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Old 09-11-2018, 11:08 AM
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Question MPG took a crap

I used seafoam in the gas and oil prior to oil change and replaced the air filter along with the intake cleaner from seafoam now I noticed that my MPG has dropped. No noticeable increase in power just uses more fuel is that normal or am I paranoid.
 
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Old 09-11-2018, 12:03 PM
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Dropped from what to what?
 
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Old 09-11-2018, 01:25 PM
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I don't have exact numbers yet but I drove 200 miles and it took over half a tank and last month I drove the same and had between half and 3/4 tank left close to a quarter tank difference
 
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Old 09-11-2018, 05:12 PM
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You can't go by the fuel gauge alone. You need to fill up and do the math to see how many miles traveled vs how many gallons used.
 
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You can’t claim MPG took a crap if you don’t know the MPG.
 
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Originally Posted by Jason Marshall
I don't have exact numbers yet but I drove 200 miles and it took over half a tank and last month I drove the same and had between half and 3/4 tank left close to a quarter tank difference

was it the same 200 mile route that you drove? if not then thats a completely useless comparison as terrain and speeds have a huge affect on things.


 
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Old 09-12-2018, 01:37 PM
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yeah same trip and I know I need to get the numbers to be exact but I have mad the trip many times and never that big of a difference. I know there are many factors like traffic, temp, tires, brand of fuel, ect ill know more in a few days when I fill up again.
 
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Old 09-12-2018, 09:21 PM
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These things suck alot of gas on a good day so there are lots of things that can throw it off in a hurry.
 
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Old 09-13-2018, 11:41 AM
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yeah I had a guy the other day giving me **** for driving a gas hog by myself like I was single handedly killing the ozone layer and yeah he was in one of those new electric cars damn millennials.
 
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I doubt his electric can tow my 6,000 lb trailer. I'm good.
 

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