1990 toyota camry fuel economy

Hey guys/girls ive been having a issue with my wagon since ive got it which is the poor fuel consumption of 17 mpg highway and probably dont want to know what city is. My car is a 1990 toyota camry wagon le with 2.5 v6 and auto tranny and was wondering if anyone has a solution for this. ive even tried hypermiling at 50 mph and its still horrible.

 

Holly cow. I've had trucks for years and always got crappy fuel mileage. I bought a year old Chevy Impala with 20,000 mles on it. It has the V-6 300 HP I think. Sounds like an old 350 Impala and seems as peppy. The amazing thing is in town I'm getting over 28 MPG and on a recent trip got over 34 MPG mostly at 70+.
Newer Honda's seem to be doing well as are many late model cars.
Can't help but just wanted to brag. To me anything over 25 MPG is great.
Not a bad price for a year old car with low miles.

 

Fuzzy did you forget something?????????????????????

 

Not knowing anything about the state of the car makes it difficult to guess. How many miles are on it? When was the last time it had a real tune up? How long have you owned it? It doesn't look like these get real stellar mileage to start with so you probably aren't as far off as you might think.

https://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/bymodel/1990_Toyota_Camry.shtml

 

Sorry guys i forgot milage. Its at 191k but got a tuneup about 10k ago with previous owner (uncle) ive had it for about a year now. Also nice job with that impala!

 

Fuzzy did you forget something?????????????????????
It wasn't anything about the wagon. I was hinting in my own crude way about an introduction so we could see who we are going to pester next.
Now we know you are in Virginia and there is a Santa Clause. We also know you will be driving in snow and ice.

 

Ive hopped on the welcome wagon now thanks for reminding me!

 

Thinkin about it 17 MPG highway is not bad for a car with that many miles. Have you done a tune up? Might help.
Also son drove 1400 miles from NW Florida to lower Minn and back last weekend during the midwest snow storm. He was driving a 1991 GMC Blazer with 135,ooo miles and a V-6 with recent duals. Cruised around 65-75 according to son. He lies.
He started out in warm weather at around 24+ MPG. Somewhere around St Louis to Minn, all cold weather, he was down to 18MPG. He also said the fuel up there has more ethynol or corn juice.
Where you live it's cold. Possibly in nicer weather this spring, around July for you, your mileage will increase.
Just a thought.............. or move to Florida. I have a double wide on five acres and a bridge overlooking the ocean I'll sell.

 

Il probably do a complete tune-up when payday comes around. As for that double wide you best be careful adcertising that i might take you up on that offer

 

Assuming everything is in fine tune do you know the last time the O2 sensor(s) was (were) changed? I don't think you can stream data on your car to see what they are doing, but they are probably cheap enough to change out. They don't last forever and can get lazy. Is your car mass air or speed density?

 

I'd say it's about time for a tune up too.
My '92 Custom Cruiser has about the same EPA fuel mileage rating, better on the freeway.
About double the size in massiveness and engine displacement.
It must be the curvy aerodynamics.

 

O2 was changes 15k ago. I have a complete log of work with reciepts since the car had 65k. And wow i guess i do need a tune up

 

That Toyota wagon is shaped like a brick. Toss a brick and a feather off a cliff and watch how fast
they fall. That brick is pretty darned aerodynamic.

 

Im not sure how sound that logic is but im not opposed to my wagon being called a brick since its quite accurate

 

There's a number of things that affect economy, but you do have to remember, without an MPG computer from the factory, your MPG calculations will always be a mix of town and highway mileage. The only way to get any kind of a handle on highway-only MPG is to take your brick, I mean, wagon to the gas station and top up, then write down your odometer or reset the trip Odom to zero. Hop on the freeway immediately and drive for one hour or so, and turn around to come back the way you came. Stop at that gas station and top up, then divide the trip Odom or the number of miles you figure you went, by the number of gallons you filled up on. This will give you a basic on-highway figure for you.