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Old 08-02-2018, 10:42 AM   #27 (permalink)
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Blackfly - '98 Geo Metro
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Last 3: 70.09 mpg (US)

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90 day: 52.71 mpg (US)

Even Fancier Metro - '14 Mitsubishi Mirage top spec
90 day: 70.75 mpg (US)

Appliance car - '14 Mitsubishi Mirage ES (base)
90 day: 60.16 mpg (US)
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Originally Posted by California98Civic View Post
But early in this thread I think you got the same results sometimes and then the problem returned a few starts down the line, no?
Correct.

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with the "bad" coil, I would wait to see if it returns. Seems like it might.
I'm hopeful.

One other thing I thought of: a simple run of cold starts might not be a valid test. I need to actually drive the car: heating the coil up might be part of the problem? I'll be using it again this weekend. (And I did have a couple of longer drives with the known good coil.)

For those still keeping track at home:

- Trouble-free cold starts on the Firefly's coil: 5/5
- Trouble-free cold starts since re-installing the Metro's coil: 2 (so far)

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Yes, definitely. Take that bummer off the list of bummers in trouble shooting.
Done!

First kilotank (1k+ km = 620+ miles) in the beater Metro: 72 MPG US!
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