VERY Dissappointed with the Celica.... Options

[Badkarma]

well, i bought the celica with hopes of getting Much better gas mileage than my other car. 1999 mustang 3.8 v6 5 spd. so i filled it up last week, set the trip, and today the trip meter hit 280 miles and i was due for a fill up. well, it took 14.4 gallons. it comes out to about 19.5 miles per gallon. my mustang gets 21 average! i've gotten up to 30!. this really was quite a let down. i still love the celica but is everyone getting such horrible mpg?
maintainance is kept up. runs great. plugs, wires, filters. only thing i can think of is it needs of an alignment. what else could be the problem?

thanks, sorry for knocking the celi's.


Erich

[6strngs]

if you're looking at the exhaust manifold and look down into the engine bay you should see it poking out of the driver's side of it. I tried to take mine off with the manifold still in the car and couldn't. actually, once the manifold was out I still had a hell of a time getting it out! I actually bent a wrench because it was so tight... but if you've got the right tools or just a lot of muscle I'm sure you could get it out with the manifold still i the car. you might need to remove the heat sheilds though. you'll just need to unplug the electrical connector, unscrew the old sensor, screw in the new one and re-plug in the connecter... it sounds easier than it is though.