Legacy Wagon 2.2 mpg problems ??
Hi,
And thanks for any ideas and help
I'm buying a '95 Legacy "L" wagon with the 2.2. It has 160K on it, and is all stock. It has had average, to below average, care and upkeep. Mechanically, it has been kept up ok (I think
I've been shopping this model for a while, and one of the things I've heard from several owners regarding gas mileage, is that they get 22-25 mpg around town and 26-30 mpg on the freeway. And these are similar aged cars, with the same or more miles on the odometer.
Question - The guy I'm buying my car from, seems to have his act together... yet he tells me that his mileage is 20 mpg, combined city/Hwy. He says that he checks it quite a bit, and that he's gotten this mileage for many years.
This car has stock sized tires, and I imagine that the odometer is right... and that he has good math skills.
So - How can this be?
I want better mileage than this. What can I do? I'm taking it to a Subaru mechanic, to check some other things out. What else can he check, to see what's wrong with this engine, that it would get such poor mileage??
Thanks a ton, Greg
And thanks for any ideas and help

I'm buying a '95 Legacy "L" wagon with the 2.2. It has 160K on it, and is all stock. It has had average, to below average, care and upkeep. Mechanically, it has been kept up ok (I think

I've been shopping this model for a while, and one of the things I've heard from several owners regarding gas mileage, is that they get 22-25 mpg around town and 26-30 mpg on the freeway. And these are similar aged cars, with the same or more miles on the odometer.
Question - The guy I'm buying my car from, seems to have his act together... yet he tells me that his mileage is 20 mpg, combined city/Hwy. He says that he checks it quite a bit, and that he's gotten this mileage for many years.
This car has stock sized tires, and I imagine that the odometer is right... and that he has good math skills.
So - How can this be?
I want better mileage than this. What can I do? I'm taking it to a Subaru mechanic, to check some other things out. What else can he check, to see what's wrong with this engine, that it would get such poor mileage??
Thanks a ton, Greg
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His average does sound low, though.
Have the mechanic to a compressoin test to see if the piston rings and heads are sealing well.
And is that the main thing to check for low fuel mileage?
Any other things to check?
fuel injection
air intake
exhaust
timing
I'm not a mechanic... just tossing out words here.
Any tips or advice would be great before I get the car in.
Thanks, Greg
Not to mention driving style, and the previous post mentions.
My minivan has a trip computer and I can break 30mpg on highway trips if I drive smoothly and keep speeds down. We were driving to Florida and my brother got a turn behind the wheel while I slept, I think he was doing 90, and he got 25.somethign mpg.
Speeds make a big difference, also. Wind resistance increases with the square of speed, while rolling resistance only decreases linearly.