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Old 10-03-2013, 11:18 PM   #118
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Originally Posted by MrPace View Post
There have been rather extensive tests conducted in other threads on this site which have confirmed that not only don't you take a hit on MPG with AFM disabled, in some cases, you actually get BETTER MPG with the RANGE installed.

Driving up and down hilly terrain, where the 4 cylinder struggles just before it shifts back to 8 cylinder mode might be one explanation.

AFM does little to nothing to improve gas mileage in the Camaro...sad, but apparently true...sad because it most certainly does have a noticeable affect on performance (in terms of feeling/hearing the AFM kick in, and not just when you are cruising at highway speeds...if it ONLY did that, it would be tolerable).
Have it on our Suburban. No effect on MPG. Actually went up a little for first few months according to the computer, now same as usual 13.4. Lifter noise at startup has gone away - I think we caught it in time (70k miles).
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