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Posted on Jun 09, 2009

Poor gas milage

I Have a 1993 1500 Silverado pickup V8 350 and I am only getting 9 miles to the gallon. The truck starts and runs real good. I use to get around 20 miles to the gallon. I have changed plugs and wires and had the distributor pick up replaced. I have 160,000 miles on my truck. What can I do to increase my mileage?

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Change fuel filter. but if it does not work u might have some leaky injectors

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