Bought a car for FE but im having trouble need Mech help!!!
I posted this exact question on other sites with mixed answers, so i would like to try it here. The car got 36mpg on the first 1/2 tank. Now im driving more efficiently but my mpg is dropping.
Please take a gander and tell me what you think.
My question is my 1989 Civic HB D15b2 that is smoking when i rev it or excellerate hard. Its burning about 1/2 Qt every 200 miles. It's leaking from the dist the normal amount.
Here is some engine info.
I just purchased it for a commuter, it was a one owner daily driver, it has 217k. i bought it with a seized cam. i replaced the head with a head off of a 1993 DX with between 100-150K, and had it milled and torqued to the TSB specs and all new gaskets, the cylinders still had cross hatch marks on them. ( i didnt talk to the owner so i dont know the full history of the engine)
New timing belt, water pump, plugs, PCV valve.
Starts and runs great and as strong as i would think a 1.5 could be.
Dry compression check showed, from dist. to timing belt:
180 185 170 180
Leak Down
4% 4% 5% 4%
The car appeared to be running for quite some time with a leaking head gasket. When i replaced the PCV valve i noticed a build up of carboned oil on the hose connecting the PCV valve, although air flowed through the line fairly easily.
I hate posts that lack info so i hope i listed enough.
Please let me know what else i could check or what else it may be.
Thanks,
Tim
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Gas?? Oh you mean the expensive smelly stuff Grandpa used to power his car with? Silly old Man.
Get off my @ss I'm saving gas!!

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