Drivetrain (Cooper S) MINI Cooper S (R53) intakes, exhausts, pulleys, headers, throttle bodies, and any other modifications to the Cooper S drivetrain.

Drivetrain really bad gass milage.. out of no where

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Old Aug 4, 2010 | 04:31 AM
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Originally Posted by Koreanadian
What's happening if there is soot in the tail pipe? I am not getting CEL, but I've been getting only about 20 to 22 MPG on 2005 R53
Sounds like you could be running little rich or just have a heavy right foot......
 
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Old Aug 4, 2010 | 06:51 AM
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Or he has some mods, or he does in town/city driving, heavy wheels/rims, mis-sized tire rim combo (will make both the gearing and calculations off), drives on the highway at higher than legal speeds, or maybe lower than required octance gas, the list goes on and on....
Always make sure the basic's are taken care of...
 
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