Thanks for that post freebeard... I followed that thread a bit. Very interesting and very informative
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Originally Posted by Ecky
How fast do you drive? I get ~50mpg at 75mph, and ~100 at 50mph. Speed is king for highway driving.
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You can check my fuel log for more specifics, but for the most part most of my driving has been between 65-70mph. I did one full tank on what I considered aggressive ECO driving (at least for me) and I stayed 55 for the most part, 60at most at times (no cruise)... and did not make it to 50mpg on that tank... But I believe there's another reason for my low numbers.
I am 100% sure now that have a fuel leak! I thought I noticed gas smell a few fill-ups ago (I've only done 5), but I only smelt it... on my fourth fill-up I parked over the concrete and was able to physically see a puddle of gas under the car hours later, but didn't see where from. It had stopped. It's apparently a very slow seep of gas, but it's quite a bit. Sat morning I filled up my 5th tank and drove back over the concrete and didn't smell or see no signs of it... but this morning I was able to see sings of where the puddle was and had evaporated. So now I know for sure I have a leak.
I haven't gone under the car to fetch the leak yet, but if I had to guess, I think it's loosing the amount of gas in between the upper portion of filler neck upon fill-up, down to where the filler hose meets the tank... That's my guess. That's quite a bit of gas, and I'm sure the leak is driving my number down quite a bit. I have to get under it and address this problem
- I'll wait until next fill up to see if I can pin-point the actual location of the leak because it's already stopped for now.
But I today I was able to make me some templates for the rear-view mirror cover using my parts car and decided to make a temporary cover... Then got a little happy and just pulled my mirror off
My passenger side mirror was broken anyways so I just removed it and improvised this cover. Not the nicest cover, or picture, but I'm sure it's better than a useless mirror hanging out into the air flow.
This one is made out of cardboard, layered w/ painted duct tape, and attached to the door via clear box-wrapping tape. I plan to make me a better one some day, but this will have to do until then
I also made me a paper template for the antenna, I'll find some plastics from work and hopefully make me some more permanent covers for the antenna and mirrors. But for now I simply pushed the antenna all the way in to reduce the amount of drag until I remove it.
We'll see how much these 5 changes I did this weekend improve my overall FE.