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Old 04-29-04, 09:56 PM
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I am getting really bad gas mileage, i know this has been asked like a lot of times but search is taking a while for me. I am getting like 120 130 miles to a tank of gas any ideas what it could be i have 88 GXL and i did oil change and rad flush people where telling my o2 sensor is going bad or my fuel filter i need help its getting a little anoying any help would be good
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how's your compression? New O2 sensor is only gonna get ya 1-2 mpg better...is it all city driving?
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yup all city i dont know the compression the engine is only 4yrs old
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car runs sound keeps idle i hope it dont have bad compression
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what is normal compression Numbers for these cars
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spark plugs and air filter may help. try those out.
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yea my filter had leaves twigs and dirt i just dont have the money to buy another
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you need a full tune up and then you can trouble shoot if something is really wrong with the car or not. you have alot of random variables up in the air.
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everything has just about been done, but list somethings that should be replaced
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anyone know of any sites where i can go to read about this stuff instead of forums so i can read up on it
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last time i filled up i got 8.5 mpg that not good right or is that normal i dont think it is
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