gas milage on a 4 cyl. 95 camry? - Toyota Nation Forum : Toyota Car and Truck Forums

nivek5sfe · 08-12-2005, 07:14 AM

last tank of gas i only got 18 mpg! this was just all city driving and most of the time the ac was on. but my cam hasnt been getting good gas milage for a while now, probably about a year. so i was just wondering if anyone here knows of something to do to get the milage back up.

Keep · 08-12-2005, 08:00 AM

I've been monitoring my mileage in my 1995 Camry 4cyl 5-speed

and on the last fillup I got 33mpg (city and highway), I'll fill up tomorrow and I'm going to get about 35-37mpg on this tank (because it was mostly highway)

What can you do to get your mileage up? Well, its not so much what you can upgrade, but moreso.. what you can bring back to original condition.

Example: If your air filter is clean, replacing it will do nothing. If your spark plugs aren't fouled, replacing them won't make a big difference.

Try to find what's holding you back, weather its a bad air/fuel/spark delivery problem.

Most times, it'll simply be a dirty air or fuel filter, or spark plugs that need changing, although your car is fairly new, and that puzzles me why it would be suffering so early in it's life.

(you're not bagging it at WOT at every light are you?)

nivek5sfe · 08-12-2005, 01:20 PM

i just got new plugs in it about a year ago, and i put a new air filter in it about 2 months ago, and i stay up on oil changes. i was thinking about replacing the fuel filter cause thats a cheap and easy thing to replace so i figure its worth a shot.

and i havnt been beating on it, i rarely ever go over about 3k.

but it is an auto so it is expected to get less mpg than a stick.

V6LE_CAMRY · 08-12-2005, 01:28 PM

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fuel filter

Good idea, because when i changed my fuel filter, after the second fill up i noticed a MPG gain. maybe you need to do your plugs again and use some fuel injector cleaner.

nivek5sfe · 08-12-2005, 01:33 PM

yeah im actually running injector cleaner through it right now, but i do it like 2-3 times a year anyway.

95WhiteCamry · 08-12-2005, 01:46 PM

i noticed injector cleaner doesn't do anything that's highly noticable. its a good thing to do except you can't really feel it do anything serious. my 95 I4 auto isn't getting the best fuel milage either ( no more than 250 miles a tank) so my guess would be to consider the fuel filter also.

nivek5sfe · 08-12-2005, 02:03 PM

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Originally Posted by 95WhiteCamry

i noticed injector cleaner doesn't do anything that's highly noticable. its a good thing to do except you can't really feel it do anything serious. my 95 I4 auto isn't getting the best fuel milage either ( no more than 250 miles a tank) so my guess would be to consider the fuel filter also.

yeah thats exactly what im geting, about 250.

V6LE_CAMRY · 08-12-2005, 02:12 PM

Acording to www.fueleconomy.gov the I4 should be getting about 21 city and 28 highway.

94blackcam · 08-12-2005, 03:38 PM

Wow, i'm getting 21 mpg city, thats weird

londonandlawson · 08-12-2005, 04:36 PM

where is the fuel filter located on a 99 camry?

FDFL3131 · 08-12-2005, 07:07 PM

i get 24mpg in my 99 4 banger

V6LE_CAMRY · 08-12-2005, 08:06 PM

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Acording to www.fueleconomy.gov the I4 should be getting about 21 city and 28 highway.

Forgot to mention that that mialge is for a 95 LE if you what to find the mialage for your year go to that website.

V6LE_CAMRY · 08-12-2005, 08:12 PM

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Originally Posted by londonandlawson

where is the fuel filter located on a 99 camry?

Home

FILTER-FUELOn your 1999 TOYOTA CAMRY, the FILTER-FUEL is:

UNDER HOOD, DRIVER SIDE, LOWER FIREWALL, MOUNTED
BELOW BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER Thats from the auto zone page.

Peacemaker · 08-12-2005, 08:19 PM

My 95 auto has 14-17 city driving... that's so low? I know. I try to find many way to bring them back. Sprak change already... improve a little. What else, air filter, oil filter? and one quick question: if CAI help gas mileage?

Thanks!

V6LE_CAMRY · 08-12-2005, 08:25 PM

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My 95 auto has 14-17 city driving... that's so low? I know. I try to find many way to bring them back. Sprak change already... improve a little. What else, air filter, oil filter? and one quick question: if CAI help gas mileage?

do you have a 4cly? Thats some pretty low gas mileage you are getting there

to improve it you should do the folowing if you haven't done it lately.

Oil change 5-30w try castrol GTX or mobil 1 and with oil filter
air filter
fuel filter
o2 sensor/s