FTO AUSTRALIA

Went to Albury on the weekend and got a new PB in fuel economy

Even though the gauge was only showing a bit below 1/4 full I wanted to fill up before I came back to save having to stop somewhere along the way, so unfortunately I don't have a complete whole tank figure. However I travelled 568.9km's and the tank only took 42.6L before trickling out the top (as all bowsers seem to do )

Comes out something like 7.5L/100ks So a theoretical maximum of 800kms from a 60L tank.
Interestingly this was on Caltex Vortex too and I usually get better milage out of BP Ultimate, so I wish I had the opportunity to fill up with that instead.

This is what my gauge shows when Ben's car is parked on the side of the road having boosted it's way to a dry tank.

I've just replaced mine in the RVR with the car only giving me 300kms to a tank.
I have so far done 55kms and the needle has only just gotten off 'F' so I have some good hopes for an extra 60-70kms from a tank on city driving.
Meanwhile, mines turbo and 1.5Tonne... So I can't expect FTO mileage.

I prob should change mine ay had the filter for months

I've never seen my fuel light come on but going to and from syd I just fill up at half tanks every 2 days or so

Lol months? Most of the real bad ones have been on there for years so you should be right

I get max 300km on vortex....sometimes 250?

Holy hell, do you shift on 7k every time?

Nar I've got the filter ( hasn't been replaced )
Was ment to be changed when I got all the tappets and seals done .but he ran out of time, was gona get him to do it another day but never did ,

300kms per tank?

Sure you don't have a hole in your tank lol

I've got gr and I go from goford to syd and back and that's a quater or so

bduffman wrote:300kms per tank?

Sure you don't have a hole in your tank lol

Yep, its the same special edition model tank I've got lol

it's called the feed hole.
You will find it leads to a thirsty midget called Mr Block.

Astron_Boy wrote:it's called the feed hole.
You will find it leads to a thirsty midget called Mr Block.

I would think not changing a fuel filter would use less fuel seeing as less fuel can get thru the fuel?

I should change mine but it looks so hard

silverGPX wrote:but it looks so hard

thats what she said

gonna do my filter on friday along with my plugs, im not from a mechanical back ground but im willing to give it a try.
Ill let you know how I get on and hopefully I wont f@ck it up

Well I don't rive on highway much at all. I just drive around town, to school, down to the supermarket etc lol.
I shift on 3k-4k range
So I should be getting more then 250-300 out of the tank? haha

mosti wrote:Well I don't rive on highway much at all. I just drive around town, to school, down to the supermarket etc lol.
I shift on 3k-4k range
So I should be getting more then 250-300 out of the tank? haha

Minor service with plugs, leads and filter to be done.

Also remove the dead bodies from the boot! extra weight not good for fuel economy.

Yeah you should be getting atLEAST 500

mosti wrote:Well I don't rive on highway much at all. I just drive around town, to school, down to the supermarket etc lol.
I shift on 3k-4k range
So I should be getting more then 250-300 out of the tank? haha

I do all that, and I always get over 450 to a tank (and I can usually push it for more.. that's just filling up when I see a servo.. haha) And sometimes I shift higher than 3-4k, have to exercise the MIVEC

So when is someone going to put up a DIY on changing a fuel filter, or does someone want to help me do mine?

We should really start a "Check out how fucked my fuel filter is" thread, Im gonna change the one on the corolla and I'm expecting to find something interesting as my economy is pretty bad at the moment, otherwise next to be looked at is will be O2 sensor (which was only replaced not too long ago apparently).

Kustom_FTO wrote:Yeah you should be getting atLEAST 500

Yeah because i remember reading before I purchased my car that the fto's mivec engine is quite decent on fuel.
Only 250-300km says otherwise
Oh and I also forgot to mention i drive in 5th gear at 60km/h on flat road inorder to save fuel lol....


crusing at 60km/h in 4th gear she revs at 2.5k
Do these ^^ figures sound normal?

It's just expensive spending $60 for 250km :/

mosti wrote:

Kustom_FTO wrote:Yeah you should be getting atLEAST 500

Yeah because i remember reading before I purchased my car that the fto's mivec engine is quite decent on fuel.
Only 250-300km says otherwise
Oh and I also forgot to mention i drive in 5th gear at 60km/h on flat road inorder to save fuel lol....


crusing at 60km/h in 4th gear she revs at 2.5k
Do these ^^ figures sound normal?

It's just expensive spending $60 for 250km :/

60km/h in 4th should be at 2.2k i'm preety sure.

I wouldn't chuck it in 5th doing 60 man puts strain on you g/box