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Old Oct 21, 2009 | 11:05 AM
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I pay 4.2 a gallon here....yup. It gets worse than that sometimes....i fill up and deposit my paycheck at the gas station....lol
 
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Old Oct 21, 2009 | 11:07 AM
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I could of swore I saw someone post that on the stock 26 gallon tank when the light comes on it's in the area of 5 gallons but O well. I just know it's terrible and this is sucking my mod money dry. I'm gonna give the dealership a call seeing as it's still under warranty and see what they can do for me. If worst comes to worst, I'll suck up my pride and post pone my planned mods to buy plugs, wires, and such to see what that does.
 
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Old Oct 21, 2009 | 11:24 AM
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pull your battery cable to reset your pcm...change plugs, clean throttle body, air up tires, find your sweet spot for cruising mines 70mph...i was getting ****ttttyyyyyy...did those few things and now its rockin..
 
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Old Oct 21, 2009 | 12:15 PM
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I think I might be having gas gauge problems though. I put more gas in last night. I put in 40 bucks at 2.43 a gallon which got me just over 16 gallons. It shows about 3/4 tank now. Idk I'm gonna unhook the battery and reset everything to see where that gets me. I reset my overhead avg. and kept it under 2k this morning and it showed 10mpg.
 
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Old Oct 21, 2009 | 12:31 PM
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u need to clean it the engine probably. that mud isnt helping lol
 
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Old Oct 21, 2009 | 12:33 PM
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Stop waiting til the light comes on to fill up and dont just throw a few gallons in it. The last part of the tank always goes by faster than the first half. Do all the maintanance, clean everything, check your air filter for mud, clean the engine so its not running so hot and then fill it all the way up to a full tank and reset the trip OD and the overhead mpg. Drive till it hits a half a tank and fill it all the way up again and take the miles driven/gallons you put in and I will almost put money on it that it will be quite a bit higher.
 
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Old Oct 21, 2009 | 12:42 PM
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I would fill it all the way every time if I had the cash to do that. My job is not very good paying and I only get to work about 3 days of the week for less than 3 hours. So my paychecks have been averaging less than a hundred bucks. Then I have no money for mods or to eat if I fill it all the way.

Edit: My last check was only $49.87
 
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Old Oct 21, 2009 | 12:44 PM
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damn i just put that much in the other day and it only got me 3/4th of a tank lol
 
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Old Oct 21, 2009 | 12:53 PM
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You dont have to fill it all the way every time though. Do it once, and fill it at the halfway mark from that point on, that way you only take the hit once and it should last longer than the last little bit you put in.
 
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Old Oct 21, 2009 | 01:12 PM
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get a better job
 
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