ES 300 Exreme problem *HELP*
10-04-10, 02:07 PM
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No, unless your odometer is reading only around half of the distance actually traveled, it is not the problem. Forget about using the Blackberry to measure the distance, I assume you have mile or km markers on your highways. Set your trip odometer to 0 at one and then go 5 miles/km or so and check against the odometer reading. If it's only a few tenths off, then you can eliminate it as the problem unless you find that it intermittantly stops recording distance at all.
10-07-10, 05:11 PM
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Still no solution!!!!
Is it possible that the cat back exhaust may be clogged??? All 3 catalystics were clogged and there were a lot of particles in the last one.
Is it possible that the cat back exhaust may be clogged??? All 3 catalystics were clogged and there were a lot of particles in the last one.
10-12-10, 01:56 PM
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wow 9mpg? That's insane! The crazy thing is your saying it runs smooth with no CEL... Did you try and let the dealership diagnose this problem?
EGR valve? o2 sensor? ECU? I don't know just throwing random stuff in the air.
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how is power delivery on the car. Does it feel like its lost some power?
EGR valve? o2 sensor? ECU? I don't know just throwing random stuff in the air.
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how is power delivery on the car. Does it feel like its lost some power?
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10-12-10, 03:50 PM
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You need to take into a professional and have them diagnose it. What's going on is not a "typical" problem with an easy fix.
Something is either seriously wrong with your car, and you're potentially destroying it every time you drive it, or you're not calculating mpg properly.
Or the whole story is just a hoax to mess with people.
Modern cars don't all of a sudden go from getting 20-25 mpg to 7-9 mpg overnight AND run perfectly with no warning lights.
Don't be cheap, take the car to a dealer, pay the $75 dollars or so, you've probably spent that in wasted gas already. It's far cheaper to have a pro scan it than throwing parts at it or destroying your engine trying to figure out the problem. Then tell us what the problem is.
Something is either seriously wrong with your car, and you're potentially destroying it every time you drive it, or you're not calculating mpg properly.
Or the whole story is just a hoax to mess with people.
Modern cars don't all of a sudden go from getting 20-25 mpg to 7-9 mpg overnight AND run perfectly with no warning lights.
Don't be cheap, take the car to a dealer, pay the $75 dollars or so, you've probably spent that in wasted gas already. It's far cheaper to have a pro scan it than throwing parts at it or destroying your engine trying to figure out the problem. Then tell us what the problem is.
10-12-10, 07:03 PM
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Dude, its really happening!!!I went to a shop today and they told me to install all 3 catalytics.There are no emissions checking in my country. What happens if i disconnect all sensors or the problem will go away if i buy all 3 catalytics?
10-13-10, 12:24 AM
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what the hell you mean by 3 cataylitics? You mean the catalytic converter? Your car doesn't need 3 of them and even if the cat was bad it wouldn't drop your mpg that much. Also his first post shows that he already replaced it and now hes asking if he should get it done. I call shens, he is messing with us.
10-13-10, 06:12 AM
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i subscriubed to this forum because i found it very helpfull. i dont have the time or efforts to waste posting BS. The es300 has 1 catalytic converter, but has like one in the exhaust manifold and another oneafter that.
When i bought the car it didnt have the catalytic converter, so the muffler shop eliminated the rest because they were clogged ( in this country, the gasoline has some lead), so im asking if this could be the problem. If i decide to keep all the catalytics removed does this decreased the mpg, i read in some forums that if you remove all the exhaust restrictions the car will have more HP and consume less fuel.
Please im not intending to screw anyone , please dont post if you dont believe in my problem.
Thanks for all the help provided for those who wants to help.
When i bought the car it didnt have the catalytic converter, so the muffler shop eliminated the rest because they were clogged ( in this country, the gasoline has some lead), so im asking if this could be the problem. If i decide to keep all the catalytics removed does this decreased the mpg, i read in some forums that if you remove all the exhaust restrictions the car will have more HP and consume less fuel.
Please im not intending to screw anyone , please dont post if you dont believe in my problem.
Thanks for all the help provided for those who wants to help.
10-13-10, 07:55 AM
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You say there are no emissions checks in your country, yet you say you're located in Florida. Since when was Florida a country?
10-13-10, 08:01 AM
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I cant register my country, because is not listed (you can only register US citties).......I put Florida because i travel there a lot.
10-14-10, 06:48 AM
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