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Car Forum / Dodge / Dodge Cars / December 200798 Dodge Caravan - Awful Gas mileage
Hi, I posted a couple months back about my check engine light coming on and poor gas mileage even before the light came on. I got a new catalytic converter, and a new (rear or lower?) oxygen sensor put in, as both were diagnosed as being bad (code P0138). No Check Engine Light anymore, but I'm still getting only maybe 12 to 15 miles per gallon. Seems like maybe a tad more pep, but still not great when I need the acceleration. The mechanic is a friend of a friend who is licensed ASE or whatever it is in Ohio, and he said I didn't need a tune-up, everything looks good there. The mileage thing baffles him too, he said he'll also do some research. BTW, the minivan now has about 119K miles, original engine as far as I know, 6 cyl. 3.3, rebuilt (I think) tranny about 2.5 years ago when I bought it at 93K miles. Any ideas what could be keeping mileage and pep down? Thanks much, Dan The best way to determine how efficent the vehicle is running is to have a scan tool connected and see what the short term and long term addaptive fuel memory is. Glenn Beasley Chrysler tech -- Message posted using http://www.talkaboutautos.com/group/alt.autos.dodge/ More information at http://www.talkaboutautos.com/faq.html > The best way to determine how efficent the vehicle is running is to have a > scan tool connected and see what the short term and long term addaptive [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > Message posted usinghttp://www.talkaboutautos.com/group/alt.autos.dodge/ > More information athttp://www.talkaboutautos.com/faq.html Thanks, I'll get my mechanic to check that out to along with the other possibilities posted. >Hi, > [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > >Dan FWIW I average 17-18 around town in a 97 Caravan with the 3.8 liter. Gets about 22 highway. where are you located? if in somewhre north, it is ok to drop the millage to 15 in winter time. try to smell the exhaust to smell unburnt gas. whjat i would check: brakes, bearings, to see any dragging. engine oil thermostat to see if engine gets hot enough Oxigen sensor, injectors, and fuel pressure regulator (considering you jsut changed catalitic converter, i guess you had a injector problem). Too much fuel (unburnt fuel) melts catalitic converter. check compressions. i will put my money on unburnt gas smell and problem injector/fuel pressure regulator. > >Hi, > [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > > - Show quoted text - On Nov 24, 10:21 am, uccos...@gmail.com wrote: > where are you located? if in somewhre north, it is ok to drop the > millage to 15 in winter time. [quoted text clipped - 40 lines] > > > - Show quoted text - Thanks, that gives me a few more things to get checked out. I was getting low gas mileage I'd say from Spring on, I'm in Cleveland, Ohio, and I noticed the floor on the passenger side getting hot, but not anymore after getting the converter replaced. I'll write those things down and give them to my mechanic, if he says those are all OK, I'll go elsewhere to get it looked at. Dan On Nov 24, 10:21 am, uccos...@gmail.com wrote: > where are you located? if in somewhre north, it is ok to drop the > millage to 15 in winter time. [quoted text clipped - 40 lines] > > > - Show quoted text - Thanks, that gives me a few more things to get checked out. I was getting low gas mileage I'd say from Spring on, I'm in Cleveland, Ohio, and I noticed the floor on the passenger side getting hot, but not anymore after getting the converter replaced. I'll write those things down and give them to my mechanic, if he says those are all OK, I'll go elsewhere to get it looked at. Dan > >Hi, > [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > FWIW I average 17-18 around town in a 97 Caravan with the 3.8 liter. > Gets about 22 highway. Mine's a 3.3, so I'd think I'd be getting a tad more gas mileage than a 3.8, but presently around maybe 10 - 12 city, and maybe 15 or 16 freeway. My 98 Caravan gets about 18.5 in town and close to 22 highway, I thought that was bad. I used to have an Astro with the 4.3 which got close to the same mileage. I think I,m going back to a Chevy. -- Message posted using http://www.talkaboutautos.com/group/alt.autos.dodge/ More information at http://www.talkaboutautos.com/faq.html |
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