2005 Honda crv shit gas mileage

[haughty jackal]

Bro my gas mileage is 14mpg PLEASE how do I fix this😭😭

[slim abyss]

What codes is the car throwing? I’m sure the CEL is on

[haughty jackal]

No codes

[haughty jackal]

Everything is green according to my scanner

Does it need a tune or something

[slim abyss]

No check engine lights and your gas mileage is cut in half?

How many miles?

[haughty jackal]

Yea

Bruh why is there a 10 second slowmode in my own post

[haughty jackal]

194k

[slim abyss]

That’s how it is

[slim abyss]

When’s the last time you have had a tune up?

[haughty jackal]

[haughty jackal]

Uhhhhhhhhh

To my knowledge it never has, I did get a valve adjustment recently tho

[slim abyss]

This is a K Series so you have a timing chain

[haughty jackal]

Yup

[slim abyss]

That’s good. These engines need adjustment over time.

I think it’s time for coils, plugs, etc etc

And start there since you don’t have codes

[haughty jackal]

yea after i did that the car feels really good, plugs and coils are that old

[slim abyss]

Are that old?

[haughty jackal]

sorry, plugs are 2 years coils are prob 1 year

[haughty jackal]

arent*

[slim abyss]

What brand plugs? Honda is picky about sticking with NGKs

But I would remove a plug and see what it looks likes

[haughty jackal]

pretty suyre theyre ngks

[slim abyss]

Do you have a scan tool that can read fuel trims?

@haughty jackal

[haughty jackal]

uhhhh what

[slim abyss]

Ok yeah sorry but it sounds like you need to take the car to a shop.

[haughty jackal]

for what

[slim abyss]

A good scan tool is a great diagnostic tool.

[haughty jackal]

i have a obd port scanner

[slim abyss]

A shop will be able to read your car while it’s running and see what the fuel and air is doing

[haughty jackal]

ah alr, so you suggest a tune up?

[slim abyss]

I’m sure you do but you didn’t know what fuel trims are so I’m assuming your scanner doesn’t read it

[haughty jackal]

oh yea i doubt it does

[slim abyss]

I recommend taking it to a shop that can hook a good scan tool up to your car.

Don’t want to just throw parts at a problem you don’t know

[haughty jackal]

yea

[haughty jackal]

alr bet

[slim abyss]

keep us posted

[haughty jackal]

will do

[slender pike]

Don’t worry man I had almost the same exact car except it was a 04 I think and it had 260k miles

They just suck gas for no reason

[haughty jackal]

I mean yea I get it it’s 20 years old but 14mpg is diabolical

[slender pike]

It is, it was so bad I’d have to fill up like 3x a week

[slender pike]

I ended up selling mine for $600 the maf sensor was being goofy, my opinion is you should just sell it cause they are dookie

[tepid gazelle]

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[haughty jackal]

It ain’t THAT bad for me

[haughty jackal]

Nahhh the crv a
great car, great engine too

[slender pike]

I agree, by dookie I meant the mpg I beat the snot out of mine and it was still running strong

[haughty jackal]

Ohhh, yea I take very good care of mine lol

[haughty jackal]

What exactly is the kind of tune up called to get better mpg

[slim abyss]

Well a tune up gives you better gas mileage because you are replacing parts that affect performance as they fail.

So in reality it is supposed to bring you back the ideal conditions and give you the mileage your car is “supposed” to have

[haughty jackal]

Ok so what exactly do I ask the shop to do then? Bc my spark coils and injectors are all new

[slim abyss]

To look at your car and see why your mileage sucks

[weak lagoon]

When was the last time you checked the tire pressure?

[haughty jackal]

Alr loo

[haughty jackal]

They filled em prob two weeks ago when I had them balanced

[weak lagoon]

Has it always been this bad or is it something new?

[haughty jackal]

I’ve had the car 5 years now, prob been this bad for a year now I might have just noticed it now

[weak lagoon]

What transmission does it have?

[haughty jackal]

Uh idk 5 speed auto

[weak lagoon]

could be slipping

[slim abyss]

Probably 4 speed with overdrive

[haughty jackal]

How would I tell

[haughty jackal]

Overdrive?