burning tooooo much gas help me pplllzzzzz!!!!!!
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burning tooooo much gas help me pplllzzzzz!!!!!!
Hi I gotta 98 jeep grand Cherokee lerado 4.0 V6 4WD one day I notice my car was burning hella gas put 30 in there and and drove about 20mi and my light comes on then so a lot black smoke is comin out so I know I'm burning a lot of gas had a tune up done and put some objectors cleaner and filled it up cost me 82 dollars to fill up 4 days all of it GONE!!!!! Still black smoke and fumes of gas what THE BELL CAN I DO I'm wasting my money just by staying in my area SOMEONE HELP
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I would replace the o2 sensor. I ruined mine a few weeks ago and until I replaced it I was getting 5mpg and had black smoke. Now I get 17 again with clean exhaust.
Something is making the engine run way too rich, and o2 sensors do that when they fail.
Something is making the engine run way too rich, and o2 sensors do that when they fail.
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I changed mine in about 15 minutes, and it was stuck in the pipe pretty bad. A WJ may have two upstream o2 sensors though, making the job twice as expensive, though I am not sure.
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Yea it is more than likely your o2 sensors, you could try cleaning them but it would only be around $80-85 for both of them to your door so you might as well get new ones.
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So you got about 3 miles per gallon.
Very possible, depending on more factors than I have time to list, and you even care about reading. If you want to increase your mileage, take the radiator cap off and drive a Prius under it. Instant 56 miles per gallon!
Not trying to be a jerk, but you have told us squat. We dont even know what engine you have. I have a 5.2lt, with air on and cruise, I can coax 18.5 to 19.5 mpg. I stick my foot in it, I can get less than 8.
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Very possible, depending on more factors than I have time to list, and you even care about reading. If you want to increase your mileage, take the radiator cap off and drive a Prius under it. Instant 56 miles per gallon!
Not trying to be a jerk, but you have told us squat. We dont even know what engine you have. I have a 5.2lt, with air on and cruise, I can coax 18.5 to 19.5 mpg. I stick my foot in it, I can get less than 8.
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