Timm Posted January 2, 2009 Report Share Posted January 2, 2009 I know I have broken vac lines on my 3800. I know it hurts my gas mileage. But just how badly? I've been having HORRIBLE gas mileage lately! Or could it just be the cold weather? Or both? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slick Posted January 2, 2009 Report Share Posted January 2, 2009 Mixture of both definately doesn't help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian P Posted January 2, 2009 Report Share Posted January 2, 2009 it's the cold weather... big time. Also the "winter" blend gasoline if you have it there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TurboSedan Posted January 2, 2009 Report Share Posted January 2, 2009 I know I have broken vac lines on my 3800. I know it hurts my gas mileage. But just how badly? I've been having HORRIBLE gas mileage lately! Or could it just be the cold weather? Or both? do you know which vacuum line it's for? like MAP, FPR etc...? i would get those fixed ASAP. but winter definitely hurts gas mileage too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timm Posted January 2, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2009 I know I have broken vac lines on my 3800. I know it hurts my gas mileage. But just how badly? I've been having HORRIBLE gas mileage lately! Or could it just be the cold weather? Or both? do you know which vacuum line it's for? like MAP, FPR etc...? i would get those fixed ASAP. but winter definitely hurts gas mileage too. I quit trying to trace all my vacuum lines. Too confusing. I know that it's hisses loud, is very thin, and it's on the driver side behind the battery. EVERY other line (Connecting to TB and engine) has had the rubber ends broken. Now being held on with electrical tape. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timm Posted January 2, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2009 it's the cold weather... big time. Also the "winter" blend gasoline if you have it there. Is there anyway to tell if it's "winter blend"? never heard of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ismellrealbad Posted January 3, 2009 Report Share Posted January 3, 2009 you cant tell which blend you have. at least ive never seen it announced or posted. it varies by your region and what time of year it is. most areas have a specific time from when - when its sold. all i know is winter blend gives slightly less mpg and the ability to actually start your car when its super cold. oh yeah dont forget most of us are either constantly warming up the shit out of our cars and/or driving in open loop till ur fully up to temp, both resulting in poor mileage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian P Posted January 3, 2009 Report Share Posted January 3, 2009 if it's winter time, you have winter blend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockfangd Posted January 3, 2009 Report Share Posted January 3, 2009 ok i hate to bring this up but my research on this (winter blend ) has bullshit writtn all over it. Gas is gas is gas no matter where you get it, when you get it, or how you get it. The only thing that is different between gasoline is the octane rating. Can someone find an article that proves the existance of this lol. It wll be my ease of mid on the topic END HIJACK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian P Posted January 3, 2009 Report Share Posted January 3, 2009 http://www.theoildrum.com/story/2006/9/13/234043/431 http://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&channel=s&hl=en&q=winter+blend+gasoline&btnG=Google+Search Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockfangd Posted January 3, 2009 Report Share Posted January 3, 2009 http://www.theoildrum.com/story/2006/9/13/234043/431 http://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&channel=s&hl=en&q=winter+blend+gasoline&btnG=Google+Search hank you very much asthat proves the topic to be true. It all makes sense to me now lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian P Posted January 5, 2009 Report Share Posted January 5, 2009 there's more to be said about the topic. That was just the most relevant and generalized links I grabbed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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