[V8] Poor fuel economy

[Ed Kellock]

-breather hoses
-distributor caps and rotors
-ecu temp sensor on rear of passenger side cylinder head
-fuel filter
-air filter
-tire pressures
-junk in the trunk

> -----Original Message-----
> From: v8-bounces at audifans.com 
> [mailto:v8-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of gbmarc at cox.net
> Sent: Monday, January 12, 2009 2:04 PM
> To: v8 at audifans.com
> Cc: v8-request at audifans.com
> Subject: [V8] Poor fuel economy
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> 
> I realize that when I come to sell my car I will have to post 
> with a pseudonym as everyone will know what a horrendous 
> catalogue of complaints my 200K mile car has!  Anyway . . . 
> I'm currently only getting about 14mpg around town and 17mpg 
> on a longer run. The computer reads about 1 mpg better but I 
> know it's lying from filling up and checking odometer 
> readings. The car also has an uneven vibration that is 
> noticeable when stationary at idle. The Oxygen sensor is 
> about a year old and the plugs are even newer. The car seems 
> to accelerate OK, but then again, I doubt I would notice the 
> difference between 190bhp and 245bhp if it happened slowly 
> over time. Any obvious quick checks I can make?
> 
> Mark.
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