VR6 Fuel consumption

[daveshep]

yeah i average about 10 for combined city (canberra!) and highway. its 1-2 L/100km higher if i'm driving quick, have bikes on the roof, full car or with 95 (i usually use 98 ) octane fuel... although i've had a problem with a faulty thermostat which was always open so the engine was running cold and prob using more fuel than it should. i put in a new thermostat the other day so i'm hoping the fuel consumption will go down a bit...

[The_Hawk]

I seem to sit on about 12.x by the end of a tank. Now by no means do I drive what could be considered a "conservative" fashion, but then I enjoy every second of it

Now either my mother is right and I really do drive like a bat out of hell, or there are some people who REALLY baby their cars round town (or do a lot of freeway driving)...

[BlackVr6ix]

^^ i get ~12.5 by the end of a tank according to my MFA.

Although i normally get ~450 out of a tank of ~45-50 litres so that works out to be between 10 and 11.5

[MattyT]

Books are fun

I'm pretty much the same as BlackVR6. Pretty sure ive mentioned my figures before. LOTS of freeway driving and I tend to avoid city stuff coz I hate it!

[TazzyVR6]

You should true driving on your P's! about 8.5L/100km at the end of a tank!

[The_Hawk]

I filled up last night with nice tank of 98, as per usual, and thought I would try and drive exceptionally nicely to see how low I could go...

OK, it was only 5km's and it was round suburban street so there was a few stop starts at intersections, but at the same time there was a bit of 80 zone while I headed home.

Now I was babying it... to the point where I just wanted to hurt myself, the consumption was still damn hard to keep under 10.

I know being on longer stretches of road sitting at 60+ will help alot, but some of these low figures people keep quoting are beyond me.

Good luck to you if you can get these figures, but I just can't do it...

[BlackVr6ix]

Last two fill ups i did

461.7k's and put in 48.03l before the pump just clicked which works out to be 10.4l/100km MFA said 12.3

391.7k's and put in 38.18l before the pump just clicked which works out to be 9.73l/100km MFA said 12.0

[DubSteve]

MFA seems to be out of wack

[BlackVr6ix]

Yeah i think i have a vaccum leak somewhere, its the only way i can explain it.

[Tim]

I filled up last night with nice tank of 98, as per usual, and thought I would try and drive exceptionally nicely to see how low I could go...

OK, it was only 5km's and it was round suburban street so there was a few stop starts at intersections, but at the same time there was a bit of 80 zone while I headed home.

Now I was babying it... to the point where I just wanted to hurt myself, the consumption was still damn hard to keep under 10.

I know being on longer stretches of road sitting at 60+ will help alot, but some of these low figures people keep quoting are beyond me.

Good luck to you if you can get these figures, but I just can't do it...

if u do stop start driving you wont be able to keep it below 10. No way no how no chance.

[DubSteve]

if u do stop start driving you wont be able to keep it below 10. No way no how no chance.

Agreed! I have tried a 22km distance from my house to work during the night late I was able to get it under 10 but this was with green lights most of the way! Usually this run is 12~13 normally

[ScienceVR6]

I have a video of my vr6 getting 6.9L /100ks!

Stay tuned whilst i load it up!

if u do stop start driving you wont be able to keep it below 10. No way no how no chance.

I do. I drive down the monash at 7:30am, then up springvale road, to blackburn, and get 9.5L/100k's

Its a bit funny, i probly get the best economy possible out of a VR6, and i still want to improve it!

[KI11Z]

I get like 480-500ks per tank at figures like 9.7L/100km . . . thats more highway driving than anything else . . .

[The_Hawk]

Filled up last night:

MFA: 11.1
Calculated: 11.6

I keep filling up at the local BP with 98 so I'm reasonably confident I'm getting the same fill level and quality fuel each time.

The needle was just hitting the red marks and I had gotten 377.9Km on 43.85L of fuel.

Its a bit funny, i probly get the best economy possible out of a VR6, and i still want to improve it!

You need to come to Sydney and I'll show you how to drive that VR6 the way your supposed to drive a VR6...

[BlackVr6ix]

Dont worry we have a cruise coming up, tim will show him then hahaha