Rollin'ES3

Hey guys, i wanted to test to see how much mpg my 00 es300, so i filled up the tank. I drove until the gas light came on, over 90% was driven on the streets, so the tank went for 270miles, is this good mpg? I heard the gas tank holds 18.5 gallons, so I assumed the gas light goes on maybe with 1 gallon left?? so i calculated it and its 15.4 mpg , is this true???! someone with some info on mpg or the tank size help me out...Thanks in advance

shahir18

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i have the same problem... im dropping on gas mileage, im almost @ 88k miles on my '01 es300 and im barely getting 18mpg!!!

ssmoked

you should calculate the number of gallons you put in divided by the miles you drove.

SirSkrip

you should calculate the number of gallons you put in divided by the miles you drove.

that's probably the best way to do it. For now, according to the car, I am averaging about 22-23 mpg. When I do alot of street, it gets down to 21mpg. I have an 02 ES300 with 60K.

Choas

Wow I get 22 city 25 highway and I have 205k. I also have one of those air spinning things in my intake and I seafoamed my car about 10k ago.

PlatES300

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I have 150k on my 2000 ES300 and I get about 25-26mpg when I drive on the freeway. In the city, I get about 21 to 22. On a side note, my parents 97 ES300 with 170k gets almost 27 on the freeway.

AgntTinkle

i get around 18mpg mostly driving short trips [2.5 miles each way to and from work] and all city.
its the cold start up that really kills my mileage

HYPERBOY

i know its weird i just filled to car up half way yesterday and its already down about 3 lines....

maybe its my driving but come on its not like a floor it everytime i go from a stop.... my friends 03 330i gets better gass miles... and!! my friends 99 alavon get better miles.... this is very fustating and killing my wallet....

shahir18

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well its almost time for me to get a tune up... i guess thats what i need to really do, i dont go over 2 1/2 rpm. but im close to the 90k service, thats when i will get a trd filter, ngk iridium plugs, and probably do seafoam!

HYPERBOY

i thot of something wen i was driving a few days ago...

maybe its the octane booster??? cuz i just put in some a while ago... and the gas miles went down. it was just a thought

Pheonix

Especially since the lights come on with 2-2.5gallons left in the tank.
Most people don't run their car down enough to put 16 gallons in the tank anyways.

satiger

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My 2000ES (with 85K miles) gave 28 mpg on my last highway drive (300 miles each way). I though it is a good number for a V6 engine.

kingofire

I might be wrong but your tank only holds 16.5 gallons and your light comes on at 2-2.5 gallons so you only used up 13.5 to 14 gallons of fuel. If my math is correct thats an average of 20mpg. Its not bad for mostly city driving but it can be better! I would suggest you do a couple of treatments of autorx. Go to www.auto-rx.com and do 2 treatments with the directions on the bottle. I bet it will help your MPG's.

maniax

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becareful with seafoam.......last time i did seafoam on my car.....it clogged up one of my injectors causing a misfire. I ended up replacing all 6 injectors cuz i got a good deal on them.

TruPlaya26

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Damn i wish i could get that good mileage im averaging like 15 or less mpg, and im not driving aggressively, wuts goin on?