[MZ3Boy84]

Ok, in the past few months i noticed that my gas is burning a helluva lot faster than it should. SO I measured it and im getting 16MPG!!! Im not at all an aggressive driver and I don't have a clue what could be causing this. I know alot of people are gonna say "change your fuel or air filter". But even if BOTH filters were bad, it shouldn't cause that big of a loss.

Someone please help.

- A desperate driver running outta gas money.

 

[MZ3Boy84]

OH and by the way, i dont have any engine mods and its a 2.0

 

[drdellorama]

i don't think our car have fuel filter

 

[MZ3Boy84]

They do, its a weird one, its located IN the fuel tank from what I hear. And whats even more f*cked up is that I have a Manual Trans.

 

[drdellorama]

what was your mpg before this?

 

[MZ3Boy84]

27-28MPG

 

[drdellorama]

are you still under warranty? bring it to the dealership, since you don't have any engine mods, they'll hopefully fix it.

 

[MZ3Boy84]

Hell I don't have the time to take it to the dealership. I work from 6am to 4pm MON-FRI and the dealership is only open till 12 on Saturdays. I'f I can fix this myself, that would be ideal.

 

[ShaleZoom3]

i would seriously try and take it to the dealership....i wouldn't mess with fuel tank or anything.

 

[MZ3Boy84]

I'll see what I can do. I've read around and apparently I am far from being the first guy on this forum to push out 16mpg. I just wish somebody had an easy answer lol.

 

[ShaleZoom3]

yeah but that is the first 2.0L i have heard about getting that.

 

[smokinAMD]

Willing to bet its a bad purge valve.

 

[MZ3Boy84]

Where is that located on the vehicle? Would I be able to fix/replace it myself? And if so, how much would it cost?

 

[smokinAMD]

If your in St. Louis, I have a spare one we can try out and see what happens.

 

[MZ3Boy84]

sending you a PM!