I own a 2005 honda civic, 80000km and the mileage is poor, car runs
fine except for the lights keep diming off and on when ideling but not
when driving. Does anyone know what to look for to improve my gas
mileage?

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"boxinganimal" <none@000.com> wrote
>I own a 2005 honda civic, 80000km and the mileage is poor,
>car runs
> fine except for the lights keep diming off and on when
> ideling but not
> when driving. Does anyone know what to look for to improve
> my gas
> mileage?

A list of things to check, organized roughly by cost:

http://honda.lioness.googlepages.com/gasmileagetips

 

boxinganimal <none@000.com> wrote in news:1209926_
1f737609a63cafa59f442f87850515c4@autoboardz.com:

> I own a 2005 honda civic, 80000km and the mileage is poor, car runs
> fine except for the lights keep diming off and on when ideling but not
> when driving.


Sounds like the Electrical Load Detector has failed. There's a known issue
with this model and its ELD.

Is your Check Engine light on?


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