poor fuel econ

jakey106 · Post by **jakey106** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 1:00 pm

Hey guys i notice my fuel economey is up the sh*t atm what can be the cause of it? Could it be the oxygeon sensor?

poster · Post by **poster** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 5:54 pm

how much KMs do u get out of one tank ?
do u hit mivec every time u drive ?
what kind of petrol do u use ?

jonowong · Post by **jonowong** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 6:42 pm

try some injector cleaner... change your fuel filter and engine oil

if its not it could be the O2 sensor? if it is i think you should be able to smell it

jakey106 · Post by **jakey106** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 6:43 pm

last time i filled up the tank it had done just over 400km on a full tank that was around town and that wasnt hitting mivec it was changing gears about 3000rpm just doesnt seem right and that is using unleaded.

Rocco · Post by **Rocco** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 7:03 pm

He means premium,regular unleaded or 98 octane unleaded

jakey106 · Post by **jakey106** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 8:01 pm

regular unleaded

Post by **Bennoz** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 8:39 pm

Could also be temp sensor. When they start to go it causes the motor to run rich... are you getting any pinging?

messy · Post by **messy** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 8:43 pm

On this note could someone say how many km's from a full tank on regular unleaded one should get approx? On basis that its not thrashed.. just regular driving 3000ish rpm or less for changes.

khunjeng · Post by **khunjeng** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 8:57 pm

messy wrote:On this note could someone say how many km's from a full tank on regular unleaded one should get approx? On basis that its not thrashed.. just regular driving 3000ish rpm or less for changes.

i can get up to 700 on highway kms..

Post by **Bennoz** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 8:59 pm

khunjeng wrote:
i can get up to 700 on highway kms..

Jesus! You p*ssin' in the tank again KJ?

messy · Post by **messy** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 9:01 pm

Ok im getting like 450ish i think.... is my FTO a dud????

khunjeng · Post by **khunjeng** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 9:21 pm

Bennoz wrote:
khunjeng wrote:
i can get up to 700 on highway kms..
Jesus! You p*ssin' in the tank again KJ?

I have been recording my results for the past few weeks

last week : 628
prev 660
week before : 655
week before that 610

But rememebrr I do a lot of driving in mine where there is no start stop..When i do i lot a CBD driving and drive a fit fast the number drops to like 500 or less.

Nacho · Post by **Nacho** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 10:56 pm

How hard is it to change the temp sensor? And where's it at?

sublime19 · Post by **sublime19** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 11:32 pm

wait.. i thought premium unleaded was referring to stuff thats 98 OR 95 octane?

I always get 98 octane, but last time i went to a different servo and i asked the guy if the premium (it was a purple sign at shell i think) was 98 octane and he said yes.. or was he just tryin 2 brush me off and didnt no the answer

rnbboi · Post by **rnbboi** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 12:01 am

sublime19 wrote:
I always get 98 octane, but last time i went to a different servo and i asked the guy if the premium (it was a purple sign at shell i think) was 98 octane and he said yes.. or was he just tryin 2 brush me off and didnt no the answer

i think u talking about Mobil. the "purple one" is the equivalent to Shell's "optimax" - so i rmbr anyway

SugarFreeGum · Post by **SugarFreeGum** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 4:31 pm

i get about 400km before my fuel guage reads empty, but when i fill up it only needs 45l, meaning theres still 15l left in the tank when it reads empty.
Anyone else's do this?

So i should get about 530~km out of 60l

this is driving around town mostly short trips