low gas mileage
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low gas mileage
hi people,
so i have a question about my gas mileage. i am a new owner of my 2007 s2000, and when i picked the car up i was getting about 300 miles per tank fill up. i don't drive my car hard, but i do city drive to work in it. anyway, on to my question:
i recently did an oil change on my car (royal purple and k&n oil filter...hot level is at the top notch of the dipstick [near the H]...5 quarts and a little bit of a 6th quart to top off) and ever since then i've been getting around 250 miles per tank fill up.
can putting too much motor oil cause me to get a lower gas mileage? or am i just self fulling a problem?
how many miles on average (rough estimate) are you guys getting with your s2000?
thanks in advance. if there's a thread that already exists please link me and close this one down. thankya
so i have a question about my gas mileage. i am a new owner of my 2007 s2000, and when i picked the car up i was getting about 300 miles per tank fill up. i don't drive my car hard, but i do city drive to work in it. anyway, on to my question:
i recently did an oil change on my car (royal purple and k&n oil filter...hot level is at the top notch of the dipstick [near the H]...5 quarts and a little bit of a 6th quart to top off) and ever since then i've been getting around 250 miles per tank fill up.
can putting too much motor oil cause me to get a lower gas mileage? or am i just self fulling a problem?
how many miles on average (rough estimate) are you guys getting with your s2000?
thanks in advance. if there's a thread that already exists please link me and close this one down. thankya
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Originally Posted by niptek,Jul 3 2010, 09:01 PM
thats about right. i get 230-240 on my 06 city drive. the only time i hit 300 was when i first picked up my car 3hrs away.
i ask b/c i'm hitting up to 250 when my gas indicator has about 0-1 ticks left
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I never understood why people measured fuel mileage in this manner. Calculating your MPG is just as easy and you don't have to run you tank dry. I usually fill up with 3-4 bars left.
With that being said, I was getting 26mpg mixed driving. I installed my HKS 75mm and got 27mpg mixed driving and that's with some spirited driving. If anyone talkes bad on a big exhaust, they're completely full of BS(this is the best I've gotten sense I've owned it).
With that being said, I was getting 26mpg mixed driving. I installed my HKS 75mm and got 27mpg mixed driving and that's with some spirited driving. If anyone talkes bad on a big exhaust, they're completely full of BS(this is the best I've gotten sense I've owned it).
