Raiser
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Hi All,
Right - First off, I know theres about 15 threads on here on fuel economy - which is fine.
Problem is that they lack direction and all seem to taper off into 12 different acounts of peoples daily commutes and the milage they got last month - ie. theres nothing gained and no advice on proactive steps to take to manage poor economy in our Accords.
I know from the old Site (THAOC UK) and from general research going back a while that my 1.8 manual can and should achieve 380-400 miles instead of its more disappointing 280-300 (This has improved recently, more below!)
Basically I know my Accord and those of (?) say 50% of you out there are not running efficiently and this is costing us serious cash (think 6 months, a year, 5 years!) which could be spent on better things.
I would be ablsolutely delighted if we could start a thread here and post our own accounts of what works, how to do it and what we can do next.
- I think its also worth saying that any money spent in this area is going to be refunded back in no time at all - ie with my poor economy I'd happily pay for parts, labour or whatever instead of pouring the same money into the local Texaco Garage!
EGR Valve Cleaning - I recall on the old site there was a great and very detailed 'how to' on this - I had it saved carefully somewhere until I lost it..... Can someone please repost here?
- Does this work? Is there a noticable difference in economy?
I never got up the courage to do the whole EGR thing, seemed like too much that I could mess up in there, but heres what has worked for me:
Dipetane is a fuel addidive that does genuinely seem to help in clearing out combustion chambers in engines. I know theres always a lot of talk on Accord Forums re carbon build up in the EGR valve etc. Well I use this stuff now and I've brought my mileage from brim-full to orange fuel light from a very consistent 280 miles up to 340 miles which is a massive 33% improvement.
http://www.dipetane.ie/MotorFactorShops.aspx - I solemnly swear I have no connection with or interest in this product by the way.
- Also I started off buying the small bottles - But you can buy 25 Litre Drums a lot more economically - This thread gives a balanced and fair discussion of this product http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055829898
Anyway - Sorry for the long post but hope I get a few people on here who can help out and build this into something worthwhile. I love my Accord and would drive it forever if she would just stop drinking so much
Right - First off, I know theres about 15 threads on here on fuel economy - which is fine.
Problem is that they lack direction and all seem to taper off into 12 different acounts of peoples daily commutes and the milage they got last month - ie. theres nothing gained and no advice on proactive steps to take to manage poor economy in our Accords.
I know from the old Site (THAOC UK) and from general research going back a while that my 1.8 manual can and should achieve 380-400 miles instead of its more disappointing 280-300 (This has improved recently, more below!)
Basically I know my Accord and those of (?) say 50% of you out there are not running efficiently and this is costing us serious cash (think 6 months, a year, 5 years!) which could be spent on better things.
I would be ablsolutely delighted if we could start a thread here and post our own accounts of what works, how to do it and what we can do next.
- I think its also worth saying that any money spent in this area is going to be refunded back in no time at all - ie with my poor economy I'd happily pay for parts, labour or whatever instead of pouring the same money into the local Texaco Garage!
EGR Valve Cleaning - I recall on the old site there was a great and very detailed 'how to' on this - I had it saved carefully somewhere until I lost it..... Can someone please repost here?
- Does this work? Is there a noticable difference in economy?
I never got up the courage to do the whole EGR thing, seemed like too much that I could mess up in there, but heres what has worked for me:
Dipetane is a fuel addidive that does genuinely seem to help in clearing out combustion chambers in engines. I know theres always a lot of talk on Accord Forums re carbon build up in the EGR valve etc. Well I use this stuff now and I've brought my mileage from brim-full to orange fuel light from a very consistent 280 miles up to 340 miles which is a massive 33% improvement.
http://www.dipetane.ie/MotorFactorShops.aspx - I solemnly swear I have no connection with or interest in this product by the way.
- Also I started off buying the small bottles - But you can buy 25 Litre Drums a lot more economically - This thread gives a balanced and fair discussion of this product http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055829898
Anyway - Sorry for the long post but hope I get a few people on here who can help out and build this into something worthwhile. I love my Accord and would drive it forever if she would just stop drinking so much