Fuel Economy - What do you get out of a tank? (3rd gens only)

[Magna Rookie]

On my last tank my consumption jumped from a pretty solid 9.5/100 up to 10.8!

Ive upped my tyre pressures and switched from 'no name' E10 back to Caltex regular, don't know how much its fixed it yet, but judging by the gauge it seems to be much better giving this weeks driving conditions.

Worked a treat!

Back down to exactly 9.5! woohoo

[Timmah]

I was getting low km's and I decided to have the o2 sensor replaced. This didn't fix the problem.

The next step is to get an EFI specialist to run a diagnostics test on the system and find out where it may be failing. Apparantly this can pinpoint exactly what's not working correctly. These tests can cost about $90 or so and usually take an hour.

On top of the o2 sensor, it could also be the coolant sensor. The EFI diagnostic results will be able to answer that though.

I'll keep everyone posted.

[Lugo]

I was getting low km's and I decided to have the o2 sensor replaced. This didn't fix the problem.

What exactly do you call low k's?

[Timmah]

370km maximum running premium unleaded.

That's for a 2003 TL VR-X.

[Lugo]

370km maximum running premium unleaded.

That's for a 2003 TL VR-X.

Mate thats terrible, I usually get at least 420 from a tank, usually around the 450-460 mark out of 60 odd litres, and I'm not happy with that.....mind you running premium won't help, 3rd gens don't have a knock sensor as has been mentioned on these forums countless times, the car won't benefit performance or economy wise from PULP.

Are we allowed to have one for 1st gen's too?

Pity please!

If you want one open it, just use this or the 2nd gen one as a guide when you make the opening thread post.

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If you want one open it, just use this or the 2nd gen one as a guide when you make the opening thread post.

Ok

oh thanks for the advice I'm not greatly car literate! aka I'm a woman!