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Old Nov 19, 2014 | 01:22 PM
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Do our car's hate winter gas?

Ever since last week my gas mileage went down 3 mpg and I'm suspecting it's because of the oxygenated gas supplied in the winter. Anyone else have any incite on this?
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Old Nov 19, 2014 | 01:32 PM
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Its normal. Different formula of gas during the winter.
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Old Nov 19, 2014 | 04:31 PM
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Oxygenated + Ethanol will result in at least 10% worse mpg than non-ethanol "straight" gas
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Old Nov 19, 2014 | 04:50 PM
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Agree with the comments above... PLUS:
1.winter=cold air=more dense intake air=needs more fuel to burn (so really, your car might be making a tiny bit more power )
2.If you drive like me, you take pretty much any opportunity you get to do a powerslide/drift in the snow
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Old Nov 19, 2014 | 05:10 PM
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this is good to know I thought my o2 sensor was going bad again
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Old Nov 19, 2014 | 09:16 PM
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Ive notice the same mpg. The most ive ever gotten on a full tank was 275miles ? 95%city and 5%hwy
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Old Nov 20, 2014 | 12:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Magowin
Ever since last week my gas mileage went down 3 mpg and I'm suspecting it's because of the oxygenated gas supplied in the winter. Anyone else have any incite on this?
Really 3 mpg?! That's very high gas consumption and not normal if it is the reading from driving from full tank to 1/2 empty or full empty.

Mine is around 16 mpg, 50% hwy and 50% city, average temp 32 - 44 F degree (need heater on in the morning), using gasoline with 10% Ethanol. This is for my 20", staggered summer tires. Going to put winter tires on this weekend btw.

I would have the car checked if my car had that high gas consumption.

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Old Nov 20, 2014 | 01:31 PM
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Really 3 mpg?! That's very high gas consumption and not normal if it is the reading from driving from full tank to 1/2 empty or full empty.

Mine is around 16 mpg, 50% hwy and 50% city, average temp 32 - 44 F degree (need heater on in the morning), using gasoline with 10% Ethanol. This is for my 20", staggered summer tires. Going to put winter tires on this weekend btw.

I would have the car checked if my car had that high gas consumption.
Well I was getting 20.8 - 21.8 overall now I'm getting 18.8 - 19.2 on the computer. Prob is just a mix of the gas and cold temps as we just had a 30 degree drop past 2 weeks and I do have a Stillen Gen 3 so air would be quite cold when it got to intake manifold. I have a hypertech installed too will try uninstalling that tomorrow to see if it makes a difference for next weeks commute.
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Old Nov 24, 2014 | 04:11 PM
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I uninstalled the Hypertech on Sat and drove 45 miles so far and computer is reading 2mpg higher now so I think the Hypertech was causing lost mpg. I recently changed the Hyptertech tune to the Stillen one since I put a Gen3 in so I wonder if that was it.
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Old Nov 24, 2014 | 09:53 PM
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Actually, I felt I should boast about this but I did get a 545 miles miles once and I actually chickened out because when I filled up I put in 17.9 gallons.
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