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Old Jan 20, 2011 | 06:50 PM
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The bottle says you can use your PCV valve also, I've always used the brake booster line, but I tried the PCV valve just recently. I like using that hose a lot more, gets your intake and more of the engine. I remember reading that using the brake booster gets part of the engine while the PCV gets most of it. If I'm wrong then someone correct me. But I'm pretty sure I'm right.

Also it seems to get the job done more using the PCV, at least it did for me
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Old Jan 20, 2011 | 07:04 PM
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i've never had to replace my brake fluid so i never bothered to pay attention to where the the filling point is. im still learning about everything in the engine and what it does. i did say i was a noob to these kinda things
That's not a good thing bro , you should flush your brake fluid and get some fresh juice in there. I flush my fluid with every oil change and tire rotation. You will notice a difference in the brake feel , even more if you've never done it before.
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Old Jan 20, 2011 | 07:47 PM
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i said I'VE never done it but it doesnt mean it hasnt been done. usually it gets done by whatever shop is working on my car at the moment. maybe i'll get a set of SS brake lines and throw that on there next time if i do the brake fluid
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Old Jan 21, 2011 | 10:51 AM
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using the PCV hose does that clean out the throttle body as well? or how should we go about getting the TB cleaned?
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Old Jan 21, 2011 | 10:54 AM
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I bet im under 20 mpg lol
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Old Jan 21, 2011 | 04:55 PM
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Originally Posted by GearDownSon
I bet im under 20 mpg lol
Ouch... and I thought my 22 MPG this winter was bad, when I can normally get close to 28 city driving during nicer seasons.
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Old Jan 22, 2011 | 12:43 PM
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I don't mean to highjack this tread but I ran a test on how my driving will affect mpg.

Driving like an a$$ - 20.5-21mpg
Driving normal - 23-24 mpg
Driving like a grandma, never took it over 3k rpm, a lot of costing - 27.5mpg

The mods I have in my car ar SRI, RRM udp, Flowmaster exhaust, headers, no cat.
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Old Jan 22, 2011 | 02:07 PM
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Originally Posted by dacib
I don't mean to highjack this tread but I ran a test on how my driving will affect mpg.

Driving like an a$$ - 20.5-21mpg
Driving normal - 23-24 mpg
Driving like a grandma, never took it over 3k rpm, a lot of costing - 27.5mpg

The mods I have in my car ar SRI, RRM udp, Flowmaster exhaust, headers, no cat.
That's pretty good compared to me I guess the mods killed my gas mileage. I don't think I've ever gotten better than 24 mpg and city driving it usually right around the 17-20 mpg mark .
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Old Jan 22, 2011 | 07:52 PM
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Well pretty much all the driving was done in the city. I live in Miami so even on the highway with all this damn traffic is like city driving.
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Old Jan 27, 2011 | 11:38 AM
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Out of the tips I put above, the main one I stuck with helped increase my mpg. I drove about 5 mph less that the speed limit - staying to the right every time I was on the highway.
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Old Jan 27, 2011 | 02:02 PM
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Originally Posted by parrishr13
Out of the tips I put above, the main one I stuck with helped increase my mpg. I drove about 5 mph less that the speed limit - staying to the right every time I was on the highway.
Sounds good, but I really do hate "that guy" when driving on the road. Lol
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Old Jan 27, 2011 | 02:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Flip
Sounds good, but I really do hate "that guy" when driving on the road. Lol
-Flip
Haha, I seriously get stuck behind "that guy" every time I'm running late to be to work or class lol. Never fails.
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Old Jan 27, 2011 | 02:25 PM
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I dont know if anyone mentioned this or not, but using Cruise Control can help with gas mileage as well quite a bit.
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Old Jan 28, 2011 | 11:31 AM
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HAHA!!
i got 32mpg a few days after christmas....(granted i was driving across nj for like 8 hours on cruise control from atlantic city to philly(then on over to detroit, where i live) at liek 25mph kuzz of a huge snow storm..lol)

but i normally get around 22-24mpg normal driving mostly city SUPER short trips(5-15mins)...and once a week drive on the highway for like 3 hours...

Last edited by nekkidlad; Jan 28, 2011 at 11:34 AM.
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Old Feb 5, 2011 | 08:18 PM
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I just cleaned out my tb. I was gettin like 22 overall and had a rough idle. I will figure out what im doin after the cleaning and let yall know. I just used tb cleaner and a toothbrush on the tb. Pretty simple. Runs alot smoother now too.
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