lhrocker Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 I replaced a bad wheel bearing and did a wheel alignment. My 97 Legacy was averaging 24 mixed and 26 highway. Last month, I started hearing a loud rumbling in the rear that I thought was the muffler/tailpipe. I had the tailpipe replaced a few months ago and thought going thru snow maybe loosened the pipe, which caused the noise. When I bought it into the shop, it ended up being a bad rear wheel bearing. After replacing the bearing, and getting a wheel alignment done, my mileage went up to 28 mixed and 31+ highway. I'm pretty psyched... I guess the friction of the bad bearing and bad alignment was eating up all of my gas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2X2KOB Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 Probably the alignment. Losing 4 mpg as heat in a bad bearing probably wouldn't last very long. Congratulations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edrach Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 You probably saved a set of tires with the alignment too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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