Fuel Mileage?

[SomaMP3]

Hey guys....my MP3 is realy getting up there in kms and i seem to be getting crappy gas mileage. I seem to be getting a maximum of 480kms to a tank. Does this seem low to you?

 

[TXMazdaSpeeder]

all i know is i can go from oklahoma city to dallas which is 330 miles approx on half a tank at about 95mph average speed.

 

[RyanJayG]

Hey guys....my MP3 is realy getting up there in kms and i seem to be getting crappy gas mileage. I seem to be getting a maximum of 480kms to a tank. Does this seem low to you?

is it just me or is it funny to hear someone talk about fuel MILEAGE and kilometers in the same sentance?

 

[PaulMP3]

all i know is i can go from oklahoma city to dallas which is 330 miles approx on half a tank at about 95mph average speed.

you can go 330 mile on half a tank... Is your MP3 hybrid? I get around 25mpg.

 

[joka1]

330 on half a tank, i drive from here to utah quite a bit and all i get max is 400 miles using a bit more than 3/4 of a tank!
not to threadjack too much but is their any reason why after i put my catback on my gasmilage dropped alot?

 

[pjc1800]

i drive 70-80 mile everyday on the interstate and get 29-36 mpg every tank...

 

[SomaMP3]

i guess i have to try and convert....i know that it sounds dumb but in canada, we still call it gas mileage:wtf:

 

[Stormtrooper77]

It is getting colder.

 

[SomaMP3]

But i think that i'm getting terrible mileage. I just got 430kms on a full tank. This seems extremly low to me. What should i do to increase it. My car is completely stock for winter and i just changed the spark plugs.

 

[Stormtrooper77]

With a new set of plugs, the mileage will usually go down before it goes up again. ou have them gapped properly?

 

[SomaMP3]

i bought them straight from mazda....i'm sure they should be gaped properly

 

[Jeph]

Well I hope your dealership is better than mine, mine probably wouldn't even be able to install those right without 3 hours, and 4 of them looking at the engine telling me that all the s*** i do "voids my warranty". I'd do it myself before taking it to them, at least you can verify that you gapped them all correctly.

 

[SomaMP3]

ok, now i'm getting scared....i put them in myself. Was i supposed to gap them. I hope i didn't screw things up by installing them myself. Now i need some answers:'(

 

[Jeph]

OH heh, you did install them yourself. I thought you had mazda install them. when you get a chacne, just go get a gapping tool from an auto store, and take the plugs out and gap them yourself, shouldn't take more than an hour.

 

[SomaMP3]

what is the normal gap supposed to be at. My dealership said that they were pretty much plug and play. Just not to tighten them to hard

 

[Jeph]

Ummm i forget, search for spark plugs, and i'm sure you can find out

 

[hide5b2a]

I never get more than 300 miles on my MP3 before the light was on.
I also think it's terrible.
I am the second owner, is it something wrong with my car??
It's completely stock except an after market air filter.

 

[SomaMP3]

i'm in the same boat hide5b2a. I have almost 100,000kms on my MP3...i think its around 75,000 miles. I guess i just need a tune up real bad