poor gas mileage

[boxinganimal]

I own a 2005 honda civic, 80000km and the mileage is poor, car runs fine except for the lights keep diming off and on when ideling but not when driving. Does anyone know what to look for to improve my gas mileage?

 

[Elle (4)]

I own a 2005 honda civic, 80000km and the mileage is poor, car runs fine except for the lights keep diming off and on when ideling but not when driving. Does anyone know what to look for to improve my gas mileage?

A list of things to check, organized roughly by cost:

http://honda.lioness.googlepages.com/gasmileagetips

 

[Tegger (2)]

I own a 2005 honda civic, 80000km and the mileage is poor, car runs fine except for the lights keep diming off and on when ideling but not when driving.

Sounds like the Electrical Load Detector has failed. There's a known issue with this model and its ELD.

Is your Check Engine light on?