Car is using to much fuel

jakey106 · Post by **jakey106** » Sat Jul 26, 2008 4:30 pm

Hey guys the last couple of weeks ive noticed my car has been chewing the fuel somthing chronic now i traveed from canberra to wagga the other day and i had a full tank of fuel and by the time i got to wagga it was half empty and wagga is only a 2 hour drive away. So has any one got any idea of what it could be? No i wasnt flogging it either

Post by **I8A4RE** » Sat Jul 26, 2008 5:01 pm

Could be o2 sensor which i have for sale in the for sale section but be quick as i only have one left.

Heres Link
http://www.ftoaustralia.com/modules.php ... 915#164915

Next time you fill up press the trip meter and see how many KMS your getting out of a tank. Anything under 430, i would be looking into. I used to about 350-380kms per tank then i replaced o2 sensor and was getting 530km. Now with emanage installed i get around the 630km per tank mark. Some guys on here have even stated that in their manuals they were getting over 700km.

Oliver89 · Post by **Oliver89** » Sat Jul 26, 2008 5:34 pm

man thats amazing 500kms plus wow i'd be cheering , i only get 350-450kms MAX! & thats not flogging thats driving like a puppy.

Should i look into one if so , send it down & i'll pay you again just like for the engine mounts.

FtoSam · Post by **FtoSam** » Sat Jul 26, 2008 5:41 pm

Oliver89 wrote:man thats amazing 500kms plus wow i'd be cheering , i only get 350-450kms MAX! & thats not flogging thats driving like a puppy.

Should i look into one if so , send it down & i'll pay you again just like for the engine mounts.

That'd be because of your rims bro... The car is using all its power to try and turn them...

but in seriousness, i would look into that.... im getting those kms on 12psi... nearly...

Post by **I8A4RE** » Sat Jul 26, 2008 5:54 pm

pm me your address and ill consider it SOLD

nvr2low · Post by **nvr2low** » Sat Jul 26, 2008 9:49 pm

Yh I only gt just 400 and that nt thrashin it and I got a new o2 sensor and my car uses so much fuel when I just drive around slowly I watch the meter drop and when I thrash it uses less fuel the needle doesn't move

Tippin · Post by **Tippin** » Sat Jul 26, 2008 10:02 pm

nvr2low wrote:Yh I only gt just 400 and that nt thrashin it and I got a new o2 sensor and my car uses so much fuel when I just drive around slowly I watch the meter drop and when I thrash it uses less fuel the needle doesn't move

that makes perfect sense ...

AMACHA · Post by **AMACHA** » Sun Jul 27, 2008 1:13 am

i get 450 to a tank but i do give it to the car occasioanlly the odd couple of mivecs and i change at around 3000rpm i got a new O2 sensor to. What do you guys think?

Post by **I8A4RE** » Sun Jul 27, 2008 9:18 am

@ Amacha, auto or manual? Auto's are going to poorer fuel economy over a manual. Also can you smell petrol when your car is running, thats usually a good sign that, the car is running to rich.

rock_it · Post by **rock_it** » Sun Jul 27, 2008 10:16 am

I get about 500k to the tank ... In manual ... And that is with giving it a bit too ...

My trip to QLD got me close to 600k .... But my tank from Taree, then driving in the city got me over 650k to that tank ... and that was just with the fuel light coming on...

AMACHA · Post by **AMACHA** » Sun Jul 27, 2008 10:40 am

I8A4RE wrote:@ Amacha, auto or manual? Auto's are going to poorer fuel economy over a manual. Also can you smell petrol when your car is running, thats usually a good sign that, the car is running to rich.

its a manual...theres new leads and plugs and a new fuel filter a catalyctic converter i didnth have one before...also a new O2 sensor.All my driving though is city driving so lots of stop starting barely and highway driving.

Post by **I8A4RE** » Sun Jul 27, 2008 12:03 pm

Oh for city driving then thats probably not too bad. All my driving is pretty much highway.

rock_it · Post by **rock_it** » Sun Jul 27, 2008 12:41 pm

I8A4RE wrote:Oh for city driving then thats probably not too bad. All my driving is pretty much highway.

Yeah, the fuel light just starts to come on around 500k ... But, my city driving is leaving home at 6am, and leaving work at about 8, or 9pm ... So I don't see too much traffic... And there is a nice stretch where it is just motor way ... So all up is about 28k's each way ... But say 10 of that is motorway ...

Gets me bette k's then my old commodore, and a bit better then the Cressida ... So I am happy ... If I drove a little more sedate, and not take it to Mivec as much, it would be interesting to see how much more I could get....

Post by **I8A4RE** » Sun Jul 27, 2008 5:20 pm

Oh yeah my 630km is driving like a granny, it gets real thirsty when i start driving hard

Jamie · Post by **Jamie** » Sun Jul 27, 2008 5:49 pm

Before i got my transfer I had to drive from Gladstone to Redcliffe every second weekend (about 540km) and still had enough fuel to drive to work for the rest of the week. So I was getting about 600km on a tank. That was giving it a bit on the highway to.

FtoSam · Post by **FtoSam** » Sun Aug 03, 2008 1:24 am

Reset my meter when i filled up the other day...

So far on 408km.... and im sure everybody here knows how i drive...

though it did have 150kms done on the highway...

Reckon i'll get another 40kms before fill up...

Fuel economy has greatly increased since the last tune...

Have also serviced the sh*t out of it this week... (Oil+filter, coolant change, gearbox oil change, etc.)