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Old 07-18-2010, 05:01 AM   #10 (permalink)
ShadeTreeMech
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Originally Posted by comptiger5000 View Post
Pull the ECU fuse on the car, let it sit for 10 mins, put it back, fire it up and take it for a drive. After having a vacuum leak, re-learning the fuel trims may restore your MPG.
I think I may have done that......or maybe not, I can't remember? Bad thing is I know disconnecting the battery also resets my tripometer, which is annoying at best, so I tend to avoid such things. Not sure if pulling the fuse will reset it or not. I suppose I could write down the odometer reading....oh wait, the SG will store the miles for me. Problem solved!


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Regarding the high speed sweet spot, consider yourself lucky. You can get the best highway mpg the car wants to give (at a steady speed) without having to dawdle along like the rest of us.
LOL, I'm thankful in that part of the reason for buying the car was to have a good highway cruiser, and it certainly comes through on that aspect. But I rarely can cruise at anywhere near 80+ in my area, which is when I got that ridiculous 30+ mpg figure for a full tank. My brother and I were convinced for about an hour the gas guage must have been stuck, because it wouldn't hardly move! And we were flat getting with it!
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I think you missed the point I was trying to make, which is that it's not rational to do either speed or fuel economy mods for economic reasons. You do it as a form of recreation, for the fun and for the challenge.
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