Help! My Malibu has an insatiable thirst for gasoline. Various things I try improve gas mileage but only for about a week. Tires are the correct pressure, throttle body has been cleaned, oil is fresh, filters have been replaced and there are no leaks. How can I teach this car to kick its drinking…

Well, you know - those '72 Malibus are just really known for that, especially when you get up to the mileage yours has on it, and when you leave the original plugs in for 40 years and all of that. [sarcasm] How about you report full info on the car (including the state of basic maintenance). Then…

+1 Doesn’t the OP realize that, without specific information regarding the model year, odometer mileage, and info on the car’s actual maintenance record over the past 3 years, nobody can comment on his/her post with any hope of accuracy?

According to the VIN and the Operator’s Manual, this 2005 is, in fact, a “Malibu Classic”. I cannot trust anything more because I bought this used car only a year ago. If (your) issue is that I may have incorrectly identified the model you need to recognize that I have nothing more to rely on than …

It has a 4.3 liter “EcoTech”, 4-cylinder engine.

Go look under the hood again. There was no 4.3L 4 cylinder available in a Malibu.And we enjoy ourselves here but often have some good answers. We need to know what we are talking about though. Malibu covers a lot of ground. I drove one with 375 hp that would smoke the tires in 3rd gear and on a good…

That car should be getting mid to high 20’s on the highway, and low 20s around town. Have you done the math on your mileage?? Miles between fills divided by gallons taken ?? Do you have a check light on?? Is the motor running smooth or rough??

I stand corrected. According to Wikipedia, it’s a 2.2 Liter, “L61” 4-cylinder engine which Chevy and several other GM cars used from 2000-2007. Also, that engine was called “EcoTec” not “EcoTech”. O.K., now does anyone have any idea how to fix my problem with gas mileage?

jerrye, what is your gas mileage now and what was it before? Also, how many miles on the car? I guess you haven’t changed your driving habits or routes.

jerrye, people come here on a very regular basis talking about gas mileage issues. Nine times out of 10 it turns out that a) they are not using a good method for really figuring out their mileage, and b) have inflated notions in their heads about what their mileage should be. So you have to realiz…

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jtsanders February 12, 2012, 4:18am 4

If it really is a Malibu Classic, it was only built in 2008. Which engine; 4-cyl or 6-cyl ?

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