Originally Posted by
Rndeleon1988
I've sealed the hood gap and it actually... Did nothing for my gas mileage. I'm confused by this and just removed the stripping entirely
I believed that Daox explained that his gas mileage dropped as his Wisconsin winter got colder and colder, and that he took measurements showing his weather stripping treatment allowed the temperature of the engine compartment to rise. If his engine had been running too cold to get normal fuel economy and the weather stripping allowed it to run at a more normal temperature, it makes sense that the weather stripping could improve Daox's mpgs.
But if you experimented with covering the hood gap at a different time of year, or perhaps even in what passes for cold weather in Texas, I suspect your results might vary.
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View my fuel log 2015 Mirage DE 1.2 automatic: 43.0 mpg (US) ... 18.3 km/L ... 5.5 L/100 km ... 51.7 mpg (Imp)