poor gas mileage 94 taurus

If I were you, I would start the engine (have the fuel-lines under pressure) and check for leaks under the car and under the hood. And please don't smoke...

Regards Stefan

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Your getting about 14 to 15 mpg in the city. I think it is totally normal. I get exactly the same and I have changed everything. There is nothing wrong with your car.

Good advice. But, does one really get "mileage" in a metric country? I would think they get "literage" or sumpin'. What do they really say in Canada, England or various parts of Scandinavia?

Fuel gauges are horribly inaccurate. Fill up your tank and write down your mileage, then drive until it gets to 1/4 or so, then fill it up and calculate the gas mileage based on what the pump says you used. I can fill my tank and drive 100 miles before the needle comes off of F then about another 150 and its on E, then about another 50 before I need to stop.

The correct designation is Liters per 100Km., L/100Km.. It is high time the USA go metric. The rest of the world is Metric. And so is 60% percent of my Taurus and Crown Vic.

And that drives me absolutely nuts (short drive).

I don't know how many times I've encountered metric nuts (hex size, not thread) paired up on a standard bolt. What kind of nonsense is that?

See Farley response below. I never said anything was wrong with standard system. However, even the British who championed the Standard system has changed to metric. When last have you traveled outside the country? All the stuff USA buys from overseas is coming here in metric. SO, Why continue to fight a losing battle. Ever wonder why so many stuff have been over torqued..? Guys can't differentiate between ft-lb, and Newton-meters. By continuing to use standard in a metric world we are just shortchanging ourselves, period.We need to get with the program.

The use of the word "mileage" is rather generic. Sort of like the use of "Kleenex" instead of facial tissue. Everybody pretty much knows what you mean.

That is the fault of the "mechanic" not the standard system or metric system.

Why should I blame the Mechanic/Technician.?? NASA recently lost a $4 billion satellite because of this same mix-up with metric and standard. If engineers can screw up like that, can I blame simple mechanics..no way. If the country does not use metric, and the schools do not teach even standard well, much less metric, and the politician makes fun of metric, but we buy Billions of dollars of stuff, made on the metric system, the poor guys are going to be confused. Are you comfortable teaching a class in metric? How is your metric to standard conversion. Ask the people around you, and report back, how many are comfortable with working with mixed Standard and Metric. Like I said, metric is now the defacto unit of choice. When was the last time we saw an engines' displacement published in cubic inches..? Why fight it..we need to get with the program

Yes, you can blame the person doing the work. Doing the work correctly is part of the job. Part of doing the job correctly is knowing what type of fastener you are using. Because of the "high level of education" NASA has no excuse.

The modern mechanic/technician is and does use metrics every day. This has been going on for years, there should be no confusion, that is only an excuse.

I learned long ago not to try to keep all the facts and figures in my head. That is why there are these things called books and reference materials. If there is something I need to convert and I'm not comfortable with it, I look up the correct procedure to do so. I hate doing things twice.

There is no metric to standard conversion for a mechanic/technician. A mechanic does not redesign the fastener. Again, it's part of the job to know what you are working with.

IIRC we tried going metric awhile back with speed limit signs posted in KPH. Apparently that didn't work. We still have KPH & MPH on the speedometers although for US use it's of no value.

Eric

In 21 years of training guys at all levels, I never allowed any guy, or gal for that matter, to pass a course with less than a 94% passing grade. I took responsibility for the quality of all guys and gals who I turn loose on the public. Now you know who I blame..!

Look again. You don't have "KPH" on your speedometer. They use the proper symbol, km/h.

Gene Nygaard

But if it be thought that, either now, or at any future time, the citizens of the United States may be induced to undertake a thorough reformation of their whole system of measures, weights and coins, reducing every branch to the same decimal ratio already established in their coins, and thus bringing the calculation of the principal affairs of life within the arithmetic of every man who can multiply and divide plain numbers, greater changes will be necessary. U.S. Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson, 1790

Look again. You don't have "KPH" on your speedometer. They use the proper symbol, km/h.