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fuel economy

Started by stck3L · 23 June 2004 · 145 replies

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stck3LArchived member
does anyone have any idea wat the fuel economy is meant to be on a stock 3L n/a vl
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OldGoldArchived member
Dunno what it's meant to be but mine returned 11.9l to 100ks last time I measured, regular city driving. That was with new plugs, leads, coil, oxy sensor.
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vlt-dreamerArchived member
my na is running ****house - 360 to a tank with premium - about to do a service on it
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HingoArchived member
Ill get on average 400-450 kms to a tank. That invloves highway driving, city driving with regular thrashings
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vlt-dreamerArchived member
used to het 400 out of the turbo, now only get 360 out of the na must service the bi-atch soon! Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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vldude'03Archived member
I get 650 - 700km to a tank. that is using premium unleaded, with all new filters and using some of the nulon boost and performance and injector cleaners regularly. also a lot of thrashing. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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poohkiesArchived member
what the f u k 650 to 700 km how big is your tank, i do regular high way 120- 140 km/h three times a week place driving to my other work, 80-100km and i'm lucky to get 320 360 out of it, 20 litres get's me about 140 km if i'm lucky so u recon replace plugs and spark plugs etc will help?
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vlt-dreamerArchived member
service it poohies! A mate of mine has the f20 and gets over 600 km's every tank of fuel.
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vl_burgsArchived member
damn im getting round 350 in the turbo, i should really get it serviced cause it should be getting more
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hugofirstArchived member
Yeh, I used to get about 320 in my old VL Turbo.... Now get about 450 out of an Injected v8....
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MacoVLArchived member
400 tank easy but i dont let it go down farer then 1/4 tank and thats 350 well i did a serivice on mine new leads,plugs,airfilter,new oil, oil filter.
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SYKO3LArchived member
hmm i definitly need a service then =/
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JuZiArchived member
i make around 600-650 per tank (63 litres) no matter how hard/gently i drive it, and it was 550-600 wen i got it, btw this is running ULP, if i ran pulp it would do better i changed: -ignition leads -spark plugs -hi-flow panel (old one woz paper) -put in cai and took out+blocked up stock snorkel all of the above should slightly help your fuel efficiency just incase you are wonder a stock vl fuel tank is 63 litres, the wagons came with a 68 litre tank stock.
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JuZiArchived member
anyone getting under 500 per tank without thrashing their car should search for a thread about the afm as some people found their afm setting was off and it gave them bad fuel efficiency.
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Vlcal25Archived member
**** 500 - 600km a tank !! i would love that but i only ever got 400 at the most out of my n/a.. hmm.. and serviced....
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stck3LArchived member
thanks for the advice guys... i have been getting about 500 out of 50 bucks(bit over 50 litres a week0 and i thought that there was something wrong with my car like maybe a fuel lea but it's obviously not as bad as i thought but the old girl needs a service and a new flange gasket
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MattisArchived member
****...my car must be a *** pos then...just had a service..plugs , leads all done..etc.. i get 300 IF IM LUCKY...wtf is the go with u guys getting 600.... btw im lucky to get 300 with pulp aswell
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NZ_BT1Archived member
i get 400kms off tank roughly and thats with my driving which its slow lol
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Vlcal25Archived member
i tryed driveing like a gandma for a week made no differnce!
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its.not.aliArchived member
my car must be rooted... ive only ever hit 320k's outta 49Litres of calm driving... this makes me sad lol wat should i check/replace/change?? and any tips would help any help would be appreciated Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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