Civic VX cant get over 41ish MPG

[jlk16188]

Originally Posted by fifteenwindow

Its called a splash shield, part numbers 74111SR3A01 or 74000S01A00. There is a diagram at cmsnl.com, but I don't have enough posts on ecomodder to allow me to link it for you.

JCWhitney sells replacements for $40, but I have no experience with them.

Congrats on blasting past your mileage goal.

You were right, the front splash shield is missing. Picking up one tonight

[jlk16188]

[jlk16188]

Made a grill block with foam pipe insulation. It seems to be doing its job very well as the weather is getting cooler. I am now averaging in the low 50's MPG for the past few tanks. Thanks guys and gals for all of youre help and insight





Here is my daily route with elevation change. I think Im doing pretty well considering where I started at and where I am now with my fuel economy

[jlk16188]

Just an update, I had an oil leak which caused me to tear down the timing belt side of the motor which allowed me to see that I had previously set the timing belt one tooth off from correct alignment. I fixed this and reset the distributor timing and now i am reguarly running around 47-50 MPG on my daily commute and well above 50 almost 60 MPG on long trips

I also touched up some rust and replaced the exhaust

here's a picture just to draw interest- tried my CRX's rims out on the VX

[j12piprius]

Originally Posted by jlk16188

Here is my daily route with elevation change. I think Im doing pretty well considering where I started at and where I am now with my fuel economy

Nice chart. How did you make it?

[jlk16188]

Originally Posted by johnlvs2run

Nice chart. How did you make it?

I made it off a bicycling route website. I dont remember which one but it was probably one of the first ones that pops up in google. I was trying to find the elevation changes along the route and it happened to spit out this cool chart for me

[j12piprius]

Originally Posted by jlk16188

I made it off a bicycling route website. I dont remember which one but it was probably one of the first ones that pops up in google. I was trying to find the elevation changes along the route and it happened to spit out this cool chart for me

Thanks. I see it was made on mapmyfitness.com. Is that the same place you found the elevation changes?

[jlk16188]

Originally Posted by johnlvs2run

Thanks. I see it was made on mapmyfitness.com. Is that the same place you found the elevation changes?

yes, everything from that chart came from a single sourse

[j12piprius]

Awesome. Thanks very much.

[GTR]

Originally Posted by jlk16188

Just picked up my VX from the body shop. It has been down for almost 2 weeks getting all the rust removed. Hopefully i can get some better MPG numbers this week.

Looks really good

What'd you have to pay to get the fender rust removed and fixed from the body shop?