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2012 Kia Forte with horrible gas mileage.

  

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Hey Scotty, 

first off I have to say I love your show! I have a 2012 Kia Forte LX with the 2.0L engine. 
Over the past few months I’ve gotten really bad gas mileage like 215-230 miles per tank. I’ve been running Shell 0 ethanol gas for about 10 tanks now and no change. 

The only symptoms are slightly down on power and bad fuel economy. 

i also recently changed my spark plugs to see if that would help but it did nothing. 

let me know if you have any suggestions. 


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Clean the MAF sensor and change the air filter. Did you check the tire pressure and brakes? 

 


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Also see here:

https://m.youtube.com/c/ScottyKilmermechanic/search?query=Fuel%20economy


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brakes and tires are good. I’ve had all air filters changed recently as well. 

Also new symptom on cold start; pretty noticeable shake at idle. 


What do the STFT and LTFT numbers look like at idle when you hook up a scan tool?


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