Originally Posted by JGeorge264
For the past 4 yrs I've always gotten 320 miles before my fuel light would come on around tight corners and a fill up would be a bit over 18 gals.For the past month or so I've suddenly dropped to light coming on solid at 275 miles and fill up is 20 gals..
At first I thought maybe it was due to the winter fuel, 10% ethanol, but I never had that issue in past winters. I haven't really had any of the signs of the fpr going bad other than an occasional rpm surge or decline. I did notice the other morning when I went out to warm it up that the exhaust is pretty dark. Sooo,, I'm appealing to the brilliant minds of the vxinfo as to whether ya'll think the fpr could be my source of drastic fuel consumption?
thanks for all the help in the past, current, and future... It's well worth the $20.00.
Jody
Dark smoke = rich mixture and or oil
Don't be scared, but you may want a mechanic to look at your spark plugs and check the color.
Cheap spark plugs will burn off their center eletrode, making too large of a gap.
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