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Would your gas mileage decrease because your computer cannot compensate for extra air flow from new cold air intake?
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∙ 13y ago
There is a theory that the cold air is actually bad for fuel economy
It has to do with the idea of air density at different temperatures changing the energy loss from the compression of the intake charge.
Basically at low throttle settings you will get better economy if the intake air is hot
At high power settings you will get better power and economy with cold dense air from you cold air intake. So under heavy work conditions the cold air intake helps, puttering around with no load its going to be worse.
The ComputerThe computer will turn on the check engine light and set a code if it can't adjust to the change, so I discount this idea.Wiki User
∙ 13y ago
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