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Old 03-07-2008, 07:10 PM
Protan
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Default I think I have bad fuel economy. 2001 Sentra

I drive a 2001 Nissan Sentra. I bought it about a year ago, and I have had a lot of problems with the car since I bought it. The first things I had to get done was replace the air mass meter, a vacuum cup seal and some belts tat were noisy. I have also had to replace the battery, get a wire fixed that caused my washer fluid to stop shooting and get my muffler fixed. Now I am having problems with fuel efficiency with my car. Not too long ago I think I was getting about 500km give or take a bit depending on my driving to a 35L (Filled up at 1/4 left) tank of gas. For a couple months now it has drastically reduced. I know that it goes down a bit during the winter but I doubt its this much. It has now gone down to about 350km to 35L of gas. That is 10L per 100km. My moms Honda Accord v6 gets the same mileage. Now I know this is not right. Not only should it be much better, but I also drive on the highway to commute every day. Driving about 110km/h-120km/h I think I have a normal driving style and dont know what is wrong with my car. Im doing everything I can to get good mileage. Checking my tires watching my gas closely.

I dont think its this but thought I would just bring it up. In about December I brought my car in for a regular oil change and they told me my car was rated for a different kind of oil during the winter. (Some kind of Castrol GTX or something). Anyways I thought maybe that had something to do with it? This car has just been such a lemon with me since I got it and its making me real pissed off with all the problems, that a nissan shouldnt have. I would expect this from a GM car.
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