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Jan 21, 2003 | 03:01 PM

pigpen14

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Mileage increase

I've got a Outback 2000 with an automatic. Suggestions to increase the gas mileage. I get around 20mpg.

Jan 21, 2003 | 08:19 PM

teiva-boy

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Open up your exhaust system, reducing backpressure will help out in that respect, and you could also make some more power too

Jan 28, 2003 | 09:28 PM

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a higher flowing intake filter will also help, K&N drop-in would be the cheapest way to go

Jan 29, 2003 | 05:51 AM

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Thanks

I've done the K& N filter, didn't seem to affect the milelage. I also went to Modil 1 which on my other vehicles increased the mileage, but so far on this car the mileage hasn't change. I appreciate all your imputs.

Jan 30, 2003 | 01:36 AM

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Not sure if this will help or not, but you could (maybe) try one of those tornado-fuelsavers you see on tv infomercials
Anyone out there ever try one(in any vehicle)? If so what was the result?

here's a web addy for it if your interested:
http://www.tornado-fuelsaver.com

Jan 30, 2003 | 03:44 AM

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I have also installed tornado with no increase.
thanks

Jan 31, 2003 | 03:08 AM

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Full synthtic(sp) oil thruogh the car, engine oil, trans fluid, diff fluid, some higher octane fuel might help. In my toyota tundra V8 I did synth engine oil and diff oil and K&N filter and bosch platium +4's and saw an increase of 4 miles to the gallon.

Jan 31, 2003 | 04:26 AM

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Quote:

Originally posted by mmurray75
Full synthtic(sp) oil thruogh the car, engine oil, trans fluid, diff fluid, some higher octane fuel might help. In my toyota tundra V8 I did synth engine oil and diff oil and K&N filter and bosch platium +4's and saw an increase of 4 miles to the gallon.

I ran full Amsoil Products on my Toyota tacoma and saw a 6mpg gain, i did both diffs, engine oils' plus had an amsoil drop in.

Donohue

Jan 31, 2003 | 12:49 PM

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Thanks for the insght and I'll try it.

Jan 31, 2003 | 09:04 PM

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Originally posted by pigpen14
I have also installed tornado with no increase.

No surprise there. Tornado Fuel Saver, IMO, is another 'snake oil' gadget.

I'll tell you what probably won't make a significant difference in fuel economy - any engine oil additive such as zMax, Slick 50, Prolong, etc. To quote J. Jonah Jameson from the Spidey movie, "Crap, crap, megacrap..."

Try altering your driving habits. No jackrabbit starts, minimize throttle movement during steady-state cruise conditions, don't upshift/downshift more often than necessary (but don't lug the engine, either). For my normal commute, this equates to about 1 to 1.5 mpg improvement. I still have fun with the car, too.

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Jan 31, 2003 | 10:47 PM

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subie's don't get good mileage. from my experience 4,5th soon

Feb 1, 2003 | 04:22 AM

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subie's don't get good mileage. from my experience 4,5th soon.

You're right, when they're compared with many cars in its class. This is one area where Honda's excel. Here's a handy site for comparing vehicles by gas mileage and tailpipe emissions. Of course, we all made our decisions to buy Subaru's based solely on these criteria.

note: Cars like the WRX are listed at this site, but you've got to deduce the model from the specs such as premium gasoline, turbo, 2.0 liter engine, etc.

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Feb 1, 2003 | 04:38 AM

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Thanks for all the imput. I new most of the stuff I've tried didn't work but I thought maybe there was something "New" that I hadn't seen, "Knowledge is Power".