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Bad Mileage '04 Neon
Good evenin
I have an '04 Neon SXT that just turned 1000 miles tonight. I've been noticing some pretty awful gas mileage lately. I filled the tank yesterday and after 55 miles of driving, it's already down to 3/4 tank. Is this normal for the break-in period? The owner's manual says the 2.0 needs only 300 miles to break in, but I'm finding the clutch and the tranny might need more. Any ideas why the mileage is so bad?? Thanks, NG '03 Neon SXT Auto '04 Neon SXT Manual |
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By the way, I'm referring to both the automatic and manual transmissions.
The car noted below is the manual tranny 2004 model. "NG" > wrote in message ... > Good evenin > > I have an '04 Neon SXT that just turned 1000 miles tonight. I've been > noticing some pretty awful gas mileage lately. I filled the tank yesterday > and after 55 miles of driving, it's already down to 3/4 tank. Is this normal > for the break-in period? The owner's manual says the 2.0 needs only 300 > miles to break in, but I'm finding the clutch and the tranny might need > more. > > Any ideas why the mileage is so bad?? > > Thanks, > > NG > '03 Neon SXT Auto > '04 Neon SXT Manual > > |
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By the way, I'm referring to both the automatic and manual transmissions.
The car noted below is the manual tranny 2004 model. "NG" > wrote in message ... > Good evenin > > I have an '04 Neon SXT that just turned 1000 miles tonight. I've been > noticing some pretty awful gas mileage lately. I filled the tank yesterday > and after 55 miles of driving, it's already down to 3/4 tank. Is this normal > for the break-in period? The owner's manual says the 2.0 needs only 300 > miles to break in, but I'm finding the clutch and the tranny might need > more. > > Any ideas why the mileage is so bad?? > > Thanks, > > NG > '03 Neon SXT Auto > '04 Neon SXT Manual > > |
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"NG" > wrote in message ... > Good evenin > > I have an '04 Neon SXT that just turned 1000 miles tonight. I've been > noticing some pretty awful gas mileage lately. I filled the tank yesterday > and after 55 miles of driving, it's already down to 3/4 tank. Is this normal > for the break-in period? The owner's manual says the 2.0 needs only 300 > miles to break in, but I'm finding the clutch and the tranny might need > more. > > Any ideas why the mileage is so bad?? > > Thanks, > > NG > '03 Neon SXT Auto > '04 Neon SXT Manual Small tank? Non-linear gas gauge? Lots of stop and go traffic? I find depending on my driving I get ~100km (60mi) from the indicated full to 3/4 mark in my 2000 Neon. Since "A quarter tank" isn't very quantitative, why don't you calculate the actual mileage? Fill tank, record odometer (or reset trip odometer), drive, fill up again, record mileage again (or look at the trip odometer reading). Subtract the odometer readings to get miles, use the gas added at the second filling for gallons, divide. Miles / gallons = mileage. What number do you get? |
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"NG" > wrote in message ... > Good evenin > > I have an '04 Neon SXT that just turned 1000 miles tonight. I've been > noticing some pretty awful gas mileage lately. I filled the tank yesterday > and after 55 miles of driving, it's already down to 3/4 tank. Is this normal > for the break-in period? The owner's manual says the 2.0 needs only 300 > miles to break in, but I'm finding the clutch and the tranny might need > more. > > Any ideas why the mileage is so bad?? > > Thanks, > > NG > '03 Neon SXT Auto > '04 Neon SXT Manual Small tank? Non-linear gas gauge? Lots of stop and go traffic? I find depending on my driving I get ~100km (60mi) from the indicated full to 3/4 mark in my 2000 Neon. Since "A quarter tank" isn't very quantitative, why don't you calculate the actual mileage? Fill tank, record odometer (or reset trip odometer), drive, fill up again, record mileage again (or look at the trip odometer reading). Subtract the odometer readings to get miles, use the gas added at the second filling for gallons, divide. Miles / gallons = mileage. What number do you get? |
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If I let it go down to "E", I could probably get around 300-320 miles with
about half of it being highway miles. I do encounter quite a bit of stop and go traffic to and from work since I travel through town for the most part. I guess it really isn't as bad as I thought and falls in between the EPA ratings in the end. I just came from a car (Saturn SL1) where the gauge was most definately non-linear and could get 80-100 miles before leaving "Full". It seems the Neon gauge is fairly accurate. "Bill 2" > wrote in message ... > Small tank? Non-linear gas gauge? Lots of stop and go traffic? I find > depending on my driving I get ~100km (60mi) from the indicated full to 3/4 > mark in my 2000 Neon. Since "A quarter tank" isn't very quantitative, why > don't you calculate the actual mileage? > > Fill tank, record odometer (or reset trip odometer), drive, fill up again, > record mileage again (or look at the trip odometer reading). > > Subtract the odometer readings to get miles, use the gas added at the second > filling for gallons, divide. Miles / gallons = mileage. > > What number do you get? |
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If I let it go down to "E", I could probably get around 300-320 miles with
about half of it being highway miles. I do encounter quite a bit of stop and go traffic to and from work since I travel through town for the most part. I guess it really isn't as bad as I thought and falls in between the EPA ratings in the end. I just came from a car (Saturn SL1) where the gauge was most definately non-linear and could get 80-100 miles before leaving "Full". It seems the Neon gauge is fairly accurate. "Bill 2" > wrote in message ... > Small tank? Non-linear gas gauge? Lots of stop and go traffic? I find > depending on my driving I get ~100km (60mi) from the indicated full to 3/4 > mark in my 2000 Neon. Since "A quarter tank" isn't very quantitative, why > don't you calculate the actual mileage? > > Fill tank, record odometer (or reset trip odometer), drive, fill up again, > record mileage again (or look at the trip odometer reading). > > Subtract the odometer readings to get miles, use the gas added at the second > filling for gallons, divide. Miles / gallons = mileage. > > What number do you get? |
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