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[4th Gen : 01-07]: Bad gas mileage after tuneup

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Old Aug 8, 2016 | 05:27 PM
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Just tried again today and was 17.1 with %50 highway and calculating came out 1 mps under what dash readout said. I can reset the trip on the ceiling when hitting the highway and get close to 25mpg but as soon as I hit town for even a short distance it dies off.
 
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Old Aug 8, 2016 | 07:13 PM
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That's normal.
 
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Old Aug 9, 2016 | 11:39 PM
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did better before the tuneup.
 
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Old Aug 10, 2016 | 07:52 AM
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Are the plugs you used OEM equivalents?
 
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Old Aug 10, 2016 | 12:31 PM
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Have you read the temperature with a scan tool to verify it is running up to proper temp?
 
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Old Aug 10, 2016 | 09:20 PM
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We put the basic Bosch in our '03 SXT w/ the 3.3 and the thing never got past 15mpg. I changed the NGKs that were original to the van w/ 93k on it back in '13 and since then We've put over 60k on it. This last week I put the Autolite Iridium XPs and it's pushing just around 415-430/tank for mostly city/mountain roads.
 
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Old Aug 11, 2016 | 07:16 PM
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Just drove 71 miles all in town and readout said 13.3mpg. Filled it up and calculation said over 19mpg.
Guess will really see when I put a couple thousand on it over the next week while on vacation.
 
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