Fuel Consumption Competetion

[Guest petrie51]

179

 

Andy

[Guest rizla]

163.421 roughly

[Guest subk]

hi i never filled it to the brim but i worked out i was only getting 9.6 miles to a gallen that seems quite bad to me not sure why its only a 1.6 carb and not puffing out any smoke from the exhaust any one else getting this bad consumption

 

thanx andy

[Guest peter2b2002]

205 + or- 100

my tank is the same adjusted the float arm as per instructions , guage gets to empty but if i go round a left bend magic i have 1/2 a tank left

peter2b

[Guest petespine]

Hi

 

Before I have a guess, have you fit the sierra sender unit that dosen`t reach the bottom of the tank or the extended one from robinhood, mine only does about 125 miles on a full tank before running out, but still has about 1 1/2 gallen left in tank, mine is the small robinhood tank.

 

Pete

[Peter Bell]

166. Depends how much fun you are having! I doubt very much if you will get 40 litres in the tank and you will definitely not get 40L out.

Peter

Is there an independant observer?

[Joel]

Is there an independant observer?

I should think there'll be plenty of independant observers having a good chuckle to themselves when I splutter to a halt, probably at the most inopportune moment

 

Bound to happen isn't it - outside lane of the M6 at 5:00 on a Friday afternoon.

 

Think I'll stick to the local country lanes once the gauge reads empty.

 

The level sender came with the guage, from greenguages. And when it reads empty, I can still only get about 20 litres in, which would suggest quite a bit in reserve.

[Big Jim]

Bound to happen isn't it - outside lane of the M6 at 5:00 on a Friday afternoon.

Do it on my patch of the M6 and I'll send free recovery out for you!

 

my tank is the same adjusted the float arm as per instructions , guage gets to empty but if i go round a left bend magic i have 1/2 a tank left

They all do that sir!

[Guest Battery Bill]

Joel

This is the exact experiment that we keep meaning to do, but I keep chickening out and filling it up If we fill ours up to the brim it reads full on the guage but after 120 miles its reading empty (The float cant go down any more)

But like yours it will be a pain in the A**e to take the sender out just to bend it a bit so we will probably never bother.

Anyway good luck and I hope you run out somewhere quiet (without cameras )

[Guest Battery Bill]

Andy

any one else getting this bad consumption

I doubt it 9.6 MPG Are you sure you have got your figures right

[Guest kenton]

I get approx 30 mpg (2l injection) but fill up every 200 miles. Ishould be able to do 250 on a tank but havnt tried.

 

Back to the comp, i reckon 210

[BigLee]

200 miles dead.

 

Think yourself lucky. My swirlpot is useless so I have to fill up every 100 miles tops.

[Guest craig030774]

ive got a escort on gas that reads zero when there is 80 miles left in reserve all i do is when it reads 200 on the trip computer i fill it up but if it does run out i flick a switch and nothing happens coz i havent wired that bit in yet

[Guest chris brown]

9.6 MPG

Must be running out of the exhaust

 

I can get 200+ but allot less if the weathers good as my right foot seems to get heavy.

Last Sunday Stafford return 230 miles = 45 ltr :angry:

[Guest petespine]

172

 

Pete