\ FTL .. don't carb your 2nd gen! LOL
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MY TII gets about 20mpg with the OMP and premix....bad plugs and wires will kill any cars mpg. do a COMPLETE tune up and you should get about 4mpg more
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or learn to tune.
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