Date: 1 Aug 2004 16:48:04 GMT From: Dave Hinz <DaveHinznospamcop.net> Subject: Re: After changing spark plugs I get lower gas milege
On Sun, 01 Aug 2004 15:32:45 GMT, gogoasa <someonenospamosoft.com> wrote: > > "Dave Hinz" <DaveHinznospamcop.net> wrote in message > news:2n1muvFs8oggU1nospamberlin.de... >> >> If you're actually serious and can't imagine why I'm giving you a hard >> time, think about your communication approach. "Hi, I've got a > (year/model) >> Saab, my plugs wore out at x,000 miles and with the new ones my milage has >> gone down by an insignificant, meaningless amount. Am I doing anything >> wrong here"? >> > I was actually trying to introduce my problem better. I think there were > tons of posts about "bad gas milleadge". Going from 25 to 24 MPG is insignificant. A warm day could change it that much, or tires, or an aftermarket muffler, or any of a dozen thihgs. 4% isn't all that significant. > So, yeah I expected to find somebody that will say: o, dud, it happened the > same to me last year and this is what I did, or this is what is still > doing.... So you figured badmouthing things you don't understand, and the documentation provided with the car, was a good way to do that? Odd. > Generic CENTER muffler, this is sometime called SILENCER. I bought it from > the internet, Starla for 87$ > The normal muffler is still the original. Also the exhaust smells horibbly.. Any unusual color smoke coming out the exhaust? Or, is it just paint from the muffler and normal new-muffler stink? You _did_ peel the labels off of it before installing it, of course?