Phenomenon?

[Earthworm]

I don't know about anyone else but my car is running noticibly better after the meet than before the meet. I can only think of a few reasons how this could be.

1. the total of 40 hours of driving there and back has cleaned the engine out a bit (throttle body/cats)

2. gas in the U.S. is better for the SVX than gas in Canada

3. my car is just thanking me for taking it to Lafayette for a family reunion

Anyone else have a better explanation as to why this has happened? I want to keep the car running this good for as long as possible.

[Earthworm]

BTW the best mileage on my trip was 28.7 MPG (US Gallons) which works out to 34.5MPG (CA gallons) or 8.2L/100km for us Canadians.

(most of the driving was between 60 and 80mph)

[vkykam]

Originally posted by Earthworm
I want to keep the car running this good for as long as possible.

Just keep going to meets!

VK

[ensteele]

When I headed back home to Washington State after the meet, I ran a couple of bottles of injector cleaner through the car. It is added to your gas when you fill up. I had been getting 26 mpg, and as I got closer to home, the milage kept getting better. The next to the last tank full, I got 31.5 mpg, and I have not calculated the last one yet (I have to fill it up first). My speed was around 70 mph all of the way back (I was traveling with a friend with out a SVX so didn't drive as fast) I am very surprised with this mileage. My 93 gets around 26 mpg on the highway. I guess I will try the cleaner on it as well.

Originally posted by ensteele93
When I headed back home to Washington State after the meet, I ran a couple of bottles of injector cleaner through the car. It is added to your gas when you fill up....

Which type of cleaner did you use?

[Earthworm]

I think I'm going to run a bottle of STP injector cleaner through the fuel system on my next fill. When I get some (lots) of time I will make an attempt to clean the throttle body as I'm very certain it has never been looked at.