gas mileage on prelude

[2.2vtec]

I've had my car parked for a little while now but I sometimes take it for spin around my block just to have it running. But i've noticed that my gas is always lower then when I parked it. I've been getting horrible gas mileage (i.e. 140kms on 24litres of gas). Something must be wrong with my car. Does anyone know what it can be?? Should I take it to honda for them to have a look at it?

oh yeah it's 4 gen srv
Thanks for your help

[FiveFreshFish]

You'll get shitty gas mileage on a car that's stored because when you take for a spin around the block, the engine never warms up to its peak operating temperature. Also, if you warm it up before going around the block, that will drop your fuel economy too.

You should wait until after it is taken out of storage before you evaluate your gas mileage.

[90TurboLude]

Isnt the Air/fuel mixture sensor thingy (Oxygen sensor?) a good thing to check when you're getting bad fuel mileage? Im sure ill get flamed for this post but whatever

Mr.Lude

[shadowz]

I get about 580 on my SRV

[buh_buh]

I get close to 500 on my 5th gen if I baby it for most of the tank.

[mrmattyk]

Is it auto or manual? Not saying you would do this, but I know some guy who revs ridicolously high and gets really shitty mileage. That still shouldn't be making your mileage so bad, but it adds to the problem. Still 140km on your tank. That's ~5.83 km/L, I get 6 km/L on my Jimmy and I drive it really hard (considering its a v6, 4.3L and is driven always in 4x4 versus your 2.2L 4 cylinder). Check your fuel filter and 02 sensor. There's no way a n/a 4 cylinder should be getting such horrid gas mileage.

[GTS Jeff]

Originally posted by mrmattyk
Is it auto or manual? Not saying you would do this, but I know some guy who revs ridicolously high and gets really shitty mileage. That still shouldn't be making your mileage so bad, but it adds to the problem. Still 140km on your tank. That's ~5.83 km/L, I get 6 km/L on my Jimmy and I drive it really hard (considering its a v6, 4.3L and is driven always in 4x4 versus your 2.2L 4 cylinder). Check your fuel filter and 02 sensor. There's no way a n/a 4 cylinder should be getting such horrid gas mileage.

i get about about 6 km/l on my car.

[2.2vtec]

even when i was driving it as a daily car, if i babied it for the full tank i got about 450km. I think i should be getting at around 500-520km. Should i be worried?

[ancient]

Shit I get like 390 to a full tank on my car




Eeeep, I should look into that, I know my car runs rich tho.

[ancient]

Whats a good A/F controller

[shadowz]

Originally posted by ancient
Shit I get like 390 to a full tank on my car




Eeeep, I should look into that, I know my car runs rich tho.

Might be something to look into should be into 500 kms easily ive reached 600 once

[ancient]

Ya whats a good A/F Controller

[shadowz]

Apexi Vafc

[ancient]

Ok what about a good A/F gauge....

[CanadaCivicSIR]

I get like 300km's in town on a tank of gas on my 5 gen, but on the highway I can sometimes squeeze 500 km's

[Ben]

Originally posted by ancient
Ok what about a good A/F gauge....

Autometer.

[max_boost]

I've hit 550kms a few times

[buh_buh]

Originally posted by Ben



Autometer.

are you kidding me?! That guage is practically worthless. So inaccurate.

[ancient]

So which ones good, and what price.

[shadowz]

Seriously most are not accurate or very good, but I have the Apex Turbo timer which has the A/F in number increments, I feel that it is fairly accurate not great but better than Autometer, Autometer A/F guages are notorious for being inaccurate and malfunctioning very easily