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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / Maintenance and Repair / June 2005

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Fuel Injector cleaner For Camry 2005

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m.ramana@gmail.com - 01 Jun 2005 21:02 GMT
I bought a 2005 camry LE automatic last december (2004). And I am
getting 21mpg(max) in city, havent tested on highway.
I am planning to go on long drive(500miles) and was wondering if I
should add Fuel Injector Cleaner for that optimum mpg.

Please help me out here.

Thanks
Bruce Chang - 01 Jun 2005 21:25 GMT
>I bought a 2005 camry LE automatic last december (2004). And I am
> getting 21mpg(max) in city, havent tested on highway.
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>
> Thanks

No, if your 1 year old car needs fuel injector cleaner, there's something
horribly wrong with your car.
Victor - 01 Jun 2005 22:03 GMT
I very doubt any problem with the car, only thing I see little low on
mpg. Well how would I know if there is any problem??

I am getting 21mpg in city against stated 24mpg, will check on highway
for correct mpg without that fuel injector.

Thanks for the info.
Bruce Chang - 01 Jun 2005 22:22 GMT
>I very doubt any problem with the car, only thing I see little low on
> mpg. Well how would I know if there is any problem??
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>
> Thanks for the info.

Stated gas mileage is done on a treadmill against specific test conditions
in a test chamber.  It's just a reference number.  As far as I understand,
when one car states it gets 21mpg and the other gets 24mpg, it's saying that
this one should get better gas mileage than the other.  I would doubt many
people get what it says on the window sticker, if any.
Arthur Dent - 02 Jun 2005 15:58 GMT
> >I very doubt any problem with the car, only thing I see little low on
> > mpg. Well how would I know if there is any problem??
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> this one should get better gas mileage than the other.  I would doubt many
> people get what it says on the window sticker, if any.

Real world driving rarely matches the results obtained under test
conditions, too many variables. Driving style, number of traffic lights,
traffic density, amount of time idling due to traffic conditions, etc.

If you're getting 21, you probably won't get much better without really
fine-tuning your own driving style to match the conditions and get the
greatest economy...and even *that* will likely not result in reaching the
"test" number. Maybe you'll get one more mpg out of it?
Ad absurdum per aspera - 01 Jun 2005 22:56 GMT
If anything, taking it for its first long highway trip should clear up
whatever (probably negligible) amount of dirt is in the combustion
chambers or fuel injectors.  Assuming you aren't driving through a
continual dust storm or doing 100 mph through 100 degree heat all day
or something, it's probably a lot better for your car than driving in
the city (another way of saying that stop-and-go city driving is pretty
brutal).

Twenty-one city is nothing to scoff at for that sort of car.  If you've
got the four-cylinder, it's just a tad lower than the official ratings,
which I'd attribute to these two factors:  the engine was not yet
broken in during most of that period, and hardly anybody gets the EPA
city mileage anyway, because "city driving" is so much harder to define
precisely than "highway driving."

If you've got either of the V6 engines, then your observed city mileage
is actually just a bit better than the EPA ratings.

On the highway, you should see mileage in the high twenties to low
thirties, measured over the whole trip in order to average out the
effects of hills, head- and tailwinds, etc.  This can vary with how
heavily the car is loaded, how fast you drive, where your trip takes
you, etc.

Cheers,
--Joe
m.ramana@gmail.com - 02 Jun 2005 14:22 GMT
I might be dumb to ask this question but what is "hesitation problem in
toyota" people are talking about????. I mean atleast I want to know the
problem in detail not the solution. Is it the precision in pressing gas
pedal to fuel inflow ??
C. E. White - 02 Jun 2005 16:49 GMT
> I might be dumb to ask this question but what is "hesitation problem in
> toyota" people are talking about????. I mean atleast I want to know the
> problem in detail not the solution. Is it the precision in pressing gas
> pedal to fuel inflow ??

I think they are complaining about a lag in the response for
fly by wire throttle systems. Some new vehicle don't have an
actual mechanical link between the accelerator pedal and the
throttle plate these days. The accelerator pedal operates a
sensor that sends a signal to the PCM, which then operates
the throttle with a stepper motor. SOme of these systems are
alleged to provide undesirable responses to pressing on the
accelerator pedal.

Ed
 
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