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fuel consumption
Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2012 6:33 pm
by adzski
is every one elses fto really bad on fuel like i filled up on a friday and monday was empty and didnt drive that much? is this normal or do i a mechanical problem?
Re: fuel consumption
Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2012 6:34 pm
by Bennoz
Did you actually record how many kms it lasted?
Re: fuel consumption
Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2012 6:37 pm
by Daniel2019
A full tank of V-Power lasts me 2 weeks - driving to and from school, to and from work and running about.
Re: fuel consumption
Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2012 6:39 pm
by Taz
I just got 822 from full to dead empty, mivecing like crazy first 1/3 tank then babying like crazy last 2/3. I reckon I can crack 1000...
Re: fuel consumption
Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2012 6:51 pm
by aza013
Not a chance in hell of getting 1000 out of it unless you run it down a very big hill with it in neutral (200+ K hill)

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Re: fuel consumption
Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2012 6:52 pm
by Taz
i dunno, that 822 was pushing the absolute limit but i reckon on highway driving, non stop/slowing down at all straight 15hour drive youd just get there
just after a service/fuel filter/o2 sensor done of course though, thats why im getting bad ass km's

Re: fuel consumption
Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2012 6:53 pm
by adzski
nah i havent yet i will when i fill up again and post up here
Re: fuel consumption
Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2012 7:08 pm
by aza013
It has been that long I can't recall what my FTO gets but the lancer gets 5.9L to the 100K's

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Re: fuel consumption
Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2012 8:16 pm
by rock_it
I do highway driving everyday.. But other speed limit is 110. So I sit at 3.5k.
When driving like a grandma with this distance, I only get 520 K's to a tank before the fuel light kicks in..
Re: fuel consumption
Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2012 8:36 pm
by Astron_Boy
650kms maximum.
I can really baby foot a car.
To Dwaynes and back on 1 tank, and you can class me as living Sydney CBD if you want to do a Google Maps.
98 octane with passenger and car full of stuff.
FTO is 55L tank? So by the math the FTO is doing 8.4L/100kms, which is about right for mostly highway driving.
Re: fuel consumption
Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2012 8:38 pm
by Akys
550Kms roughly
my wheels are heavy and i have a sub and amp
Re: fuel consumption
Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2012 8:53 pm
by Bennoz
350ish

Re: fuel consumption
Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2012 9:01 pm
by aza013
55L tank ?
They are 60-65L or is that not right?

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Re: fuel consumption
Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2012 9:06 pm
by Astron_Boy
I honestly can't remember.
hang on, I have the user manual... lol
Re: fuel consumption
Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2012 9:08 pm
by Akys
Astron_Boy wrote:I honestly can't remember.
hang on, I have the user manual... lol
pretty sure its 60L plus a little
Re: fuel consumption
Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2012 9:12 pm
by Astron_Boy
user manual tells me nothing.
hmm.
some websites reporting 70L... surely not.?
Re: fuel consumption
Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2012 9:15 pm
by aza013
Could be right as I can recall some members posting up that they put 65+ L in at the pump. But then the pumps may not be reading true.
Re: fuel consumption
Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2012 9:18 pm
by Astron_Boy
That would mean on highway the FTO only does roughly 10.5L/100kms...
Cant remember the last time I filled up, but the Merc tank is 75L and on the avg 1.50 fill up it costs me just over $90
Last time I filled the FTO from a dead tank was back near 2 years ago.

Re: fuel consumption
Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2012 9:37 pm
by Taz
I used to get about 400 to a tank before i realizeed my fuel guage on my car was slightly out and i was too much of a wuss to take it anywhere past the 8L mark. Now going from full tank to fuel light i can get about 600ish easy with mixed city and highway, mostly highway sitting at 100.
As i said ive just done a major service on it, and changed everything, running 5w30, new filters and 100 octane i got 800 out of my last tank, and i know i could of gotten much more, that being said i drove like i was running on fumes half of the tank, changing back to neutral down hills, never going past 2.5k, doing the big ass slow down before a red light so i dont have to stop etc etc - next tank im really gonna see what they can do

Re: fuel consumption
Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2012 10:50 pm
by kiz
aza013 wrote:55L tank ?
They are 60-65L or is that not right?

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I'm pretty convinced mine holds about 55L, being a GPVR I assumed it'd have a smaller tank?