Fuel Consumption (merged topic)

[Guest newl]

I get about 420 km from 60 L of fuel, which equates to 14.3 L/100k's in mainly city driving.

I get roughly that as well in my manual, though my drive is shorter than yours and she's usually only just warmed up by the time I pull into work.

[Laner]

thanks guys.....just guess I will have ta drive it more often ie, never let it cool down suits me fine

[gravelrash]

I have just finished travelling 1850km round trip. sitting on 110km I was getting 10.8l/100kms, sitting on 105km I got 10.5l/100km and 100kmph it came down to 10l/100lkms. all this was on the flatest and straightest roads for hours on end.

btw I have a BA MK2 XR6T 6sp manual.

[mbjunior99]

I have just finished travelling 1850km round trip. sitting on 110km I was getting 10.8l/100kms, sitting on 105km I got 10.5l/100km and 100kmph it came down to 10l/100lkms. all this was on the flatest and straightest roads for hours on end.

btw I have a BA MK2 XR6T 6sp manual.

1850km .... not a bad trip

[MiKa]

Before edit I usualy got about 460 odd km/per tank with it averaging 14.5l/100km now after edit I get 430 odd km/per tank and averaging 14.7/100km... I thought the edit was meant to save ya fuel not use it quickly...I guess I should tell my right foot that ay.. It is all worth it though... Standard tune for weekdays and race tune for weekends....

[AzMahoony]

I'm at 15.9, I'm a lead foot. filled her right up from empty and got like 435k's

I dont drive to and from work, all I use my car for is to cruise around and waste fuel so why not

Edited 10/04/07 04:42 AM by LSXR6T

[Fat-Tony]

f*ck me swinging, I have never seen a topic with so many posts, but none actually relate to the original question posted, but only skew off into a half tangent

OK Laner to answer your original question your car like every other car out there in the world is designed to use more fuel when the engine is cold. This is for emissions. When a catalytic converter is under roughly 700 degrees or so it is quite ineffective at catalysing the NOX and CO2 into gasses which are less harmful to the atmosphere, so to minimise the damage done the atmosphere the ecu in a delibrate act pumps more fuel into the motor which makes the exhaust gas hotter therefore getting your cat converter to the correct operating tempreture. Also seeing as your motor was designed to run properly at the correct operating tempreature its another good reason for it to be brought up to operating temprature quicker. The motor runs like sh*t when its cold, its why old cars have a choke. Your car should feel a little more sluggish when the motor is cold, also you should NOT be giving the car a bootful when the motor is cold either.

Edited 10/04/07 05:05 AM by Fat-Tony

[Laner]

you know, ive been following this thread as it appears in the new posts, but I actually forgot I started it thanks Fat Tony for finally putting a definitive answer in there, although, ive stopped worrying about fuel now....I just drive and suffer at the pump

[Fat-Tony]

Yeh I decided not to suffer at the pump and ride a push bike to work, I would be f*cked if we wernt in the middle of a drought, I might get wet in the process otherwise

[dingah2]

There's little point worrying about what you cannot change or control :wacko: - a well tuned XR6T does a mighty good job of turning hydrocarbons into happiness.

If I am using 3 litres/100km more fuel than the dull boring untuned version it costs me 450 litres more fuel a year (I average 15000km a year) or about $600 a year in extra fuel consumed for that pleasure. That is a measley $12/week or two schooners/week at a City pub.

Happy?.....you betcha!

Dingah

Edited 10/04/07 10:09 AM by dingah2