I'm wanting to improve my mpg!! HELP!
i don't know what maintenance has been done to my car previously due to no records so i'm starting with this:
i'm gonna replace my oil with mobil 1 high mileage 10w-30 (i only have 130k miles i don't know if this is good choice)
i'm gonna replace my starter, since it's choking at the beginning of the day but after aawhile it get better then the next day it chokes in the morning again..
i'm gonna replace my air filter, maybe with a cold air intake if it's possible.. what do you guys think?
maybe
i know i must be forgeting alot more, but i'm not gonna worry about alignment of wheels/shocks or whatever since i'll be getting a drop with rims in a couple days..
Re: I'm wanting to improve my mpg!! HELP!
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Originally Posted by sinx
i'm gonna replace my starter, since it's choking at the beginning of the day but after aawhile it get better then the next day it chokes in the morning again..
How can you be sure that it's ur starter's problem? Have you got it tested?
Bro, my car has cold start problem too. When ever I start the engine in the morning no matter summer or winter, white smoke, if i am correct, comes off the exhaust pipe, and it smells badly. The start sounds not right,too. It sounds like metal slide against metals, and it cranks very lazy and slow. You call it "choking". I am afraid that at some cold morning my will not make it and choke to death.
Sham it Mitsu, my mom's 97' accord cranks happily w/ 145k mikes on the motor, whenever cold and warm.
As many 4G64 does, my engine has the "clat clat clat clat " noise, when warmed up to the RPM under 1000. It can also be heard idling at stop lights, and I am thinkin to use rislone or Marvel Mystery oil on the next oil change.
I guess the problem of cold start could that the engine is lack of lubricate, therefor it dry starts at the next cold morning, which all the oil drops are in the oil pan. So, if it is a dry start I am going to use oil stabilizers like "lucas". I don't have any experience with those stabilizers. Here I am asking for help too.