Im an easy driver. Always have been.
I do the gentle accelerations and im the type that I see a light turn yellow and I let off the gas and let the momentum keep rolling you towards the red light.
I also try to do my highway driving at 55-65 most of the time.
Ive taught my gf to do the same in her 07 Impala. (I drive an 03 Trailblazer- which gives me about 18-19 mpg in combined street highway driving).
she gets about 22 mpg in combined. When I drive the impala on long non stop road trips at 55-60- we see 30-32 MPG from her 3.9L with AFM..........
Now- Ive always known about carbon buildup on easy driven cars.............
So the other day were headed back from the movies- and im doing 55- when the freeway was clear enough I simply stepped in the gas pedal all the way- and the engine came to life- engine revved up high and we were soon headed to 80 mph.... at which point I let off- and my gf is looking at me asking why did you just do that?
I explained.
but yes- I was able to see a large puff of smoke out the back.
On subsequent tries- the smoke less- and then no more smoke.
About every month or two- I do the same on the Trailblazer- get on an empty on ramp- and from a rolling start of about 15 MPH- I stomp on the gas- it gets the engine to rev up and clear out any accumulation.
I used to do that on my 70 350 4 brl. since it had the problem of run on for a while.........
anyone else still do this?
Anything change in recent years to tell me not to do this?
I do the gentle accelerations and im the type that I see a light turn yellow and I let off the gas and let the momentum keep rolling you towards the red light.
I also try to do my highway driving at 55-65 most of the time.
Ive taught my gf to do the same in her 07 Impala. (I drive an 03 Trailblazer- which gives me about 18-19 mpg in combined street highway driving).
she gets about 22 mpg in combined. When I drive the impala on long non stop road trips at 55-60- we see 30-32 MPG from her 3.9L with AFM..........
Now- Ive always known about carbon buildup on easy driven cars.............
So the other day were headed back from the movies- and im doing 55- when the freeway was clear enough I simply stepped in the gas pedal all the way- and the engine came to life- engine revved up high and we were soon headed to 80 mph.... at which point I let off- and my gf is looking at me asking why did you just do that?
I explained.
but yes- I was able to see a large puff of smoke out the back.
On subsequent tries- the smoke less- and then no more smoke.
About every month or two- I do the same on the Trailblazer- get on an empty on ramp- and from a rolling start of about 15 MPH- I stomp on the gas- it gets the engine to rev up and clear out any accumulation.
I used to do that on my 70 350 4 brl. since it had the problem of run on for a while.........
anyone else still do this?
Anything change in recent years to tell me not to do this?
