Just bought my 99EK hatch last weekend from Sydney,put full tank & drive back to Canberra,only run 430km this tank and even with 280km highway drive.not happy!!
that's pretty sad, my ek4 did 650km to and from Canberra when it was stock on about 40ltr.
Boosted i managed to do 550km so not to bad still on 38ltr.
How much fuel are you counting per tank?
Only way to really count is top up tank full. Drive it till you get close to empty, then refill and see how much fuel you've lost.
The level is never 100% accurate as a measure
Originally Posted by max9907.0422
Just bought my 99EK hatch last weekend from Sydney,put full tank & drive back to Canberra,only run 430km this tank and even with 280km highway drive.not happy!!
Just bought my 99EK hatch last weekend from Sydney,put full tank & drive back to Canberra,only run 430km this tank and even with 280km highway drive.not happy!!
could need a good service. Or blocked air filter / fuel filter -
or even the tyres are slightly under inflated.
The above can drastically alter your fuel economy.
i hit 728 out of a tank in my old Si (d16a8) - which is about 5l/100km.
Highway cycle.
i later hit about the same (700ish) out of about the same amount of fuel (36 litres) out of the same car with a b18c7 engine.
1.8 vs 1.6 , 1.8 sitting on about 3800rpm constant and the 1.6 sitting on about 3000.
Off boost or high cam , most cars should get decent numbers on teh highwway.
That's what i did,put full tank last sat and drive around in Sydney,back home on Sun and refill it lastnight with close to the empty but light hasnt on.and that's 430km.I just change the sparkplug, fuelfilter and put injec clean today and hope will be better.
Originally Posted by Limbo
that's pretty sad, my ek4 did 650km to and from Canberra when it was stock on about 40ltr.
Boosted i managed to do 550km so not to bad still on 38ltr.
How much fuel are you counting per tank?
Only way to really count is top up tank full. Drive it till you get close to empty, then refill and see how much fuel you've lost.
1.8 sitting on about 3800rpm constant and the 1.6 sitting on about 3000.
sorry abit offtopic, but why is the b18 has higher highway rpm? shouldnt it be alot lower since it's a powerful torquey engine? or does that have something to do with the final drive ratio?
btw, my d16y4 sits at 2.8 rpms @ 110 kmh on highway driving..
i hit 728 out of a tank in my old Si (d16a8) - which is about 5l/100km.
Highway cycle.
i later hit about the same (700ish) out of about the same amount of fuel (36 litres) out of the same car with a b18c7 engine.
1.8 vs 1.6 , 1.8 sitting on about 3800rpm constant and the 1.6 sitting on about 3000.
Off boost or high cam , most cars should get decent numbers on teh highwway.
that is not possilble mate no way i have tried that 550 is tops
especially with the 4.78 box u have
and also u would have one of the most economical cars in australia with around a low 5.4 lt per 100kms
Originally Posted by denrie
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