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15-01-2012, 07:51 PM
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Okay so ive had the car for around 17 months, ever since ive owned it its had really crap fuel economy getting roughly 300 ks to a tank. it now gets around 400 ks to a tank, parts that have been rwplaced are as follows, new oxy sensor, new tps, leads and plugs, new fuel filter, new oil and filter, new air filter, new fuel pressure reg, gutted cat and cleaned throttle body. im getting over having to fuel up on a regular bassis and want this problem fixed! i just tested the tps in ohms and volts, ohms test came back good, volts came back as throttle close 0.40 volts, throttle fully open 4.00 volts, from what ive read thats seems to be good. I checked thermostat just now which has 113 stamped 113 degrees? Au are meant to run a 92 degree thermostat correct? will running a higher temp thermostat cause it to guzzle fuel?
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15-01-2012, 07:59 PM
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Just realised the thermostat is a 92 degree one
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15-01-2012, 08:00 PM
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what sort of driving do you do? all city, all highway, mixture of both etc
on a bad run i get 400-450 from mine, a good run il get 500+, 90% city driving. |
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15-01-2012, 08:40 PM
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I put 40 dollars in ( roughly 29 litres) last night and drove to phillip island and back 220 ks and i had 10 ks till empty its 100 kmh all the way pretty much. Pretty poor if you ask me.
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15-01-2012, 08:41 PM
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The absolute most ive gotten to a tank is 450 and thats hwy driving
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15-01-2012, 08:42 PM
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cant really measure it like that though, you need to fill it right up, then reset the trip meter and see how many total kays your getting.
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15-01-2012, 08:50 PM
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Around Syndey, all city, I use to get about 350k's out of a full tank on Petrol.
500 on the highway full load (family of 5) UK
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15-01-2012, 08:51 PM
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Yeah ive done that. on average i get 350-400 to an over filled tank.
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15-01-2012, 08:54 PM
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Did you find the problem?
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15-01-2012, 08:54 PM
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I do a mix of freeway and city driving I get about 500km to a tank. If i do all freeway driving I can get a max of 800km to a tank
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15-01-2012, 09:02 PM
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Id be happy with that
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15-01-2012, 09:13 PM
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15-01-2012, 09:16 PM
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Haha well thats an easier way of fixing the problem.
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15-01-2012, 09:20 PM
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try changing the MAP sensor, i had a similar prob with my efXR6
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15-01-2012, 09:50 PM
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If the map sensor was shagged wouldnt it run ****/blow smoke?
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au series 3 poor fuel economy
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