[Euro] Fuel Consumption

This will make people who mod the 6MT feel better and justify the cost of rims,etc.

Given average 20,000 kms travelled per year the auto euro in the city uses about $550 per year more fuel than the 6MT (say avg 12 vs 10l/100)

Hmmm, over 5 years that is almost $3000 in mods you have got for free.. :D So next time your wife, partner etc hassles you about spending more money on the Euro - just tell them it is basically free compared to buying the auto.. hehe. Weird way of looking at things but it works for me..

True true, plus the manual is quicker and a gearbox recondition is much cheaper, and the euros triple synchros give you silky smooth gear shifts, so its all good :)

By the way, I tested a tank of Caltex 98RON and its actually more efficient than BP Ultimage :thumbsup: 9.7L/100km vs 9.2L/100km

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Originally Posted by EuroDude

True true, plus the manual is quicker and a gearbox recondition is much cheaper, and the euros triple synchros give you silky smooth gear shifts, so its all good :)

By the way, I tested a tank of Caltex 98RON and its actually more efficient than BP Ultimage :thumbsup: 9.7L/100km vs 9.2L/100km

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hmm...that's weird, i alwayys get crapper results with caltex 98 vortex...

keep trying...and keep teh same driving habits, and places u drive to - makes a big difference whether u're heading to work 20kms away or heading to the local shops...

Hey Guys

A few days ago I fill up my euro till the first click of the pump 95ron. Since then I have traveled 225km and the needle is just a bit before showing 1/4 tank used. How accurate is the fuel tank needle? If you do the math near to or on registering orange light(and I think there is about 10litres in reserve). This is going to equate to generous distance.:eek: :eek:

I have given it some real juice about four times during the km so far.

Ben

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Originally Posted by benthx

Hey Guys

A few days ago I fill up my euro till the first click of the pump 95ron. Since then I have traveled 225km and the needle is just a bit before showing 1/4 tank used. How accurate is the fuel tank needle? If you do the math near to or on registering orange light(and I think there is about 10litres in reserve). This is going to equate to generous distance.:eek: :eek:

I have given it some real juice about four times during the km so far.

Ben

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From the click to the first bar, it's about 100km on my car. Then each 1/4 is another 100km. Then the light comes on and it's about another 80km. I haven't dared run the car til dry.

I just put in two tanks of Optimax Extreme 100Ron as a test finally.

I actually did notice the car to pick up some tiny extra power, although I kind of expected this, as its possibly running slightly leaner on Wide Open Throttle in the short term, until the computer readjusts back to normal for the longer run.

As for mileage - it is actually worst.

Being a slightly lower density fuel diluted by ethanol, on calculations of cruise mode air fuel ratio, I would expect mileage to drop around 15-20kms per tank. I think in my case it dropped around 20kms when the yellow light came on even only with two tanks. In the longer run if the ECU does adjust for the Full Throttle fuel maps as well (??), I would expect mileage might even drop more!


Will I use it again? In Victoria, it is actually 17C more than regular Unleaded, which is 7Cents more than Optimax 98.

I think I'll revert and stick to Mobil Synergy 8000... best overall power output, torque, price, etc. To me anyway, don't take my word for it. I'm missing my G-Tech 'G-force' accelerometer to test in gear max. accelerative g-forces.. :O

19" heavy ass rims + tyres + injen CAI on manual 04 lux with BP ultimate, 14000km, havent changed oil since 7000km yet. 12-13l/100km! 10%highway 90% melbourne CBD. You guys know how bad traffic in the CBD is. 50km/h limit and traffic lights every 100 m or so. Looks like I'm the V6 consumption territory/

Attention Benthx: How accurate is the fuel tank needle?

Forget trying to work out your fuel consumption by looking at the fuel gauge needle. The only "practical" way for us is to fill up about four times and take an average. All the info on how to do this is on this thread or similar thread.
Adagio

hms aside from BP Ultimate, another good fuel thats just as efficient is Caltex Vortex, giving ~8.5->9.4 consumption :thumbsup:

Ampol fuel is still the worst, constantly giving 10.0+ consumption :thumbdwn:

Ampol is owned by Caltex though but they don't have a 98ron fuel I beleive as Caltex does.

lol didnt know Caltex owns Ampol, did Caltex buy them out or something?

I believe Ampol "8000" is their 98RON fuel. 6000 is their 95RON fuel. (If I remember correctly)

Lately I've been using 95 ron fuel, I can't feel any difference with 98 ron fuel in terms of power delivery and mileage.

Also on another note (I hope this is not OT), some people suggests using Hi-Clone to improve mileage. I tried it (I know... you might say I'm an idiot), but to my surprise, it did improve my mileage, although not a lot. I'm usually running around 11L/100km, but since I used it, it goes down to around 10.5L/100km. Not a lot of course. There seems to be a test done in US that confirms they have no affect. http://www.popularmechanics.com/auto...s/1802932.html