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Car Forum / Honda Cars / December 2005How to better fuel mileage for Ody
2004 Ody, with 20000 miles. What can be done to up the fuel mileage. Not interested in optimum power. TIA http://home.earthlink.net/~honda.lioness/id11.html Your car's young, so as for replacing parts, I wouldn't. > 2004 Ody, with 20000 miles. > What can be done to up the fuel mileage. Not interested in optimum power. Thanks for info. Interesting info on that website. > http://home.earthlink.net/~honda.lioness/id11.html > > Your car's young, so as for replacing parts, I wouldn't. > 2004 Ody, with 20000 miles. > What can be done to up the fuel mileage. Not interested in optimum power. > TIA --------------------------------- 34 PSI in the tires. Never idle it (not even to warm it up), anticipate red lights, a can of Techron fuel injector every now and then. Drive like there's a ping pong ball between your boot and the gas pedal. Plan your trips efficiently. 'Curly' Amazing, since I am doing what you suggested already. within a few points. City mileage now about 22 mpg and Hiway average of 29 mpg, but then I do not exceed maximum speed limits. Was wondering if there was another chip available maybe. Dealer does not seem to know much except for fixing run of the mill problems. > --------------------------------- > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > 'Curly' > Amazing, since I am doing what you suggested already. within a few points. > City mileage now about 22 mpg and Hiway average of 29 mpg, but then I do not > exceed maximum speed limits. > Was wondering if there was another chip available maybe. > Dealer does not seem to know much except for fixing run of the mill > problems. Hate to break this to you, but your mileage is actually much better than the EPA estimates of 18 city/25 highway. You're not going to do any better than what you are averaging now. It's typical minivan mileage. >> Amazing, since I am doing what you suggested already. within a few points. >> City mileage now about 22 mpg and Hiway average of 29 mpg, but then I do not [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > the EPA estimates of 18 city/25 highway. You're not going to do any > better than what you are averaging now. It's typical minivan mileage. yup. i think people that claim mileage WAY above the norm are either trolling or dont know how to average mileage (aka do basic math) buy a civic and use it to tow your odyssey around.... :) sorry couldn't resist.... >>> Amazing, since I am doing what you suggested already. within a few points. >>> City mileage now about 22 mpg and Hiway average of 29 mpg, but then I do not [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >yup. i think people that claim mileage WAY above the norm are either >trolling or dont know how to average mileage (aka do basic math) Average mpg comes from trip computer (non standard add on) measured over a month. As I stated before, I do not drive like most people, am not looking for "pretending to be power hungry", keep the speed limit, etc. We actually have three Ody's in the extended family and all of us get about 27 mpg as a minimum on the Hiway. Reason for asking if it was possible, is because I also have a 97 Accord that gets very good gas mileage on the hiway, like 38 on the average, also measured by trip computer, and I know a lot of other peole who have similar cars that do not get that good of a mpg. >>> Amazing, since I am doing what you suggested already. within a few >>> points. [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > yup. i think people that claim mileage WAY above the norm are either > trolling or dont know how to average mileage (aka do basic math) > Average mpg comes from trip computer (non standard add on) measured over a > month. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > measured by trip computer, and I know a lot of other peole who have similar > cars that do not get that good of a mpg. I don't quite understand what you want here. Are you implying that you want your Odyssey to achieve mileage that's similar to your Accord? An Accord weighs much less than an Odyssey, and weight is a major factor in a car's gas mileage. Also, if your Accord managed 38mpg, I am assuming it has a 4-cylinder and possibly a 5-speed manual? Differences in engine type and tranny type also affect mileage. >> Average mpg comes from trip computer (non standard add on) measured over a >> month. [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] >it has a 4-cylinder and possibly a 5-speed manual? Differences in engine >type and tranny type also affect mileage. As does the frontal area and drag coefficient. Just look at each vehicle head on. Which so you think is harder to drag through the air? This is a big factor at highway speeds, even at the legal limit. I hate to mention this, but I also would not rely on the trip computer, at least without verifying its accuracy first. If you really want to know for sure, calibrate your odometer against highway mile markers and factor that in. Don't be shocked if you get a number significantly lower than the computer. 22/29 is very good (too good?) for such a large, heavy vehicle. > 22/29 is very good (too good?) > for such a large, heavy vehicle. I agree about the "too good" part. Got this from the "official Honda Website" http://automobiles.honda.com/models/specifications_full_specs.asp?ModelName=Odys sey&Category=3 For a similar model, we have hte same negine configuration, they list 20/28 I assume that, what "they" list, is also an average, so I am not that WAY out as you claim. >>> Amazing, since I am doing what you suggested already. within a few >>> points. [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > yup. i think people that claim mileage WAY above the norm are either > trolling or dont know how to average mileage (aka do basic math) > Got this from the "official Honda Website" > http://automobiles.honda.com/models/specifications_full_specs.asp?ModelName=Odys sey&Category=3 [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > I assume that, what "they" list, is also an average, so I am not that WAY > out as you claim. But that is for the 2006 model, which is vastly different from your 2004. Again, EPA estimates for the '04 are 18/25, and you are doing considerably better than that. > 2004 Ody, with 20000 miles. > What can be done to up the fuel mileage. Not interested in optimum power. > TIA Conserve momentum when ever possible. Keep the tires inflated to recommended pressure or 2lb higher. Pretend there is an egg between the gas pedal and your foot; apply pressure to accelerate so as to not break the egg. 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