Ok here it is:

I purchased a used 98 2.3 CL. I love the car, its a nice ride...very clean inside and out with low miles. EPA rates its mileage at a decent rate...and I have read some threads on this forum prior to registering (but after buying the car). I saw how terrible the gas mileage is for this car. Why is it so bad? I mean...I just clocked my last tank and got 18.34 miles per gallon...its a inline 4, how can it be THAT bad? I understand that the weight of the car is a little beefy...but come on, 18mpg? That just seems incomprehensible...My last car got 30-32, which I could handle...but to me...18mpg is worse than a v6...are there any ways to increase this? I am aware that tire pressure, spark plugs and clean air filters have a role, but how many mpg are we talking? 2-3? 4 at most? Is it the weight of the car that creates this problem?

This is currently the only downfall I see...other than the timebomb that is the tranny...which also sucks...and as I said, its a 98...and from what I have read, im past the 7 year goodwill warranty...

Any suggestions on improving gas mileage? I am tempted to completely rip out all the interior from the back of the driver seats to the end of the trunk to relieve some weight.

 

Thats funny i got a '98 2.3 and get really good gas milage

 

I have a v6 and get 400 miles to the tank, it's not the weight

 

I get about 370 miles to a tank on the freeway, about 300 miles per tank in the city.

How many miles are on your car? You said "low", but how low is low?

 

wow wtf....with a full tank i can only go 320 and i have a 4 banger. maybe i drive to fast...

 

Its a 98 with 90k (just broke 90k)

As far as the v6 goes...less work to get the weight moving...more power...I dont know if that has anything to do with it. The four cylinder has to work harder to move the curb weight of the car.

I am just really dissapointed with the mpg. I am just looking for some ideas to increase it a little bit, thats all...

 

yea i get 25+ with my 992.3....something must be wrong..have it tuned and seafoam her

 

Pardon me, but "seafoam" her? Affraid I dont understand that.

 

There is a DIY in the DIY section for instructions. It basically cleans the shit out of your engine.

 

seafoam=GREAT

 

Just picked myself up a can yesterday

 

i drive a 98 2.3 auto and last week i got 16mpg with 75% highway. but i know its cuz: i take it to 4500 off of red lights, i drive with the ac on 60/fan on 4, i drive at 85 on the highway. these are all no-nos on this car.

 

you and that 15 lb right foot of yours

 

fixed!

 

can't wait, hope they don't call the fire department on me, i may wait till spring

 

i want to see this done....chris let me know when your doing this...never actually seen it done

 

you live out in the woods, i would recommend doing it eles where, anyplace that doesnt look like a forest fire

 

We I4's rock on the highway because once the cars moving, momentum is pushing them along.. only a little bit of gas from the i4 if we need it + 2500-3k~ RPM's in 5th = gas saver

In the city though we're pigs.. car's too heavy and makes the engine work too hard to move it

 

Might wait till spring, not sure yet

 

pardon me, do you have any grey pupon? LOL jk



eh who cares about gas mileage....

 

search it! klepto posted some videos of somebody doing it. or ask ajtcl

 

highway mileage is good for the 2.2, but city mileage is decent if you drive like an old lady...like alot of ppl i have a heavy right foot so im not getting much to a tank.

 

People with 4 bangers

 

i get around 500KM per tank..dont know what this is in mpg but whatever..

and i dont drive very slow either

 

3.0 = I get 320mi with A/C cranked. City. Thats when my Fuel light kicks on.

Get about 370mi. city with the AC off.