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Alloytec Fuel Economy

Utester

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Just curious what sort of fuel economy everyones getting in their VZ V6s, maybe if everyone could post their current stats in the following format:

Engine Type:
Auto/Manual:
Total kms done:
City Economy (l/100kms):
Highway Economy (l/100kms):
Fuel mainly used:
 
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I will start the ball rolling...

Engine Type: 175
Auto/Manual: Manual
Total kms done: 3000
City Economy (l/100kms): 10-11
Highway Economy (l/100kms): 9
Fuel mainly used: Shell Premium (95RON, no Optimax here)

I am pretty happy with my current ecomomy. The city economy is achieved by driving nicely.. ;) If I give it some around town it can rise to about 12-13 but 10-11 is easy to achieve.
My dash readout for fuel economy is pretty accurate (shame the fuel gauge isn't half as accurate) :bang: , I always check mine against my refuel amounts and it is generally 0.1-0.3 difference (too close to call).
 
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Engine Type: 175
Auto/Manual: Manual
Total kms done: 11,000
City Economy (l/100kms): 11-12
Highway Economy (l/100kms): 8-9
Fuel mainly used: Normal unleaded (Shell or BP)

If you give it a hiding it uses considerably more, also seems to like it...and run better afterwards.
I am surprised at how the car is transforming as it does more klms. It's gone from being a little stiff, notchy and underpowered and is now feeling considerably better. Smoother (but still not as smooth as a modern engine should be), great gear change and still underpowered but a little more flexible in its response.
Fuel economy does not seem to have changed that much though.
 
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Engine Type:175
Auto/Manual:auto
Total kms done:4500
City Economy (l/100kms):13
Highway Economy (l/100kms):9/10
Fuel mainly used:std
mine is a ute one tonner and seems to like a drink.i had a vy ss and used around the same fuel? :bang:
 

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Engine Type: Alloytec 190
Auto/Manual: 6 Spd Manual
Total kms done: 6600
City Economy (l/100kms):12-13
Highway Economy (l/100kms):9-10
Fuel mainly used: Shell Optimax

As with a number of other posts that I've seen, fuel gauge was way out...almost ran out of fuel running from sydney to melbourne thinking I could have completed the trip on 1 tank. I would have fallen short by about 60-80 Km's. Still not bad going though. Quite impressed.
 
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fuel econormy

Engine:175
Trans: Manual
Total kms: 17,000
city:standard driving high low to high 10's(11's if i give it a bit of a go )
hwy:high to low 9's
bp standard

no real compliants
 
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Utester said:
Just curious what sort of fuel economy everyones getting in their VZ V6s, maybe if everyone could post their current stats in the following format:

Engine Type:
Auto/Manual:
Total kms done:
City Economy (l/100kms):
Highway Economy (l/100kms):
Fuel mainly used:

Engine Type: 175
Auto/Manual: manual
Total kms done: 1016
City Economy (l/100kms): 12-13
Highway Economy (l/100kms):10-11
Fuel mainly used: premium

i just fill today and the ute took 63Litres the gauge said i had 10km left but i got just a little over 500 km out of the tank so my gauge must be right i guess it the only ute thats right :D
 
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Engine Type: 190
Auto/Manual: Auto
Total kms done: 2,000
City Economy (l/100kms):10-11
Highway Economy (l/100kms):9-10
Fuel mainly used: Premium
 

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Engine Type: 190
Auto/Manual: Man
Total kms done: 2,000
City Economy (l/100kms):11-12
Highway Economy (l/100kms):Dont know yet
Fuel mainly used: Premium
 

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Engine Type: 190KW SV6
Auto/Manual: Auto
Total kms done:17,755
City Economy (l/100kms): 11.5
Highway Economy (l/100kms): 7.5-9
Fuel mainly used: Caltex ULP

Out of interest, I have done a few thousand KM on PULP and the average economy is only a couple of % better, and does not outweigh the increase in cost (11.02 c/km on ULP, 12.07c/km on PULP). PULP has more of an effect on economy on longer runs than around town, but it also takes a few tanks for the car to really get better economy from PULP. If I swap fuels (Currently back on PULP it's for a 2 month block to get a decent baseline).

MySV6
 
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