Fuel Consumption

**TRaNz** · 17-06-2011 01:30 PM

my car must be munted......LOL
i struggle to get like 400km out of a full tank.....HAHAHAHA
its the same whether i use 98 octy from BP, Shell, Mobil/7-11.
I dont win.
Though, i dont drive long distances, all like 10-15min trips. Mostly peak hour start stop traffic where it feels like school zone sesh all the time.
But seeing everyone elses figure got me jelly and all..... /sadfacey

**chuboy** · 17-06-2011 01:34 PM

You need to buy a hybrid or catch the bus? Driving is not profitable for you at the moment XD and those kind of trips are not going to be good for your car in the long run...

**aroy7** · 17-06-2011 05:23 PM

Originally Posted by chuboy

That seems a little high, I usually average 10.0 absolute tops for medium-lead foot urban driving. Perhaps you are trying to match V6 performance with an I4?

Well I had a 2003 Laguna before this and I never took it past 4000rpm because I was too afraid something would go wrong with the engine due to the fact that every other bit of the car had developed a problem!

So I basically drive the same in the Euro out of habit and always use BP ultimate, but even when I try to be as frugal as possible (air con off, windows up, keeping it under 3k rpm etc), I can NEVER get it below 10l/100km with a mix of suburban and highway driving. If I go on the freeway and coast then it hovers around 9L/100km.

**Fredoops** · 18-06-2011 02:23 AM

The thing about euro and drive by wire is that rpm is not a good indicator on how much fuel your car is drinking..... If the cr is more than 5 yo I might suggest anEFi system flush/clean.

And tr reset your eCU... That'd probably help

**aroy7** · 18-06-2011 09:21 AM

Originally Posted by Fredoops

The thing about euro and drive by wire is that rpm is not a good indicator on how much fuel your car is drinking..... If the cr is more than 5 yo I might suggest anEFi system flush/clean.

And tr reset your eCU... That'd probably help

Cheers for the tip, couple of questions:

How much on average does an EFI system flush\clean cost? and,
I tried to reset the ECU recently, disconnected the negative terminal for 10 or so minutes. It cleared the fuel consumption figures but not the distance traveled in each of the trips, A and B, in the trip computer.....would that still be considered reset?

**Fredoops** · 18-06-2011 06:34 PM

It's about $110 odd, And yes, that was a reset

**ryaan** · 18-06-2011 11:04 PM

i have a cl9, all city driving. getting about 11-12l/100km. worst fuel consumption ever for this type of car im guessing...

**dee-y** · 19-06-2011 12:26 AM

I get about 10 ish. Does anyone know how far the car can go from when the light comes on till it runs out of juice?

**euRo_noob** · 21-06-2011 12:26 AM

Originally Posted by dee-y

I get about 10 ish. Does anyone know how far the car can go from when the light comes on till it runs out of juice?

Pretty hard to say.. It would depend on how you drive I suppose? Like how hard you step on the accelerator etc etc? For me, I can still get another 50-70km probably? Haven't actually tried it out myself to the point where the car doesn't run anymore lol.

**chuboy** · 21-06-2011 09:42 AM

I find that car always has at least 6 or 7 litres of fuel left in when I fill up after the fuel light comes on. So I suppose driving averagely you could get up to 80 kms. Would be a good experiment, but only if you had a jerry can of fuel for when you did run out.