Hello, so, I'm new here, and a very green diy, but love to dig in, but I'm not too familiar with it provided no education besides hands on experience. Lately my caravans been going through an 8th of a tank daily, at no more than 6-8 miles a day, I was wondering if anyone could give me some leads and diagnostic advice to find the cause, in my case the oil change is slightly overdue and the fuel filter is of unknown mileage, as well as spark plugs. Not looking for someone to diagnose it for me, just some advice on finding it myself besides the information provided. Thanks.

Side note* where can I find a radio wire diagram for my model? (01 Caravan SE) Owners manual seems to be of no help and diagrams I found online don't seem to be accurate as I can not for the life of me power my front dash speakers or front left speaker, but everything else works. (Aftermarket stereo, have proper diagram for the radio just not the car itself.)

 

Have you actually calculated mileage or just looked at your gas gauge?

 

I've been monitoring my gas guage for a few weeks now, haven't calculated the mileage but it's burning way more than I'm travelling, I'm certain of that. In the last two days I haven't driven more than 20 miles, at a high estimate, and I've been through a quarter of a tank, so unless my gas tanks only 4.5gal then it's burning more than it should.

 

I am having a similar issue with my 2002 caravan. I think at best I am getting 15mpg.

 

1. You're doing all short trips, which is terrible for mileage.
2. Without actually checking your mileage there is no way to know if your mileage is normal.

 

That's about right in town. Also factor in the mileage on the engine.

 

i am having same problem with my 2001 caravan...please help