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Old 05-05-2011, 09:28 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Horrible Gas Mileage HELP!

I have a 5th Gen With The following Mods : Aem Cold Air Greddy Ti-C Exhaust, Test Pipe, MSD 10mm wires, Iridium Plugs, and MSD Rotor Cap. It just seems to suck gas now... i think its maybe because i took the Cat Out could that possible or do u guys have any opinions on this???
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Old 05-05-2011, 09:41 PM   #2 (permalink)
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running rich + possible gas leak.
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running rich + possible gas leak.
+1. Or you're hitting mad VTEC POWA way too much
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Any time you change the rate of exhaust flow you'll more than likely cause a rich running condition because the A/F meter thinks that more air is moving through the engine and is trying to prevent a lean running condition.

Best solution to realize 35mpg is convert to OBD1, EMS of your choice and tune.
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Maybe a heavy foot ><.
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EGR ports. Mpg went up after I did mine
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i also have been thinking about the Check Engine Light on? its been on for a While. I was goin to clean my egr valves run seafoam in it and also get a mechanical O2 bung or Adapter that has a filter so there wont be any cel issues? Does this sound like a Good Idea???

I also wanted to know if any of you guys had a write-up for the Egr Ports Cleaning?
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I would first see why the CEL is on and go from there.

A bad primary O2 would really mess stuff up.
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My CEL Light has been on ever since i had the test pipe? wouldnt an adapter or O2 bung avoid that light being on?
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You know what they say about assuming, right?
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Does that sound like an idea Kron? I mean what would u do?
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go buy a spark plug defouler and install it into teh bung int eh test pipe. The rethread teh defouler so that the o2 sensor threads into it and you will be good.
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How bad exactly is your mileage? I am having the same problem with my Prelude that I just bought last week. I didn't have a CEL though, so you definitely need to start there. But I found out my problem was/is that I have a "B18C" ECU in place of my Prelude ECU. So you could always pull up your carpet and see WTF is up there...
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^You might want to look further into that ECU. Most of the time when a P72 is in place of another ECU it's because it has been modified and enable the car to be tuned. It might turn out to be a good thing that it's there.
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^You might want to look further into that ECU. Most of the time when a P72 is in place of another ECU it's because it has been modified and enable the car to be tuned. It might turn out to be a good thing that it's there.
Yea, but mine is a P73. And there are 3 wires on the harness that are spliced with butt connectors. I'm thinking my car was stolen at some point

Here is my thread that I am asking help on:

Help with ECU problem...

sorry to thread jack OP! I hope you get your mpgs fixed
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Does that sound like an idea Kronn? I mean what would u do?
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I would first see why the CEL is on and go from there.
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I'm also curious as to what your gas mileage is.
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man its pretty horrible like 17 or 18
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Thanks Guys i installed a O2 Extender/Defouler and the CEL went away. thanks to all u guys i get like 25 mpg again.
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