[Shotimes] gas mileage issues

[Donald Mallinson]

Jason,

One other thought, although it seems your mileage is not 
that bad, if you drove much of a distance with several cyls 
not firing right, you could have damaged the cat converters. 
  Might be a good idea to check them for restriction.

Don M.

Hartberger, Jason M. ATAN wrote:

> I replaced the plug wires after the trip up, where I got like 12mpg...
> running on 4 cylinders will do that to you. This was on the way back, after
> plug wire replacement. I did run the heater, which I suppose explains some
> of the loss, and I only run 92/93 gas in it... I may be poor, but I aint
> cheap.
> 
> ATAN Hartberger, USN (making precisely $1405.35 a month)
> USS Theodore Roosevelt
> 
> 94 red ATX 103400 miles (exactly!)
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Shylo McKinsey [mailto:mrfluffy02@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2004 10:53 PM
> To: TaurusSHO
> Subject: Re: [Shotimes] gas mileage issues
> 
> 
> Did you replace the plug wires before or after
> (assuming after) ??? Did you run the heater??? What
> kind of gas did ya use??? 
> 
> Shylo McKinsey
> 
> '91 White MTX
> 
> --- "Hartberger, Jason M.  ATAN"
> <hartbejm@roosevelt.navy.mil> wrote:
> 
>>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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