150 miles to tank... bad?
09-03-2006, 02:26 AM
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150 miles to tank... bad? Hi, I have a 2000 SS M6 Camaro, basically with just a lid and catback. 74k miles, and have consistently been getting 150 miles to a full tank. Recently, my car has been pulling an SES code of p0137, what is strange however is the light goes off a day or two later (the light showed up twice so far). What steps should I take to diagnose this problem?
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09-03-2006, 07:36 AM
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do you run out of gas going this? are you sitting around in dead stop traffic? how many gallons are you putting in when you fill up? How are you figuring out that its that low?
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09-03-2006, 09:44 AM
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Originally Posted by SpaZMaN
im right there....as long as i dont gun it.
Yeah same here. The Cobra doesnt get as good, but thats mainly due to the gearing. I can come close to 300 a tank with that if I baby her. Cars too damn loud at 5500-7000 and gas isnt cheap.
09-03-2006, 10:54 AM
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With my cam and full bolt-ons I'm doing a gas mileage check right now......I filled up w/ 93 oct. and have gotten 168 miles on a 1/2 tank of gas, driving conservatively.......M6 2001 z/28
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09-03-2006, 11:24 AM
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Originally Posted by Urban Legend
300 mph highway with no showing off is possible. I used to achieve this all the time when I was stock. If you show off forget 300 mph.
I can never hit 300 mph and if I did, I would be calling all you ****** out 
09-03-2006, 12:17 PM
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That's outrageous. I get 400 miles on 13.5gallons which works out to 29.629mpg on a completely stock 99 trans am with 90K miles all highway. That's without running out of gas when the light is on. Around town driving I have never gotten below 300 miles to a tank. Oh I forgot to mention that it's an auto with 3.42 gears. I don't know what's going on but I consistently see my modified WS6 get 25+mpg with an auto and several friends modified cars get far better gas mileage with a tune than almost any car posted thus far. 
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09-03-2006, 12:26 PM
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Yeah 150 is WAY too low. Like mentioned get a tune up quick. I know I was getting terrible gas mileage when my o2s went bad, but even then I still got more than 150 miles out of a tank.
09-03-2006, 12:44 PM
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i get more than 150 out of my untuned cam/head ss! if i drive highway for a tank i got 23 to the gallon. untuned.. thats incredible another reason the lsx engines fricken rule.. but then when i screw around town and take off and stuff its a different story i dont even want to know what i get in town