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My gas mileage in the Festiva has slowly been getting worse and worse, down to about 320km/tank right now. I dunno what the issue is, the mechanical side of things is fine, compression, leakdown, etc. Any suggestions on how to check and what to check, my diagnostic skills are pretty rusty at the moment from working on nothing but new cars for the last year.
And the gas gauge in this car, it drives me insane. When I got the car, it worked for one tank of gas then died. The sending unit was faulty. There was no way I was paying over $300 for a new one, so I bought a parts car mainly for the sending unit. It worked, but the gauge wouldnt go below half a tank. Problem was that the float was hitting the baffles in the tank and not dropping all the way, so I knock the baffles out of the way. Seemed to be working normal, got down to a 1/4 tank and then ran out of gas. Then for a while it wouldnt drop below half again, now its pegged at 0, occasionally the needle jumps up. Checked wiring, checked this, checked that, I'm ready to call it quits on having an accurate gas gauge.
And the gas gauge in this car, it drives me insane. When I got the car, it worked for one tank of gas then died. The sending unit was faulty. There was no way I was paying over $300 for a new one, so I bought a parts car mainly for the sending unit. It worked, but the gauge wouldnt go below half a tank. Problem was that the float was hitting the baffles in the tank and not dropping all the way, so I knock the baffles out of the way. Seemed to be working normal, got down to a 1/4 tank and then ran out of gas. Then for a while it wouldnt drop below half again, now its pegged at 0, occasionally the needle jumps up. Checked wiring, checked this, checked that, I'm ready to call it quits on having an accurate gas gauge.
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