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From: Scott Dorsey on 3 Mar 2010 13:42 Pete E. Kruzer <tomkanpa(a)comcast.net> wrote: >As I've posted before, my 2001 PT gets terrible milage. What have you done about it? Any codes in the ECM? Checked for vacuum leaks? Changed plugs, cap and rotor? Checked fuel pressure? Or just ignored it? --scott -- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."
From: sctvguy1 on 3 Mar 2010 15:08 Pete E. Kruzer wrote: > As I've posted before, my 2001 PT gets terrible milage. > Here in Western PA and Eastern Ohio there's a huge supermarket chain, > Giant Eagle. > They have GetGo gas stations. For every $50 you spend at the market, > you get 10¢ > off a gallon of gas. The only time I use GetGo gas is when I have a > free tank coming. > My cruiser on BB, Sunoco or Shell averages 16-17 mpg. My trips never > change. I'm > usually going to the same places the same number of times between fill > ups. > On the GetGo gas, I'm lucky if I come close to 13-14 mpg. I get better than that with my 41 Windsor! 245.5 flathead 6. I had two PTs: a sedan and a convertible. Both got terrible mileage, the convertible with the 180hp turbo, got around 17-22 max. The sedan, with the base engine would get around 19-26. This is Florida with flat roads everywhere.
From: cuhulin on 3 Mar 2010 16:09 Florida with flat roads everywhere. You ever been to Spook Hill in Florida? I have.It is an optical illusion. By the way, I own a half acre of land in Interlachen,Florida, Putnam County, North Florida. cuhulin
From: Steve on 3 Mar 2010 16:57 Pete E. Kruzer wrote: > As I've posted before, my 2001 PT gets terrible milage. > Here in Western PA and Eastern Ohio there's a huge supermarket chain, > Giant Eagle. > They have GetGo gas stations. For every $50 you spend at the market, > you get 10� > off a gallon of gas. The only time I use GetGo gas is when I have a > free tank coming. > My cruiser on BB, Sunoco or Shell averages 16-17 mpg. My trips never > change. I'm > usually going to the same places the same number of times between fill > ups. > On the GetGo gas, I'm lucky if I come close to 13-14 mpg. > The best I've ever done on my wife's 2005 PT (automatic) was 27.5 on the highway. More typical is 24-25, and around town is 20 to 21. I don't consider that particularly good since her 3.5L Vision TSi that out-weighed the PT by a few hundred pounds and out-powered it by almost 100 horsepower got even better mileage (30 highway when it was in its prime). But what I really can't understand why your 2001 does so badly. I know other owners of early PTs which were similar to yours, though.
From: Bill Putney on 3 Mar 2010 17:34
Maybe it's different where you are, but here in VA, the decals on the pumps say something to the effect "May [ < key word] contain up to [ < more key words] 10% ethanol", so to me it is a real unknown, and who knows *what* determines from one batch to the next what the exact content is? -- Bill Putney (To reply by e-mail, replace the last letter of the alphabet in my address with the letter 'x') Rob wrote: > 10% ethanol out here and that's not a seasonal thing. > > local techs recommend a small amount of amsoil 2 stroke in your gas tank but > a very small amount, about 1 ounce per 10 gallons i think but i am checking > on that now. > > > "Bill Putney" <bptn(a)kinez.net> wrote in message > news:7v6s78F7grU1(a)mid.individual.net... >> Ashton Crusher wrote: >>> I've always liked chevron gas because it has techroline, which is one >>> of the best fuel detergents. But I've noticed lately that when I buy >>> Chevron my 2009 PT seems to get about 2 - 3 mpg worse gas mileage. My >>> other typical fill up is some "FastGas" type place. This change has >>> happened often enough that I'm pretty sure it's not completely my >>> imagination. Anyone else noticed such a change from one brand to >>> another? On the FastGas I usually get 24.5 on my typical driving >>> cycle, 70% commute, on the Chevron it drops down to about 22. >> Amount of alcohol added, seasonal blend formulations and accuracy of the >> blend, quality of gas as far as moisture/water due to condensation that >> collects in the tanks, particularly during th winter can be a factor. >> >> -- >> Bill Putney >> (To reply by e-mail, replace the last letter of the alphabet in my address >> with the letter 'x') > > |