MY FD ONLY TAKES ME 450km FULL TANK AND ITS BRAND NEW

[buddah51au]

I like your dedication to detail. I've been keeping tabs of this since new, so not just a tank of fuel. But do I keep spreadsheets, nope it's over the top for me. :)

Maybe it is over the top for some, but if you want accurate fuel consumption readings it is the only way to do it. 5 minutes work every time you fill up is all it takes & you know your figures are 100% accurate, not just close enough.

[dot]

Gee guess I wasn't doing that well... from what I recall owning the FD for 3 years, been filling Shell 98 all along... usually it averages around 400'ish per full tank. Mainly city driving and light foot on pedal.. but at times I do enjoy hearing the vtec kick in just for the fun:)

[Willo]

Consistent results.

613.8 klm's for 40.11 litres = 6.54 l/100km

[threesix]

man thats good.

im putting my stock rims back on for a long distance drive over xmass. keen to see what i get.

[Willo]

latest stats 644 kilometres for 41.67 litres

[xenonkuraz]

you must drive like a granny!

[fitme]

i only get around 10l/100kms Auto with 4 passenger combined highway/city

[Willo]

you must drive like a granny!

Nope, just like our driving school taught me, smooth is fast. :)

I'd love to know what you guys are doing to get 10l? Stock fd civic? TypeR?? Don't they have bigger engine?

[chichichibo]

I have my 2007 Civic Sport....2.0 engine.....
i have recorded a few tanks over my last 2 months....
the records show like:
40L drives only around 350km (combine trip with city and highway)
3 tanks also give me a similar result.....and i fill with 98 fuel for these 3 tanks......

last week i try the 95 fuel, and you know, on the fuel meter inside our civic, there are 20 little square which indicates the fuel level...
i just had the trip driven 55km, but it took 4 square already.....=='
which means, the final km driven for this tank, would approximately be less than 300km.......

do u know where is the problem for such a ridiculous fuel consumption?
can i pass this matter to honda? as they claim that the fuel consumption is about 8.7km/100km....i believe they should have the responsiblity for the ridiculous fuel consumption....am i right?

[xenonkuraz]

Your consumption sounds terrible. From my experience e10 fuels seems give consistently high mileage. Give it a try. My last tank was 480km with 43L full on city driving...high revving and quick acceleration at most stops

[chichichibo]

Your consumption sounds terrible. From my experience e10 fuels seems give consistently high mileage. Give it a try. My last tank was 480km with 43L full on city driving...high revving and quick acceleration at most stops

but i think there is no e10 fuel here in WA....
only 91, 95, and 98.......=='

[chichichibo]

Your consumption sounds terrible. From my experience e10 fuels seems give consistently high mileage. Give it a try. My last tank was 480km with 43L full on city driving...high revving and quick acceleration at most stops

and, are you driving the FD2 too?
and what about the fuel consumption when u fill with fuels like, 95 or 98?

[xenonkuraz]

Yes i drive a manual fd2. If yours is auto the consumption might be higher. I've never used 95 but when I use 98 I usually get the same or less mileage compared to e10

[xenonkuraz]

I think if it's not your driving habit to blame then there must be a problem with your car. Best to get the dealer to check it as we would only be guessing here

[aero]

i heard that e10 is not so great a fuel for engines... anyway i get about 550kms from about 40L in my auto fd1 on premium 98. i get slightly lower results on 91 and 95.

[threesix]

i get much better from 98. got 660 out of the last tank.

i wouldnt touch e10. at all.

[FDPete]

I have my 2007 Civic Sport....2.0 engine.....
i have recorded a few tanks over my last 2 months....
the records show like:
40L drives only around 350km (combine trip with city and highway)
3 tanks also give me a similar result.....and i fill with 98 fuel for these 3 tanks......

last week i try the 95 fuel, and you know, on the fuel meter inside our civic, there are 20 little square which indicates the fuel level...
i just had the trip driven 55km, but it took 4 square already.....=='
which means, the final km driven for this tank, would approximately be less than 300km.......

do u know where is the problem for such a ridiculous fuel consumption?
can i pass this matter to honda? as they claim that the fuel consumption is about 8.7km/100km....i believe they should have the responsiblity for the ridiculous fuel consumption....am i right?

mate, thats about the same consumption i get out of my cars (FD2 auto), 95% city driving stop start melbourne peak hour...

[xenonkuraz]

Don't know why you guys are so against e10 fuel. Any proof that it's bad?

[threesix]

i think it would be like drinking bong water as opposed to normal water.

[curtis265]

Never drank bong water - care to enlighten us?

Anyawy, i've heard that the e10 is quite harmful to the fuel lines and things like that... Don't know the degree of truth to this, but yeah..

[xenonkuraz]

Never drank bong water - care to enlighten us?

Anyawy, i've heard that the e10 is quite harmful to the fuel lines and things like that... Don't know the degree of truth to this, but yeah..

If it were true, I find it hard to digest why car makers recommend the use of E10, and why fuel companies would even market it in the first place.

I know it has a little to do with helping to decrease pollution in the environment and to help create a more sustainable future (fuel wise) but if it were detrimental to a car's components surely there would be some legislation against it being sold.

I also know for a fact that it may be harmful to older cars (pre 1986?) but from what I've heard it is absolutely fine for most modern fuel injected vehicles...

Like I mentioned earlier in this thread, I've used it since it was made available in all of my N/A cars and have yet to encounter problems. When I do you'll know!

[chichichibo]

mate, thats about the same consumption i get out of my cars (FD2 auto), 95% city driving stop start melbourne peak hour...

oh, really? yes, mine is FD2 auto as well....
so, did you get the car checked? is it normal to have that consumption??

[chichichibo]

I think if it's not your driving habit to blame then there must be a problem with your car. Best to get the dealer to check it as we would only be guessing here

so, the fuel consumption matter is also covered by the dealer?
i bought the car from a dealer, and have got the standard statutory warranty only. is it ok to ask them to check it out?
what about Honda? can i pass this to them even i havent got warranty from Honda?

[threesix]

Never drank bong water - care to enlighten us?

Anyawy, i've heard that the e10 is quite harmful to the fuel lines and things like that... Don't know the degree of truth to this, but yeah..

bong water tastes worse than you think it will. also dont smoke hair.

[FDPete]

oh, really? yes, mine is FD2 auto as well....
so, did you get the car checked? is it normal to have that consumption??


Haven’t had it checked by the dealer runs perfectly though..bear in mind i drive in Melbourne stop start traffic daily..i reckon the consumption is in line with the type of driving i do..guys claiming 7-8 litres/100 kays are dreaming unless they spend the majority of time in 5th at 90k’s on a freeway

[curtis265]

Manufacturers recommed ethanol to break your engines faster so you buy new ones. Conspiracy ftw!

Chichibo, go and see the dealer about it, you have no obligation to fix the problem. but you can get them to diagnoise it i'm sure..

also, is it just me, or do you seem to get lots of problems with your car?

[chichichibo]

Manufacturers recommed ethanol to break your engines faster so you buy new ones. Conspiracy ftw!

Chichibo, go and see the dealer about it, you have no obligation to fix the problem. but you can get them to diagnoise it i'm sure..

also, is it just me, or do you seem to get lots of problems with your car?

sorry, as i am so worry about the car////so whenever i found sth, i will come up and ask.....
sorry if i make any trouble......

[mkjjme2]

i did a test ,v power oil fed ,daily use like min 60km/h -max 100km/h , every time the rmp reach 3000 and change to next gear, a full tank oil can run 550km

[chichichibo]

i did a test ,v power oil fed ,daily use like min 60km/h -max 100km/h , every time the rmp reach 3000 and change to next gear, a full tank oil can run 550km

Mine is a civic sport.....and never get any tank more than 400km....
My current 95 fuel is getting worse.....I guess it is not going to hit 300km with the 40L 95 fuel......=='
Driven 77km only, 1/4 tank gone.....what the.....

[blastnpast]

This doesnt comply to the thread seeming I own an ek and I'm
Getting 600+ kms to the tank :D

Includes various city driving and long distances throughout the week!

Fill up
On Premium and have been doing so for the past few weeks since taken ownership of the vehicle..

Every week I get more and more kms to the tank lol

[mkjjme2]

dude , u better find a engineer to check it

[xenonkuraz]

chichichibo done any mods to your car?

[chichichibo]

chichichibo done any mods to your car?

Hi, no, no mods to my car.
U bought this car from a dealership at 62k driven, and I haven't done anything to it. And it looks stock anyway.
I am quite sure it is stock.

Btw, I saw sone aftermarket product saying the pouring into the engine and increase the fuel efficiency, is it ok to put this kind of product into the engine??

[chichichibo]

dude , u better find a engineer to check it

I will observe one more tank first, coz this is the 1st 95 fuel I use, so, will use one more 95, and record down the statistic.
Then try 2 tanks of 91, and record down.
At the end compare the difference among 91,95,98.....

[aznboiio1]

I will observe one more tank first, coz this is the 1st 95 fuel I use, so, will use one more 95, and record down the statistic.
Then try 2 tanks of 91, and record down.
At the end compare the difference among 91,95,98.....

hhmmm, combined urban/rural driving, filling 42L i get 500kms which equals to between 8.4L/100 - 8.6L/100, filling 98 v power or bp ultimate,
however on 95 i get similiar k's/L, its abit laggy and not as responsive, far better than the 10L/100, i initially got :D

[chichichibo]

hhmmm, combined urban/rural driving, filling 42L i get 500kms which equals to between 8.4L/100 - 8.6L/100, filling 98 v power or bp ultimate,
however on 95 i get similiar k's/L, its abit laggy and not as responsive, far better than the 10L/100, i initially got :D

i think urs is manual, am i rite?
but still.....that's a vy gd consumption....
mine one never hits even 400km for 40L 98 or 95 fuel....haha

[curtis265]

the figures aznboii got soound about right... Even my prelude's getting better consumtion than you, which is 100% wrong

[xenonkuraz]

Even my Porsche gets better consumption than you.

But that's probably about right.

[aznboiio1]

i think urs is manual, am i rite?
but still.....that's a vy gd consumption....
mine one never hits even 400km for 40L 98 or 95 fuel....haha

its an auto, LOL, and i kinda have a heavy foot at times :P being a p plater hahaha
trekking 70k's to uni daily

[xenonkuraz]

Just pumped 40.63L second click and got 456.6km with full hooning today lol

[aerithyn]

Just pumped 40.63L second click and got 456.6km with full hooning today lol

lol full hooning. fack my fd only takes me 350km full tank full hooning !!

[xenonkuraz]

Just pumped 32 litres (for nearly 50 bucks damn it) second click and did 403.7km on the last tank.

drives like a hybrid LOL

[eNGee]

I'm always getting 400-410kms per tank. Not too bad I guess...

[curtis265]

Just got around 10.2L/100km. Car was hardly driven. tank lasted 4 weeks

[clayton4115]

just filled my car with fuel today, 592 kms used 39 litres of fuel = 6.5l/100 kms !!! :D

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[DuffyFD]

wow clayton4115 that's an odd looking civic FD you have there :P

[clayton4115]

lol all i know its a 2005 civic gli sedan ! :wave:

[.k.]

r u auto or man engee? 400ks wow thats bad..

i hav manual fd1 get 550 average. more if i baby it, if i highway a lot >600 easy

[.k.]

r u auto or man engee? 400ks wow thats bad..

i hav manual fd1 get 550 average. more if i baby it, if i highway a lot >600 easy

[eNGee]

r u auto or man engee? 400ks wow thats bad..

i hav manual fd1 get 550 average. more if i baby it, if i highway a lot >600 easy

my car is an auto. damn 550 avg. !?! if i got that i'd be laughing.

i do a lot of short trips and i've changed my muffler... so i guess that could contribute perhaps?

[curtis265]

my gf always gets 6.5 l/100 in her 7th gen

[bennjamin]

guys if you do mostly short distance driving , lots of stop-start traffic work etc or drive laot with the AC on you will get terrible fuel economy. That much is true. For example my EP3 gets about 400 max out of a tank (42l) around town (2kms to work 2kms back again 5 days a week) and normal weekend driving to shops etc. On the open road you can increase that considerably....best sofar out of a tank is 690kms with the fuel gauge line sitting exactly on E

[curtis265]

Yeh that's totally true, i mean if there was a section start-stop jammed motorway, you'd spend probably 40% of the highway's distance accelerating, opposed to accelerating only once from the onramp

and then cold engine driving also drinks fuel

[xenonkuraz]

Last tank wasn't as good...422.3km and pumped 38litres 2nd clicky

[.k.]

im on 1/2 way now and its 375kms

[.k.]

i drive 3/4hwy to work then rest is slow city driving. bout 25k's each way

[warwick108]

this cant be true.. my brother took my car to orbost around 400km from melbourne..
and he averaged 10ltr/100km.. and he does not accelerate quick or even speed.. hes a steady driver kinda like a grandma.

[buddah51au]

this cant be true.. my brother took my car to orbost around 400km from melbourne..
and he averaged 10ltr/100km.. and he does not accelerate quick or even speed.. hes a steady driver kinda like a grandma.

That does not add up warwick, he either had to drive it like it was stolen or didn't start with a full tank. I had an FD1 Auto for 2 1/2 years, traveled 59,848km & used a total of 4,059.03 Lts. My Calculation tells me that I averaged 6.78L/100km over that distance with a best recorded of 5.8 l/100.

For the last 27 months I have owned a current model Euro Auto & have traveled 35900 as of my last fill using a total of 2542.81 Lts. That equates to an average of 7.08L / 100

[warwick108]

i seriously do think there is a problem with my civic, i keep getting horrible figures.
ive driven to rye and other places like that, and i average 10lt/100km. and i dont thrash my car at all, i might hit vtec once or twice but i drive it with care..
although ive upgraded from 15 inch to 16 inch rims, thats probably where my extra 3 litres / 100km went.. lol

[.k.]

i have 17s on my car. we are in vtec between 1-3000 so not sure what ur talking about when u say ur hitting vtec once or twice? .. unless your not talking about fd civic?

[buddah51au]

I updated to 16's on my FD1 auto as well, so discount that as being your problem. Ivtec is automatically engaged under 3200RPM under light throttle / engine load conditions on the FD1.

[warwick108]

silly me.. my mistake.. what i ment to say was, i barely go over 3000rpm.. only do it once or twice during a full tank.. =S.. unless it eats like 10litres of fuel every time i go over 3000rpm.. then i dont see why it chews through petrol so much

[hazza78]

Hey guys,

Just thought I would put my 2 cents in.

I have a 2009 FD2 Sport. I get 450-470 up until all the fuel lights are out and red warning light is on. When I fill up, 2 clicks, I put in around 41-42 litres.

Therefore I estimate to easily get 500+ on a tank. I'm happy filling up every 460-470 as my SSS Pulsar was lucky to hit 400.

Anyways, this is 100% Sydney peak hour driving only. No highway's no country. When I take it down South I'll give you an updated figure. I reckon 600+. Oh, and normal driving, not driving like a grandma.

[xenonkuraz]

Sounds just like me hazza

[Alvinlight]

i also get very bad fuel consumption,
always get 450kms per tank with 98

btw, mine one is Fd1 with 17" rims
maybe always have two people in the car :)

[xenonkuraz]

I can drive 5 people and still achieve pretty much the same consumption. The other week I had 120kg of flour in my boot and still got 480km on 44L city driving

[hazza78]

Bro, I am more interested in why you were driving with 120kg of flour in your boot. hehehe

[curtis265]

u a baker? or was that real flour...;)

[xenonkuraz]

I'm a manager at a supermarket and sometimes other stores need transfers of stock so I deliver...but for that week I was too busy to go and couldn't be bothered taking it out of the boot. I eventually delivered though ;)

[dingdong]

I put petrol in my new VTi LE (manual) for the first time last week. It had done 300Km and took 20L of regular unleaded. So that's 6.67L/100Km on a brand new engine, driving around Melbourne suburbia/freeways with a somewhat heavy footed driver. Once the engine has worn in, I'd expect that figure to improve.

Incidentally the fuel gauge was showing half, suggesting it covers 40L (20L / 0.5 = 40L) with 10L to spare (giving a total of 50L) as others have mentioned.

[JOhnnyFD]

no air-con, driving like a granny, and tyres pumped gets me 450km +
street and highway

[Stevil]

Only had the VTi 10 days and put on 1700km, first tank with a self impossed 3500rpm limit, got 490km from 36L, 2nd tank I got 630kms for 42L. It seems piss easy to get 6.6-7.0L/100km. Most driving is 50/50 highway and city stuff.