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

[therealjetpilot]

I'm getting rather shocking consumption on my 1997 TE. It has done 217000km's.

barely 270km on a full tank, what is happening there?

[magna00]

I'm getting rather shocking consumption on my 1997 TE. It has done 217000km's.

barely 270km on a full tank, what is happening there?

check the o2 sensor may be shot, around 80 bucks for a new universal one or 120ish for a direct fitment unit.

[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.

[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.

[CanberraVR-X]

Tuggeranong, ACT to Hexham, NSW (near Newcastle)

450km, 39 litres of ULP. = 8.3 litres per 100km.

happy.

2002 Stock TJ VR-X auto.

[Woob]

figure this, on matter how i drive, hammering it or babying it, with more highway driving or more city driving, im always within about 0.2L/100. its messed up. 10/100 constant. no real complaints because it means i can hammer it without worrying about fuel costs but still weird

[tww]

3-4 years ago, I'd get 600KM's easy, but now it's down to around 400. In the last few years, it's been mainly round town driving. Now I'm back to 300KM's per week of 100KM/H driving, I've already noticed I'm getting more - 450KM's maybe. Doesn't help that the fuel guage is stuffed and I never remember to note how many litres I've just dropped in the tank.

Big service to be done in the next couple of months; new plugs, belts etc. I'm hoping I can get her back up towards 600KM's again.

Tank is 68 litre in a TF?

Regards, Tony