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I have been having a lot of problems with my little 4 banger since I changed the Plugs/wires/Oil. Gas milage went down to 18, then to 15, Back up to 16 
I have spoken to many people about it and tossed a lot of parts and money at it, Nothing helped much
When I was speaking to a friend he made an off hand remark about the dual plug head on that lil 4 banger. "Did you make sure not to cross the plug wires?" I looked at him like he was a bit crazy, but I checked them out anyways. (after he left)
What do a know! they were all kinda higgly jiggly mixed up, and I had JUST gotten it back from the dealer TOO! I picked up a set of wire holders (to have lots of them!) and went to work, I made sure they were running next to and parellel to each other and if they DID have to cross another that I left at least an inch or more space between them, I also noted that the crummy clips that held them to the Coil packs were pretty flimsy too, so I used a wire tie on them to keep them from popping up.
Now my engine keeps pulling all the way up to 6K when it used to get sick about 4500 or so, the rough idle went somewhere else (GONE!), and I took it on a 500 mile trip over the Labor Day weekend, Averaged 20MPG there and 21 MPG Back! Not 30MPG by far, but she does have 4:10 gears, about 140K on her clock and still getting 175 PSI Comp. in 1-4 and 170 PSI in 2-3 I can handle 20-22 MPG, with the way I rev and beat her, I shouldn't expect much more than that! LOL
Good luck all! Something so simple it is easily overlooked!
On another note, what are the opinions of putting in a T-case and rear end lockers? (but not the front axel) I would like to use the 4Low for pulling my boat out and for riding some muddy trails, not 'real' offroading, just something a little extra for off the pavement.
I have spoken to many people about it and tossed a lot of parts and money at it, Nothing helped much
When I was speaking to a friend he made an off hand remark about the dual plug head on that lil 4 banger. "Did you make sure not to cross the plug wires?" I looked at him like he was a bit crazy, but I checked them out anyways. (after he left) What do a know! they were all kinda higgly jiggly mixed up, and I had JUST gotten it back from the dealer TOO! I picked up a set of wire holders (to have lots of them!) and went to work, I made sure they were running next to and parellel to each other and if they DID have to cross another that I left at least an inch or more space between them, I also noted that the crummy clips that held them to the Coil packs were pretty flimsy too, so I used a wire tie on them to keep them from popping up.
Now my engine keeps pulling all the way up to 6K when it used to get sick about 4500 or so, the rough idle went somewhere else (GONE!), and I took it on a 500 mile trip over the Labor Day weekend, Averaged 20MPG there and 21 MPG Back! Not 30MPG by far, but she does have 4:10 gears, about 140K on her clock and still getting 175 PSI Comp. in 1-4 and 170 PSI in 2-3 I can handle 20-22 MPG, with the way I rev and beat her, I shouldn't expect much more than that! LOL
Good luck all! Something so simple it is easily overlooked!
On another note, what are the opinions of putting in a T-case and rear end lockers? (but not the front axel) I would like to use the 4Low for pulling my boat out and for riding some muddy trails, not 'real' offroading, just something a little extra for off the pavement.
