[Shotimes] gas mileage issues

Wed, 14 Jan 2004 20:10:28 -0600

Do a KOER test before you just go out and change the O2 sensors. They ain't 
cheap and they'll throw a code if they are bad.
-- 

Paul L Fisher
'93 Ford Taurus SHO Crimson Clearcoat ATX 180K Build date 11/18/1992
- K&N Panel filter, Tokico Struts, Eibach Springs, Dynomax cat-back, Holley 
190lph fuel pump, FPS rebuilt ATX, 26mm rear sway bar, Performance-Plus 
Stainless Steel Y-pipe, Delrin sub-frame bushings, Amsoil Series 2000 0W-30 
oil, Amsoil Synthetic ATF.

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Quoting Brett Lykins <silversaxman2005@hotmail.com>:

> i keep it under 3500rpm, unless i get to feelin a little crazy...which isnt
> 
> everytime i take off....about 1 out of 15....so......yea....the thermo is 
> gettin changed this weekend along with the O2 sensors that have never been 
> changed.....and this thing has 124,750 miles on the clock.....so.....also i
> 
> dont thing that having a busted gasket, allowing oil to go into the 
> plugs[that have never been changed] isnt helping....im change the gasket, 
> plugs and wires when it warms up!!....so yea....my bank account sucks thanks
> 
> to my beloved SHO...which i wouldnt take nothin for
> 
> 
> 
> Brett Lykins
> Maysville, Kentucky
> 1993 SHO
> Emerald Green
> ATX
> 1994 Porsche 968
> Black
> ATX
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> >From: Shylo McKinsey <mrfluffy02@yahoo.com>
> >To: TaurusSHO <shotimes@autox.team.net>
> >Subject: RE: [Shotimes] gas mileage issues
> >Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2004 15:12:25 -0800 (PST)
> >
> >13 ON THE FRIGGIN HIGHWAY??? How do you drive??? My
> >POS has 193000 on the clock...and I do some stupid
> >things...but usually i'll get 20-23 in town...and 25
> >or higher on the freeway...
> >
> >Shylo McKinsey
> >
> >'91 White MTX
> >--- Brett Lykins <silversaxman2005@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > > 24?!!....i would be HAPPY if my SHO get 24
> > > mpg........my SHO is gettin 13
> > > mpg on the HIGHWAY....ok...and 8 in the city, which
> > > is where i do most of my
> > > driving....so yea...i fill up my SHO 4 times a week
> > > just going to school and
> > > back, which is 3 miles from my house...120 miles to
> > > work and back on the
> > > weekends, with trying to drive like i have SOME
> > > brain....not too bad, i try
> > > to keep it under 3500rpms...... but hey...2 of those
> > > fill-ups are free, when
> > > you work for a family member who owns a car
> > > dealership....you are bound to
> > > get free stuff!!...but gettin back to the point, gas
> > > miliage on my 93 atx
> > > SUCKS!!......oh well....
> > >
> > >
> > > btw,
> > > coming home from work last sunday, i pulled up to a
> > > stop light beside a
> > > black Mustang GT mtx....it was some kid...he TRIED
> > > to race me.....key word
> > > TRIED.....i left him soooo bad next stop light we
> > > came too he turned off and
> > > found a faster way to get ahead of me, cause about
> > > 15 miles down the road he
> > > was turing infront of me at a stop
> > > sign.........moral of the story....dont
> > > ever try a SHO......cause we will win....it might
> > > not be me...but i know
> > > there are some people on this list and others that
> > > will KICK YOUR ASS!!!!!
> > >
> > > Brett Lykins
> > > Maysville, Kentucky
> > > 1993 SHO
> > > Emerald Green
> > > ATX
> > > 1994 Porsche 968
> > > Black
> > > ATX
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > >From: "Hartberger, Jason M.  ATAN"
> > > <hartbejm@roosevelt.navy.mil>
> > > >To: "SHOtimes mailing list (E-mail)"
> > > <shotimes@autox.team.net>
> > > >Subject: [Shotimes] gas mileage issues
> > > >Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2004 14:00:18 -0500
> > > >
> > > >I found out on my way back from Pittsburgh that my
> > > SHO will go precisely
> > > >421.6 miles before the engine dies. Fortunately, I
> > > found this out as I was
> > > >coasting into a gas station, so no harm done, but
> > > it raised some questions.
> > > >At that gas station, I put 17.6 gallons in my tank.
> > > Having done the math,
> > > >that averages out to 24mpg. That seems a bit low to
> > > me... is there anything
> > > >wrong with this number? this is going all highway,
> > > so I thought I'd be
> > > >getting closer to 30mpg. Am I just delusional, or
> > > do I need to have a
> > > >look-see at my engine?
> > > >
> > > >Any help would be appreciated.
> > > >
> > > >ATAN Hartberger, USN
> > > >USS Theodore Roosevelt CVN-71
> > > >
> > > >94 red ATX, 19320 miles -- it's hexed, I swear (get
> > > it? huh?)
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