VERY Dissappointed with the Celica.... Options

[D-Man]

get a Full Tune Up your car (plugs, wires, o2 sensor, ect.); and a Full Tune Down on the right foot. and spray it with some sea-foam or cleaner chemicals while your at it.

This post has been edited by D-Man: Mar 27, 2008 - 10:42 AM

[CelicaST_CALI]

I dream of 19.5 mpg

i dream of 39.5 i get average 32 with my ST..

[tomazws]

Yup, this is one and the only thing a ST owner can be proud of over the GT guys....

[cochise]

well, i bought the celica with hopes of getting Much better gas mileage than my other car. 1999 mustang 3.8 v6 5 spd. so i filled it up last week, set the trip, and today the trip meter hit 280 miles and i was due for a fill up. well, it took 14.4 gallons. it comes out to about 19.5 miles per gallon. my mustang gets 21 average! i've gotten up to 30!. this really was quite a let down. i still love the celica but is everyone getting such horrible mpg?
maintainance is kept up. runs great. plugs, wires, filters. only thing i can think of is it needs of an alignment. what else could be the problem?

thanks, sorry for knocking the celi's.


Erich

25-28 city
30-34 hwy

94gt 5spd 5sfe

I drive it like I stole it.

[99Celica]

get a Full Tune Up your car (plugs, wires, o2 sensor, ect.); and a Full Tune Down on the right foot. and spray it with some sea-foam or cleaner chemicals while your at it.

x2, and dont' forget to put a fuel additive afterwards. You should see a nice increase in mpg. Also check your airbox or air filter

[6strngs]

hey, I only get 17-19 mpg... but my car is turbo.

check your tire pressure for sure. OEM spec is 33 PSI, but for slightly better milage, you could run them a little higher like 38 PSI or so. other than that, everyone has covered everything else you need to know. if your car is mechanically in good condition it should get better milage. GT's are rated for 22 mpg in the city and 28 mpg on the highway.

[dabazied]

get a Full Tune Up your car (plugs, wires, o2 sensor, ect.); and a Full Tune Down on the right foot. and spray it with some sea-foam or cleaner chemicals while your at it.

Definitely dude.... you should be able to get better than what you are getting

One thing i love about my st...... stomping on it and riding her hard, i still get 400-500 mpt before having to fill up(depending on if it's all highway or if its a mix)

[Havok1997GT]

either there is something wrong with your car or something wrong with your foot. i drive 60 miles a day, in a GT, in Houston, and i only fill up once a week, and that also includes BS driving. last i checked i was getting over 350 miles on a tank and that was with a bad VSV, plugs, and wires. LOVE THESE CARS!

[addictions]

my 7afe hits 5000 rpm's at least 15 times a day no joke....i get mid to high 20's easy but the car is burning oil now wonder why..... lol on a trip to like MN or some were i can just cruse at 65 i can pull 30's no problem

[monkey]

edit.... nvm didnt notice there were 2 pages

This post has been edited by monkey: Mar 27, 2008 - 8:16 PM

[Badkarma]

i really haven't been beating on the car. it's been mostly highway because i've taken a few trips to the houston oreily's racetrack.(haven't run it) and i set cruise for 70.
its a 1996 hatchback automatic. maintainance has been kept up. fuel filter, oil filter, oil, air filter, pcv valve, spark plugs, and wires. only thing you all seem to be listing off that i haven't change is the o2 sensor(s).

im going to try to keep it under 3k rpms, and fastest at 60mph on the highway. im just going to drive it very easy until the next fill up. i really was hoping for 25-30.
ill let you guys know how i do when i fill up next week.

So far: MpT:290..ish MpG:19.5


Thanks. Erich.

[markjbutler]

i really haven't been beating on the car. it's been mostly highway because i've taken a few trips to the houston oreily's racetrack.(haven't run it) and i set cruise for 70.
its a 1996 hatchback automatic. maintainance has been kept up. fuel filter, oil filter, oil, air filter, pcv valve, spark plugs, and wires. only thing you all seem to be listing off that i haven't change is the o2 sensor(s).

im going to try to keep it under 3k rpms, and fastest at 60mph on the highway. im just going to drive it very easy until the next fill up. i really was hoping for 25-30.
ill let you guys know how i do when i fill up next week.

So far: MpT:290..ish MpG:19.5


Thanks. Erich.

i have to agree with everyone else here - something must be up... i have a 3sge celica (2.0L, 173hp) and with the conversion to US mpg i get 25 and most of the time i'm going about 2 miles up and down the road to my place of work

[azian_advanced]

i'm in the same situation.. i'm averaging 19-20 mpg. i'm waiting for a huge shipment from toyota for OEM and TRD parts to begin my tune up. i'm hoping for my mpgs to bounce up.. even if it's just a little.

[axelrduvirage]

i'm in the same situation.. i'm averaging 19-20 mpg. i'm waiting for a huge shipment from toyota for OEM and TRD parts to begin my tune up. i'm hoping for my mpgs to bounce up.. even if it's just a little.

PLEASE start a new thread on this !!!!! as for em i get 26 -29 US MPG. replaced plugs, wires and distributor. dropped in a K&M hi-flo filter that i clean every month. changed to synthetic oil. check tyre pressure and oil level every fill-up.

[azian_advanced]

sure, i was actually planning to do that. and show you guys what kinda results i get.

[D-Man]

i really haven't been beating on the car. it's been mostly highway because i've taken a few trips to the houston oreily's racetrack.(haven't run it) and i set cruise for 70.
its a 1996 hatchback automatic. maintainance has been kept up. fuel filter, oil filter, oil, air filter, pcv valve, spark plugs, and wires. only thing you all seem to be listing off that i haven't change is the o2 sensor(s).

im going to try to keep it under 3k rpms, and fastest at 60mph on the highway. im just going to drive it very easy until the next fill up. i really was hoping for 25-30.
ill let you guys know how i do when i fill up next week.

So far: MpT:290..ish MpG:19.5


Thanks. Erich.

okay, ya know what, with that auto, there is a little button on your shifter,right on the left side, it's called OVERDRIVE!!

Make sure it's pushed in, not pushed out.

BAM!! abra-kadabra you'll retain alot more fuel.

high-MPH, low-Gear.... I wonder why? ..................

This post has been edited by D-Man: Mar 28, 2008 - 9:11 AM

[hurley97]

i really haven't been beating on the car. it's been mostly highway because i've taken a few trips to the houston oreily's racetrack.(haven't run it) and i set cruise for 70.
its a 1996 hatchback automatic. maintainance has been kept up. fuel filter, oil filter, oil, air filter, pcv valve, spark plugs, and wires. only thing you all seem to be listing off that i haven't change is the o2 sensor(s).

im going to try to keep it under 3k rpms, and fastest at 60mph on the highway. im just going to drive it very easy until the next fill up. i really was hoping for 25-30.
ill let you guys know how i do when i fill up next week.

So far: MpT:290..ish MpG:19.5


Thanks. Erich.

your problem is the automatic transmission.

my 97 ST as an auto would get exactly the same miles per tank, usually about 280 and would never make it to 300.
after the tranny swap I drove it nice and easy and got just about 450 to that first full tank of gas, I was amazed for weeks. then I got comfortable with it and started beating on it and now I'm averaging about 350 to a tank.

[Rymaster]

jeez i break 30mpg easily
of course, i coast ATON!

i'm always in neutral down hills and such, seems to save me a lot of $$ in the long run

[99CelicaGT]

Me and my buddy took a trip to California last week. When I was driving at night, the car was getting about 370 miles on half a tank of gas. I just kept the RPM a little above 2k by driving about 60mph. At 60mph with some cool weather, I can get nearly 700 miles to the tank. I never accelerate hard. The car has had a very easy life.

[alltracman78]

i really haven't been beating on the car. it's been mostly highway because i've taken a few trips to the houston oreily's racetrack.(haven't run it) and i set cruise for 70.
its a 1996 hatchback automatic. maintainance has been kept up. fuel filter, oil filter, oil, air filter, pcv valve, spark plugs, and wires. only thing you all seem to be listing off that i haven't change is the o2 sensor(s).

im going to try to keep it under 3k rpms, and fastest at 60mph on the highway. im just going to drive it very easy until the next fill up. i really was hoping for 25-30.
ill let you guys know how i do when i fill up next week.

So far: MpT:290..ish MpG:19.5


Thanks. Erich.

your problem is the automatic transmission.

my 97 ST as an auto would get exactly the same miles per tank, usually about 280 and would never make it to 300.
after the tranny swap I drove it nice and easy and got just about 450 to that first full tank of gas, I was amazed for weeks. then I got comfortable with it and started beating on it and now I'm averaging about 350 to a tank.

9 Times out of 10 manual>auto for gas mileage.