Another Gas Mileage thread.

[desidj]

Hello Piloteers!

I read the other thread about (way) lower than advertised MPG around city.

We bought a 2011 EX-L/RES in Sept 2011, and almost all of the miles on it so far are city/suburb miles. Lots of lights, stopping etc. I use it for my daily 10+10 miles commute to work.

I have just clocked about 3200 miles on it, and I am depending on the number shown by the Trip Computer for the MPG. On all these 3200 miles, I am getting about 15.8 mpg. Is this what I should expect at these early miles? I thought there is no break-in on these modern engines unlike old cars where it took some miles to break-in the engine to get a better mileage.

I do plan to ditch the trip computer numbers and start doing a tank to tank computation of mpg and see if there is a difference in there.

Attached is a capture of the mpg earlier tonite.

Any pointers?

[humanoid]

I'd say that's pretty good mileage for mostly city driving.

[Arizonaadam]

Yeah, pretty good. I'm usually at 13 or 14 when it's just around town. I've heard, but will not claim as fact, that honda has very tight engine clearances. Result: it takes some time to loosen up and reduce friction. I've seen a slight improvement in mileage after 3k.

As you point out, lots of other opinions about mileage available in other threads.

[samc]

Well actually any vehicle in any condition will get bad gas mileage in the city. I've gotten as bad as 14 mPG, but then again I drive with a heavy foot.

[sblvro]

that is "normal" for the pilot and have learned to live with it.

[rocky]

That's normal especially cold weather short journey commutes

[mmm666]

arizona. what kind of motor oil are you decide to put on your pilot?

[Arizonaadam]

Originally Posted by mmm666

arizona. what kind of motor oil are you decide to put on your pilot?

Still thinking about it, but leaning heavily toward mobil 1.

[coolalibi]

For a city driving 15.8 is pretty average. I used to compute miles/gallon on my own before I realized that it is displayed on the trip computer and I have to say the trip computer is quite accurate. I compared the gas consumption both ways, and I must say those engineers have done a darn good job.

However, when it comes to break-in the engine, in the owners’ manual a recommended break-in is 1000-1500 miles going no faster than 50 miles with an rpm less than 2 and another 1500-2000 miles no greater than 3 rpm, and no hauling.

[xGS]

Originally Posted by coolalibi

However, when it comes to break-in the engine, in the owners’ manual a recommended break-in is 1000-1500 miles going no faster than 50 miles with an rpm less than 2 and another 1500-2000 miles no greater than 3 rpm, and no hauling.

Where did you get that info?

The owner's manual states the following:

"Help assure your vehicle’s future
reliability and performance by paying
extra attention to how you drive
during the first 600 miles (1,000 km).

During this period:

Avoid full-throttle starts and rapid
acceleration.

Avoid hard braking for the first
200 miles (300 km).

Do not change the oil until the
scheduled maintenance time.

Do not tow a trailer."

[Path]

I am getting around 15.3 for almost all "around town" driving on my 2011 EXL.

BTW, my service manager recommended against changing to a different grade of oil saying that Honda has built and tested their engines with the recommended grade in mind and it has no drawbacks. I still sort of assume Honda pushes a 5w20 for gas mileage numbers.

[pearsonrj]

Please specify 2WD or AWD when discussing gas mileage - it's worth an mpg or so either way...
For the record I get 14 - 15 mpg in suburban driving, 20 - 24 mpg on pure freeway, in my 2011 AWD Touring - 10,000 miles on the odometer.

[humanoid]

10w20??? Didn't know they made that grade of oil!

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[roarkrd]

Originally Posted by Path

I am getting around 15.3 for almost all "around town" driving on my 2011 EXL.

BTW, my service manager recommended against changing to a different grade of oil saying that Honda has built and tested their engines with the recommended grade in mind and it has no drawbacks. I still sort of assume Honda pushes a 10w20 for gas mileage numbers.

10w20? All three of my most recent Honda's have called for 5w20.

[MFS]

I think Path meant 0W-20, which seems to be what Honda recommends on the newer models.