Wrong Oil causing H3's bad mileage?
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RE: Wrong Oil causing H3's bad mileage?
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My take on the low mileage is this: The H3 is a fairly heavy vehicle with a smallish engine that's geared for fair economy at cruising speed. The problem is, it takes a LOT of throttle to accelerate, so stop & go driving mileage is terrible. Drivers who rarely get on the freeway, or are more prone to "aggressive" driving are really going to get hammered hard on mileage. Not many mid-size vehicles exhibit such a huge spread in real city/highway mileage. Though the 3.2 gets the H3 the coveted 20 highway mpg rating (and really gets it), I think it would have much better all-around mileage with a larger engine that didn't have to work so hard just to get the truck rolling.
My take on the low mileage is this: The H3 is a fairly heavy vehicle with a smallish engine that's geared for fair economy at cruising speed. The problem is, it takes a LOT of throttle to accelerate, so stop & go driving mileage is terrible. Drivers who rarely get on the freeway, or are more prone to "aggressive" driving are really going to get hammered hard on mileage. Not many mid-size vehicles exhibit such a huge spread in real city/highway mileage. Though the 3.2 gets the H3 the coveted 20 highway mpg rating (and really gets it), I think it would have much better all-around mileage with a larger engine that didn't have to work so hard just to get the truck rolling.
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RE: Wrong Oil causing H3's bad mileage?
Also it could be the k&n filter do not believe everything you read about products.
I had one on one of my other cars i use to fill up once a week once i installed the k&n i was filling up twice a week
i went back to factory so did my milage.
I had one on one of my other cars i use to fill up once a week once i installed the k&n i was filling up twice a week
i went back to factory so did my milage.
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