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Originally Posted by jay4500 every day driving I only average 20.5 mpg I'd kill for that. I average 15. Come to think of it, it MIGHT be a lifter/rocker arm

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Old 06-19-2011, 08:37 PM   #5 (permalink)
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every day driving I only average 20.5 mpg
I'd kill for that. I average 15.

Come to think of it, it MIGHT be a lifter/rocker arm problem... But I doubt it. In my Cobalt I managed to snap 2 rocker arms and was running on 3 1/2 cylinders for several months. I knew something was wrong and that car was ticking and would flash a CEL above 5000rpms. But below 5k rpms is was fine. I had a small loss in gas mileage as well. What I'm getting at is that my engine makes a small ticking noise and I can't tell whether its normal or not.

When my Cobalt had the ticking noise, car experts of 30+ years told me it was normal and I knew it wasn't. When I popped the valve cover off and saw metal pieces sitting there, I knew I was right.

Any other possible suggestions? I think I'm just going to get a good oil change but Seafoam it right before I do.
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