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Re: Gas mileage .... #1383747 10/06/05 09:10 AM
Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 54 Cali D Diftgog420 CEG\'er
Diftgog420 CEG\'er D Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 54 Cali	How in the heck do you guys get such good gas mileage. I once got 360 out of a tank but that was driving all Freeway from St. George, Ut to La Verne, Ca. I usally get about 280 or so before it gets to 3/4 empty and the most i was ever able to get into the car (after it had run out of gas and I had to push it and ride it down this 3 mile hill was 12.2 gallons. Arent't we supposed to have a 14 gallon tank? Maybe I just need to have the whole damn pump assembly pulled and looked at. Man I guess 114k is a lot of miles for a '00 .

Re: Gas mileage .... #1383748 10/06/05 03:59 PM
Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 3,065 M Matt R_dup1 Hard-core CEG\'er
Matt R_dup1 Hard-core CEG\'er M Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 3,065	15 gallon tank. When the light comes on, you still have like over 2 gallons left. I don't think it would be possible to get 15 gallons in there even if you ran it till it stalled. There would still be some stuff left. [color:"green"]-Matt R '99 Tropic Green LX, Zetec, ATX

Re: Gas mileage .... #1383749 10/06/05 11:07 PM
Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 1,224 Inbetween turbo and super land... B ButtonPuncher_dup1 Hard-core CEG\'er
ButtonPuncher_dup1 Hard-core CEG\'er B Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 1,224 Inbetween turbo and super land...	Actually it's 14.5, at least on my pre-98. I've run mine until it's sputtered at a stoplight. I could only cram 13.5 gallons in it. BP Ben ---'96 Contour GL * Zetec ATX * Tan on Black steelies--- +++JRSC M62 Under Construction+++ My big-a$$ mod list.

Re: Gas mileage .... #1383750 10/07/05 03:06 PM
Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 22 gosport hampshire england F funkywesmond New CEG\'er
funkywesmond New CEG\'er F Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 22 gosport hampshire england	Originally posted by CRZYDRVR: IIRC, its because of the way the tank is shaped. Bigger at the top, and smaller at the bottom. therefore the gas level goes down faster at the bottom. Someone correct me if Im wrong. u got it spot on there mate ive got a trip computer tells me the exact miles 2 the gallon and how many miles r left in the tank i get about 315 miles on a full tank about 125 on half a tank and about 55 on a 1/4 thats mostly city driving as 4 tank size i dont know if yr's r the same as our mondeo's but there exactly 60 litres if someone wants 2 work that out in gallons 1995 MK1 MONDEO GHIA X sweet as they come 4 pics and full spec click http://photobucket.com/albums/a92/funkydes/project%20mondy/ best of british mondeo enthusiast group http://www.fordmondeo.org/forum/index.php?referral/19055/

Re: Gas mileage .... #1383751 10/07/05 03:34 PM
Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 175 Lyons, IL K kev.fitz CEG\'er
kev.fitz CEG\'er K Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 175 Lyons, IL	60 liter = 15.8503231 US gallons I usually get 215 per 3/4 tank, I rarely take it below 1/4 tank after the fuel pump in our taurus burnt out from running it to empty. I tested it today though, 275 miles till the light came on. Wow thats pretty bad... 98 Contour GL 4 cyl 131,000 miles - 57,000 w/o a CEL! Get Firefox

Re: Gas mileage .... #1383752 10/08/05 05:14 PM
Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 1,957 Houston Texas L lsneo Hard-core CEG'er
lsneo Hard-core CEG'er L Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 1,957 Houston Texas	i get about 200 mpt. And no ceg light either. Sounds like i need some help. NEED AN SVT REAR BUMPER!!! pm me

Re: Gas mileage .... #1383753 10/10/05 05:56 PM
Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 4 Orlando, FL C Carto Newbie
Carto Newbie C Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 4 Orlando, FL	got my contour in August gas mileage is a little less than 20 miles per gallon all city driving Last edited by Carto; 10/10/05 05:57 PM.

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