SUPER BAD mileage?
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Joined: Apr 2009
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From: Italy
It's impossible for me to get fewer than 150 miles before the first gas warning comes on in my X, and I have a LEAD foot. That's about 240km, so it should be easy to get at least that much. An entire highway tank got me double that, so getting about 500km out of a tank should be possible.
So I'm not surprised to hear that kind of numbers.
On highway, at around 85 mph I ave a consumption of around 19 mpg that means around 280 miles with a full tank. I think it's very difficult to do better than that, unless driving steady at 50 mph...
In any case, the wrong level indication is another story and I think our friend has a problem with the floaty in the tank.
Last edited by therocket; Jan 4, 2010 at 09:52 AM.
Unless you want to work on it yourself, take it back to the dealer. It sounds like they screwed something up. The fuel level sensor is a float attached to a lever which moves up and down across a rheostat on the outside of the fuel pump housing. Some ham-fisted mechanic can easily bend that arm / lever so that either its no longer calibrated or the contacts are not touching the rheostat all the way up or down.
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Joined: May 2009
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From: Toronto
It's impossible for me to get fewer than 150 miles before the first gas warning comes on in my X, and I have a LEAD foot. That's about 240km, so it should be easy to get at least that much. An entire highway tank got me double that, so getting about 500km out of a tank should be possible.
no luck for me, i run 94 octane, with a cobb stage 1 93 tune
and highest i get is about 340-350 km per tank.
60% highway, but i am usually not babying the accelerator
so maybe thats decent mileage ?
