Fuel Usage

[razmataz]

Hi guys need some advice, how much petrol should my car use its a 87 ae82 gt fwd, it seems to be using a lot i think, there are no visible signs of leaks and i cant smell petrol.

i don't thrash the car really , its done 108000 miles but is srviced reguarly

any idea?

Oh i put in ten pounds worth of fuel and done 39 miles!!!!

[Kudos+]

Think your car is using a lot of juice mate. I have done a 256 mile journey in my 1.3 corolla and used just over 3/4 of a tank which = sumthing like £25 worth of petrol. That was at about an average cruiseing speed of 70mph And revs running around 3250.

Are you running your car in at high revs? What is its idling speed? Also what size engine is it?

[scionic]

Is this a carburated engine?

Could be fuel/air mixture or a leak around the carb.

[KidKoala]

my 4AGE gets 40 miles from £10 of fuel, only when I am booting it EVERYWHERE though...

[JT]

4A-GE's aren't particularly good on fuel. i average around 28mpg, or 250 miles to a tank. and ive just found out mine is leaking petrol from the pipe from the filler neck to the tank, so i cant put more than half a tank in till i get it fixed :ffs:

[razmataz]

It a injection model, was thinking of getting the injectors cleaned to see if it made any differance, everythinr is standard bar and airfilter. i'm running on unleaded is that ok?

[andy_twincams]

mine wasnt fantasting£30 would do bout 200 mile,but mines tuned cams fse valve chip etc?check for fuel leakin my brothers rav 4 leaked for nearly a year be fore we noticed

[GaryMabbuttsKnee]

yeah check thouroughly for leaks both the filler neck and petrol tank in my GL were leaking, didnt find out until it failed the MOT. my garage who prepared the car for the MOT didnt even notice the tank was leaking :censor: ...funnily enough theyve closed down now.....