Fuel Usage

[jim468]

Guys (& Girls)
need some advice, my VR seems to be chewing the juice at an alarming rate, it is serviced regularly...any tips ?
PS Thanks for the advice on the keys

[dlzn]

6 or and 8... how many Ks per tank you getting and whats your driving style like?

usualy replacing the oxygen sensors will help a bit... good service and tune.
im getting 350-450 on a tank depending..(59L, V6)

[Notorious]

I drive like a nanna and i got my best run the other day 442kms/tank (V6)

[Morganv8]

i get around 350-400 outta my 5 litre.... around town... when im sensible give it a squirt here and there half a tank gone in 100-150k's

[jim468]

Thanks for the advice everybody, the car is a V6 and I don't flog her too much although my wife tends to give it heaps.

[sircruisealotVS]

dont take this the wrong way guys...but your drivin a commodore not a excel, if its fuel economy you want get a four banger.
again plz,i mean no offence,im just stating the obvious.

[anotherstockvs]

man ur all gettin crappy fuel usage, i can get 440 to a 60L tank around town and 580 highway usage thats a vs

from factory holden say u should get 7.4L avrge fuel consumption and 11.5 on a highway, i recommend lifting ur right about 2 inches up :P

[Lyoness]

my VR which isn't stock and with a heavy foot now & then, my best comsumption was 480kms per tank around town.

But yeah normally o2 sensors go which causes excess fuel consumption but do a full comsuption test as in full tank to fuel light empty as the fuel gauges are never correct and you may get more out of your tank in the top half rather than the bottom half according to the gauge.

[Notorious]

dont take this the wrong way guys...but your drivin a commodore not a excel, if its fuel economy you want get a four banger.
again plz,i mean no offence,im just stating the obvious.

I bought my car for the looks of the vs which i like and the reliability and being a holden, there's no need to drive like a maniac in peak hour traffic, there for i take it slow... I do like to give it a full throttle of juice on the weekends tho but generally i drive my old mans landcruiser on the weekend sa its a company car and the fuel is free

Also talking about fuel gauges being out.. i think mine is, it beaped twice on low fuel so i filled her up with 54L's of fuel... its a stock tank too... maybe my gauge is out....... ????

[sircruisealotVS]

...hmm,i dont understand why you have quoted my previous thread...

[BANGERS88]

"from factory holden say u should get 7.4L avrge fuel consumption and 11.5 on a highway"

I always thought it was the other way round the 11.5 is the urban fuel consumption and the 7.4per 100km is the highway usage, could be wrong though it just makes sense.

[Wombatclay]

Hey ya guy's, I was getting about 9L/100km's to start with on the highways, but then I added a splitfire aircleaner & spark plug leads, dual coil & now get 5.6-6.3L/100km's, I can get on the highway 800-950km's on a full tank, around town I tend to push 550km's.......that's a VR Calais V6........but word of advice, it now drinks fuel faster than any army barracks drinking piss on anzac day if you put your foot down, & the power is alarming now!! I did a test with a full tank flogging it the whole time, & got 275km's for the full tank, max fuel comsumption is 103L/100km's, averaged 78L/100km's!!

[BANGERS88]

"103L/100km's, averaged 78L/100km's!!"

What the F**K! i Dont Think SO, a bloody JUMBO JET has better fuel economy than that.

[samuels]

dont take this the wrong way guys...but your drivin a commodore not a excel, if its fuel economy you want get a four banger.
again plz,i mean no offence,im just stating the obvious.

don't take this the wrong way either
a 4 cyl has to rev harder to get from A to B say (for example)where as a 6 & 8 doesn't have to rev as hard,everyone will have varying fuel consumptions,it's the way the driver is,everyone is different with driving techniques.sure 4 cyl's are cheaper to fill up,but in the long run they tend to use just as much if not more fuel than a 6 or 8 cyl

[Joey_21]

i have a VR calais stock and i use the power button all the time obviously 2 get more revs with a full tank i can get only around 220Km out of her flogging it around even less depending on traffic and shit

[fitzy2005]

power is meant for towing etc...

[Lyoness]

even with power on for the whole time I still get over 400 to the tank so Joey_18 your car needs to have someone look at it

[Joey_21]

but u dont drive like me and i use the power button 2 get more speed and more revs

[mattman]

Let me guess... someone just got their car and hasn't discovered the cost of petrol yet?

As to my economy, haven't given it a real good test, i do a fair bit of freeway driving, so up to ~600Km/tank depending.

And re: 4 bangers, try getting them cruising up the freeway @ 1.5-2k revs at 110kph :P What was that about them using less petrol?

[sircruisealotVS]

.sure 4 cyl's are cheaper to fill up,but in the long run they tend to use just as much if not more fuel than a 6 or 8 cyl

i completely disagree with that statement mate...
i know alot of ppl who have four bangers and they do a tonne of driving yet they only put $30 in it every second week.
when i was given a four banger lancer for a replacement car when mine was in the panel beaters i flogged it around town (foot to the floor style) for a week and it never even used half of the tank.when it came time to take it back with a full tank i put $20 in it.
you could never do that in a 6 or 8.

[fitzy2005]

dear me, power doesnt make you go faster.. its just wishful thinking

[fitzy2005]

and if you dont think your car is powerful enuff on normal, buy a v8 since the cost on a v8 over a v6 will be equaled out with the fuel you use using Power :P

[Joey_21]

[QUOTE=mattman]Let me guess... someone just got their car and hasn't discovered the cost of petrol yet?

lol pretty much

[bloodylegend]

lol @ joey haha

i have just got my VR and havent really tested the fuel economy yet. im still just over half way through the tank apparently though and i have 235km's done so far.

hey, people keep saying that if you get a CAI it can increase fuel economy. how much truth is in that?

[mattman]

Depends how you drive, also makes it easier to burn petrol when you put the foot down...

However you will get a little extra economy when driving like a nana.