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Old 04-16-2011, 04:11 AM   #9 (permalink)
BrianAbington
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Omaha Nebraska area
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Civic - '98 Honda Civic DX
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I always push in the clutch and let it drop to idle before shutting it down.

The sucking fuel through after shut down makes sense. But I honestly don't see how it could be enough to make a 3 mpg difference.

I would like to try and fill up when its closer to empty...however my hours are greatly reduced at work presently and I have to buy gas when I get paid every week.

The weather is much nicer now and when I get a chance I need to replace the plugs and check the cap and rotor and look through my service manual on adjusting the carb I smelled it when I started it up after work tonight and it smells a bit rich...so I think it needs a spring time adjustment.

I will keep doing EOC this tank and see how it comes out. If the numbers are under 28 again I will go back to not EOC and see if they go back up.

I fill up at the same station every time and actually use the same pump because I go when nobody else is there.
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