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

[Disciple]

Dammit, How are some of you guys getting 500km to a tank? Even driving granny style I still can only manage about 400km. I once drove the tank into the ground till it was suckin fumes and it still only got about 420-430!!!

Erm... might wanna look at changing your O2 sensor or something man. I can get 600-700kms out of my tank comfortably doing suburban driving mostly. I'm averaging 9-11l/100.

[JarRah]

Erm... might wanna look at changing your O2 sensor or something man. I can get 600-700kms out of my tank comfortably doing suburban driving mostly. I'm averaging 9-11l/100.

Okey Dokey
So what are some basic things I can do to improve economy? Its getting a fluid flush and a cat back exhaust soon anything on top of that? Just dissapointed cause my old 2.6 TR Auto got the same 400km per tank and I thought getting a Manual 3.0ltr would improve upon that.

[Damo_ooyar]

Okey Dokey
So what are some basic things I can do to improve economy? Its getting a fluid flush and a cat back exhaust soon anything on top of that? Just dissapointed cause my old 2.6 TR Auto got the same 400km per tank and I thought getting a Manual 3.0ltr would improve upon that.

Number of things to check for economy, fuel filter (full of crap maybe), injectors (clogged?), air intake, yeh o2 sensor, air filter (change to k 'n' n panel)... vaccum lines (no kinks)..Check the Cat to see if its not clogged with crap.. Getting like extractors/exhaust will improve but dead set if the 3.0 / 3.5 lrt are driven within reason I cant see why you cant get 10L/100... Think anything to make the engine run easier / smoother / free will save you fuel.

[Disciple]

Okey Dokey
So what are some basic things I can do to improve economy? Its getting a fluid flush and a cat back exhaust soon anything on top of that? Just dissapointed cause my old 2.6 TR Auto got the same 400km per tank and I thought getting a Manual 3.0ltr would improve upon that.

Pretty much as per this post...

Number of things to check for economy, fuel filter (full of crap maybe), injectors (clogged?), air intake, yeh o2 sensor, air filter (change to k 'n' n panel)... vaccum lines (no kinks)..Check the Cat to see if its not clogged with crap.. Getting like extractors/exhaust will improve but dead set if the 3.0 / 3.5 lrt are driven within reason I cant see why you cant get 10L/100... Think anything to make the engine run easier / smoother / free will save you fuel.

[burfadel]

Okey Dokey
So what are some basic things I can do to improve economy? Its getting a fluid flush and a cat back exhaust soon anything on top of that? Just dissapointed cause my old 2.6 TR Auto got the same 400km per tank and I thought getting a Manual 3.0ltr would improve upon that.

Vortex muffler some 2.5 inch piping. I'm actually surprised more people don't have one! They made here but more popular overseas!

[vlad]

I don't know how you guys get such bad economy figures. I've got the heaviest car here
and around town and suburbs I get 500km/tank (64ltr tank). My car has a kerb mass of
1680kg plus tow bar = 1700kg.

[RJL25]

i sometimes struggle to get 300km but thats cos my car spends alot of time just sitting idling and driving around at 20km/h

[vlad]

Whats everyones average speed. Mine states 37.0 kph

[Malkatraz]

I get 10.6L/100 on my vanilla '05 Verada AWD (avg speed of around 66km/h). My route to work is usually on 100km/h country roads and highways. No inner city stuff.

OT - Whats up with Verada AWD badges Vlad? I have 'Verada' on back left and 'GTVI' on back right with only 'AWD' on rear passenger doors. I haven't seen any other Verada like that. They all seem to have the 'AWD' badge on the back.

[burfadel]

i sometimes struggle to get 300km but thats cos my car spends alot of time just sitting idling and driving around at 20km/h

That would have to be a whole lot of idling! Don't they use around 2.8L per hour idling? Hmmm 20km/hr efficiency depends on what gear your in and brake use etc...