Fuel economy and improving it, among other things.

[timjmcconnell at gmail.com (Timbo)]

Check your timing and your air/fuel. I found that timing makes a big
difference. Also get yourself a can of that engine restore in the
silver can. Oil change. Makes your car very happy - especially if your
car has hydro lifters (16v and 8v after 87).

Other thing is spark plugs. On 8v - get some NGK copper plugs. Copper
plugs do not last as long - but they give a better spark. If you can
get them - Bosch Super copper plugs are GOD!

I sell new hondas - we have the first tuneup at 110,000 miles - why -
well the book even says - "we use special platinum-tipped spark plugs
for long life". That's the only reason platinum plugs are any good
IMO.

Other thing - Seafoam - - put that seafoam everywhere! in your gas, in
your intake, and you can put it in your oil too!

--Timbo

On 7/1/05, GGehrke <ggehrke@gmail.com> wrote:
> So in the 43-whatever-mpg thread a couple people were saying they got
> over 30mpg on their sciroccos (w/o diesel motors).  I've been keeping
> a close eye on my mileage and such since I fixed my speedometer (day
> before cincy) and have not been able to get those sort of numbers and
> it's been essentially 100% highway miles.
> 
> Since then I've gone 1174 miles on 41.731 gallons of 89 octane.  That
> comes to 28.1mpg.  Between individual fills I'm usually around 27.5.
> The other day on my drive home I drove for a while with nothing but
> fuel economy in mind for one stint across KY and went 150 miles at
> 30.08mpg, but that required driving strictly 65 +/-5 mph, being
> extremely conscious of hills, very slow smooth throttle changes, and
> even drafting behind trucks.
> 
> Is this as low as I feel like it is for the engine?  What can I do to
> improve it.  I have one more 600 mile pull left at the end of this
> summer, and I'd really like to get the best mileage I can.
> 
> Yesterday I changed my air filter (still just a paper filter), cleaned
> my fuel return line (someone wrote about it as the "tip of the year"
> or something on vortex), and fixed my alignment.  I might pick up a
> bottle of fuel system cleaner today at autozone cause they're cheap
> and I haven't done it yet.  What else is there to do?
> 
> And a spinoff question: What else can I do to my car now thats
> cheap/free.  I am going to replace my exhaust gaskets and do some body
> work, but other than that I'm basically out of stuff to work on!  I
> have a ton of free time and need ideas :)
> 
> -Grant-
> 
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