johng Member 43 Member For: 18y 1m 21d Posted 09/10/06 09:01 AM Share Posted 09/10/06 09:01 AM I;ve got the same problem as the original poster. I get 18L/100k around town, a fantastic 15L/100k highway driving on cruise.This is backed by both the the fuel usage guage, and by the tank vs km calculations. 250k out of a tank is sh*t, and Ford refuse to accept anything is wrong.The published figures for driving are well below this - a 50% difference is not acceptable, and I'm starting to consider asking them to take the car back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmac450 Member 1,650 Member For: 18y 1m Gender: Male Location: NSW Posted 09/10/06 09:15 AM Share Posted 09/10/06 09:15 AM My BF has just on 2,000ks on the clock so the motor is still tight. Around town I average high 14s (which I think is pretty crap). My best on a freeway run was 9.0 from Newcastle to Sydney. These cars have a massive difference between city an hwy useage. By comparison, my Forester XT (2.5 turbo) uses high 13s to low 14s around town and 11s on the freeway. Put a trailer on and the Forester will jump into the 16 on a freeway run. All things considdered, the XR average is better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAVO61 Member 70 Member For: 19y 10m 17d Posted 09/10/06 10:06 AM Share Posted 09/10/06 10:06 AM Eugene what AFR's you running on cruise to get those figurs? must be up in 14's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shockwave Member 129 Member For: 20y 3m 14d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 10/10/06 12:07 PM Share Posted 10/10/06 12:07 PM I;ve got the same problem as the original poster. I get 18L/100k around town, a fantastic 15L/100k highway driving on cruise.This is backed by both the the fuel usage guage, and by the tank vs km calculations. 250k out of a tank is sh*t, and Ford refuse to accept anything is wrong.The published figures for driving are well below this - a 50% difference is not acceptable, and I'm starting to consider asking them to take the car back.←I would say that its most likely the oxygen sensor being faulty. One way to test is on a cold morning, start it up and put it immediately in reverse. If it starts coughing and spluttering for a few seconds after until you add a bit of gas then its running too rich in which case the oxy sensor is buggered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbotom Team Bute Donating Members 1,550 Member For: 21y 2m 19d Gender: Male Location: Adelaide Posted 11/10/06 12:31 AM Share Posted 11/10/06 12:31 AM I;ve got the same problem as the original poster. I get 18L/100k around town, a fantastic 15L/100k highway driving on cruise.This is backed by both the the fuel usage guage, and by the tank vs km calculations. 250k out of a tank is sh*t, and Ford refuse to accept anything is wrong.The published figures for driving are well below this - a 50% difference is not acceptable, and I'm starting to consider asking them to take the car back.←15 litres/100km whilst highway cruising in a 6 sp manual sounds excessive.Is this the figure that appears in the real time display (not average) whilst holding a constant 110kph speed in 6th on a flat road ???If you bought your car second hand, it is possible the previous owner had played around with the car... eg bigger injectors (or maybe drilled out stock injectors )I don't know how many Km you do, but if you do over 15000 a year, you can save yourself probably about $1000 a year in fuel by fitting an edit and custom tune (which will set you back about $1500.Plenty guys here will confirm you'll get better than 10l/100km on highway cruise with a custom edit tune. Especially in a manual.Like I stated before, I get consistent 10.2 l/100 average doing the Adelaide~Melbourne interstate run. One tank (80 litres) gets me there.And I have an auto ute with bigger injectors and over 300 rwkw.....Think about it.A custom edit tune will give you a performance hike AND better fuel economy, and assuming there are no problems with the motor, you should be able to recover the cost in a touch over a year. But then again, if you're like most of us, the temptation to put the foot down with the added performance will increase tyre wear.... cheerstom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmyXR6T04 Member 1,299 Member For: 19y 3m 14d Location: Canberra Posted 11/10/06 01:26 AM Share Posted 11/10/06 01:26 AM around town in canberra I hover between 12 and 13.5 depending how I drive. Going to sydney usually goes under 10L depending how many cars I choose to overtake using my right foot and not cruise control. Going to tumut from canberra which is quite hilly compared to sydney uses about 10.5L to 11L again depending on how often I use my foot! Can't complain with those figures. AND its running 300+rwkw. In saying that, I'd hate to drive it in stop start, never out of 3rd gear type traffic Canberra is lucky because most of the time you can get it into 4th or 5th and keep it there for while plus you can belt it in the lower gears to make up for the lack of fuel consumption when cruising Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
byi Donating Members 159 Member For: 19y 1m 14d Posted 12/10/06 06:13 AM Author Share Posted 12/10/06 06:13 AM http://www.carsales.com.au/pls/carsales/...ec=55&make_id=6Unfortunatly enough is enough :( discussed it over with the familly and we have decided that this is the best option to combat the poor gas figures from Ford Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teeg Member 372 Member For: 19y 2m 22d Location: SA Posted 12/10/06 06:57 AM Share Posted 12/10/06 06:57 AM Bit rich at $31. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tab Sucker Moderating Team 32,303 Member For: 20y 5m 9d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 12/10/06 07:41 AM Share Posted 12/10/06 07:41 AM bit drastic Would take quite a few thousand k's to recover the amount you're losing on the sale in fuel savings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmyXR6T04 Member 1,299 Member For: 19y 3m 14d Location: Canberra Posted 12/10/06 07:54 AM Share Posted 12/10/06 07:54 AM (edited) bit drastic Would take quite a few thousand k's to recover the amount you're losing on the sale in fuel savings.←I agreespend approx $1000 on a custom tune edit for economy. surely it can't be that bad just read your ad mate, how much did you pay for the mal wood short throw?? I want one, but I'm worried the moment I buy it, the T5 will kaboom itself, making it a pointless expenditure Edited 12/10/06 07:57 AM by JimmyXR6T04 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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