Bad gas milegae in my IS250
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Hey guys,
I have had my car for 2 years now and it seems like my gas mileage has really dropped I used to get 30-31 miles to gallon now i'm lucky to get 25-26
. Has anyone else on here experienced these problems? Is there a recall or something I don’t know about to fix the problem? If anyone could shed any light on this situation I would deeply appreciate it!
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Ryan
I have had my car for 2 years now and it seems like my gas mileage has really dropped I used to get 30-31 miles to gallon now i'm lucky to get 25-26
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Ryan
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I'll suggest what I said in a similar thread: whenever you start the engine from cold, it runs rich burning extra gas to warm up faster. If you do a lot of cold starts, or short trips where the engine has to warm up again each time, your mileage will be horrible.
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Most Winter MPG complaints stem from the introduction of "oxygenated" fuels.
Burns cleaner, but with a reduced BTU output. Wont be long till it required year round, I'm sure.
http://epa.gov/otaq/oxygenate.htm
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Burns cleaner, but with a reduced BTU output. Wont be long till it required year round, I'm sure.
http://epa.gov/otaq/oxygenate.htm
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It is also possible that the gas stations have changed to a "winter blend" which would affect the MPGs. Once it changes back to the regular blend, the MPGs should go back up.
I noticed mine has dropped in city speeds on my 250 AWD, but during at freeway speeds not as much.
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On a side note, I was told that fuel quality in Canada, even thou it is higher priced is better than US because Canada has stricter regulated standards than US.
I noticed mine has dropped in city speeds on my 250 AWD, but during at freeway speeds not as much.
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On a side note, I was told that fuel quality in Canada, even thou it is higher priced is better than US because Canada has stricter regulated standards than US.
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You probably wouldn't know it living in CA traffic, but the 350 can get nearly 30 too... flat, all highway steady speed I hit 29.7 tank avg for about a 300 mile trip over thanksgiving... (only time I actually saw >30 average for a tank in a 350 was on an earlier trip part of which I was coming down out of the mountains so I don't count that)