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Old 04-06-2006, 08:12 PM
ElanC ElanC is offline
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Default Re: FE drops while coasting downhill

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Originally Posted by kettleone
I have seen this also. Not all the time but enough that I had wondered what the heck was going on.
I hadn't seen this in the first three months I had the car, and believe me I watch that gauge constantly. In the last week or so I've seen it several times. I don't like it.

Also note that if you're coasting with the MPG gauge at 100 and you slow down to less than about 20 miles per hour the engine does kick back on and begin to consume fuel. Apparently the car is no longer moving fast enough to keep the engine rotating at enough RPMs, or whatever...

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