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MPG down significantly after 1st oil change!

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Old 1/19/05, 06:48 AM
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If ya'll remember, I posted a few times about how good the MPG was on my GT. I was averaging about 21 MPG before the oil change(about 400 miles ago). Now that I feel the engine is broken-in...I JUST CAN'T KEEP MY RIGHT FOOT OUT OF IT!!!

I'm gonna get a ticket real soon here...."Hello, my name is Doug: and I'm an accelleraholic. I CAN"T HELP IT!!!!" :dance:

I'm averaging in the 14MPG range now
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lol
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So that's my problem!! I, too, only get about 14 mpg around town. On the highway, it zooms up to 23 mpg. Sounds like we need a tune.
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Made me look.....
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Ive only had my car a few days....slowly breaking it in whether its required or not. The owners manual said drive after different speeds for the first 1000 miles. So I am doing that, but I have a heavy foot anyways so the gas just keeps flowing.
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Ya...I figured just owning it would be bad for gas mileage.
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i cant remeber any of my mustangs (5.0)getting better then 10-13 mph, so i will be happy if my 05 gets 14 :-)
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Yeah, my last V8 (the '69) averaged 10-12 mile per gallon. No A/C either (boy that was a delight in the summer).

So 14mpg with a heavy foot is still a step up. Gotta burn hydrocarbs if you wanna go fast!
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