Fuel Consumption (merged topic)

[johng]

Seriously, it's just normal everyday driving to and from work. It's not total stop start, but it is busy, so I literally don't have the opportunity to even thrash it, and I'm actually trying to get the best economy atm to see what it will do.

I'm thinking I need to take it to an EFI specialist to get an AFR probe shoved up it's coit.

[BOoya]

  SCRIBR said:

  BOoya said:

2500km old.

the last two tanks have been

400km/15.9L = 67L total filled

380km/19.8L = 65L total filled.

so far this tank (89km into it) its showing 20.1l/100 muahhahaha.. .then then agian - im running in my engine needs a bit of a spirited drive here and there

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lol I thought I was bad with my running in

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haha - the idea for me is to drive it like I stole it, get any warrany jobs done before 7500km, when ill get an EDIT

so my driving style, if somethign is going to break, it will hopefully break before I EDIT it

heheh.. well, a variation of that anyway

[caspertt]

I live in a country town, probably 70/30 town/highway, only run ultimate, last time I filled up it said 319km DTE.

The way I figure With fuel costing 169.9 a litre you have to get as much fun out of it as possible.

Caspertt

[miker]

  Trough Lolly said:

  miker said:

  M6 XR6T said:

  miker said:

hi guys,

I've had my T for aproximatley 2 weeks now and love every thing about the car apart from the fuel bill. its an 04 5spd manual done 58000k's. I dont drive it that often. when I do I give it a bit of a squirt now and then but mainly the mrs just putts it around town during the week yet the fuel consumption doesnt go under 16l/100k's. its costing me about $75 a week to go less than 300k's!

I'm not going to mod the car for more power because of warranty concerns but what can I do to improve the blasted fuel economy?

otherwise if petrol gets much dearer it will be the shortest ownership in history.

cheers

mike.

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What's the service history like on your car?

I'd recommend having the fuel filter changed, pump screen clean and replacing the O2 sensor. What fuel do you run in it?

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usually a 95 octane. mainly vortex. service history is good as it's ex telstra fleet

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so what u mean to say is that it was run on 91 octane all its life??

total fuel system clean buddy....

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you know I didnt even consider that aspect of the telstra fleet. I think you might have hit the nail on the head.

[johng]

Stupid question, but why would having it run on 91 octane require it to have a fuel system flush?

[SHOCK]

Not designed for 91

[SCRIBR]

  BOoya said:

  SCRIBR said:

  BOoya said:

2500km old.

the last two tanks have been

400km/15.9L = 67L total filled

380km/19.8L = 65L total filled.

so far this tank (89km into it) its showing 20.1l/100 muahhahaha.. .then then agian - im running in my engine needs a bit of a spirited drive here and there

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lol I thought I was bad with my running in

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haha - the idea for me is to drive it like I stole it, get any warrany jobs done before 7500km, when ill get an EDIT

so my driving style, if somethign is going to break, it will hopefully break before I EDIT it

heheh.. well, a variation of that anyway

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Y u waiting for 7500km for edit?

I was thinkn of waiting for 2 years.. but I dont think I can wait that long

[SHOCK]

You cant either.....?

[BOoya]

7500 seems to be a good number. Ill use the Castrol oil in her at 7500 so ill Get the Edit done at the same time - or there abouts :S

[SCRIBR]

Edit voids the warrenty on ECU

ECU controls everything

.: warrenty on ECU void = bad

but 250rwkw = great

.: 250rwkw > ecu void

but.. I duno if my bank balance would agree