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20euro petrol= 100 miles?
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I have a 1.6 petrol Nissan Primera and 20 euro petrol gets around 100 miles, just wondering if this is normal for a petrol car or bad, because it seems quite bad to me and it smells very rich at times, any advice? Thanks
20 euro at 1.5 per litre gives you 13.33 litres.
100 miles is 160 km.
So 13.33 / 1.6 = 8.33
That's the result: 8.33 l/100km.
Depends where and how are you driving, but seems very reasonable for primera 1.6.
That car is way underpowered, and because of that uses more petrol if you want to drive normally.0 -
20 euro at 1.5 per litre gives you 13.33 litres.
100 miles is 160 km.
So 13.33 / 1.6 = 8.33
That's the result: 8.33 l/100km.
Depends where and how are you driving, but seems very reasonable for primera 1.6.
That car is way underpowered, and because of that uses more petrol if you want to drive normally.
I'm getting about 8.5l/100km in a 520i 6cyl. And i thought it was bad..
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20 euro at 1.5 per litre gives you 13.33 litres.
100 miles is 160 km.
So 13.33 / 1.6 = 8.33
That's the result: 8.33 l/100km.
Depends where and how are you driving, but seems very reasonable for primera 1.6.
That car is way underpowered, and because of that uses more petrol if you want to drive normally.
It would be drove reasonably enough, not mad acceleration and would be drove between 80-120km the majority of the time, and I wouldnt say its underpowered as such, in fact is quite pokey for 115bhp?? 0 -
Thatnastyboy wrote: »I'm getting about 8.5l/100km in a 520i 6cyl. And i thought it was bad..
If you get that while travelling at 80km/h in little traffic on straight road with constant speed then that's bad.
If you get it in the city in big traffic, that's really great.0 -
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It would be drove reasonably enough, not mad acceleration and would be drove between 80-120km the majority of the time, and I wouldnt say its underpowered as such, in fact is quite pokey for 115bhp??
Maybe higher speeds (120km/h) are the problem.
Try keeping it up to 90km/h and see what's the result.
If it's a P12 primera (between 2002 and 2007) then your 1.6 is 109BHP.
I remember mine primera 1.8 was very economical at 70 - 80km/h (about 6 l/100km)
But at 120km/h steady speed it was already burning about 8.5 l/100km.
At 180km/h it was more like 12 or 13 l/100km.
In city driving about 10 l/100km.
1.6 would probably take more at higher speeds, and during hard acceleration.
PS. Believe me it's way underpowered. I've driven few of them.0 -
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I have a 1.6 petrol Nissan Primera and 20 euro petrol gets around 100 miles, just wondering if this is normal for a petrol car or bad, because it seems quite bad to me and it smells very rich at times, any advice? Thanks
I had a 02 p12 1.6 pertrol primera for 4 years. Only changed it there a month ago because I sick of pumping petrol into it. was going thru a tank a week and it was costing me 85 euro fill it. I would get about 490 miles for that.0 -
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chickenfarmer wrote: »I have a 1.6 petrol Nissan Primera and 20 euro petrol gets around 100 miles, just wondering if this is normal for a petrol car or bad, because it seems quite bad to me and it smells very rich at times, any advice? Thanks
I had a 02 p12 1.6 pertrol primera for 4 years. Only changed it there a month ago because I sick of pumping petrol into it. was going thru a tank a week and it was costing me 85 euro fill it. I would get about 490 miles for that.
Yea 90euro petrol had got me about 440 miles there last week, it takes roughly the same to fill the tank on mine 0 -
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Temporary Dub wrote: »Id get roughly the same maybe another 10/15 miles for 20 e in a 1.4 golf.
I thought that was alright!
Its better than what im getting anyway
even if its a smaller engine :L 0 -
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Nissan doctor wrote: »
No thats whats annoyin me :L thats why Im asking is there anythim that could be causin it to use up the fuel without actually burnimg the fuel, as in mixture to strong or somethin? 0 -
thenightrider wrote: »I miss my old car i was geting 220 miles out of 20 euro it was a 1.9 SDI seat cordoba.
Sweeeet, thats some nice going out of 20 euro 0 -
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No thats whats annoyin me :L thats why Im asking is there anythim that could be causin it to use up the fuel without actually burnimg the fuel, as in mixture to strong or somethin?
Well any faulty componant would throw up the engine warning light.
How often is it serviced? Fuel filter changed? This is a regular service item on older Nissans that hardly anyone every changes. How are your tyre pressures? Have you got a boot full of junk?
Other then those things, driving style and driving conditions can have a huge effect on economy, much more then people realise. The example I used above of my old skyline getting 400 miles to a tank, this was steady speed motorway/N road driving, however on the same car I could also use a whole tank in less then 30 miles on track.:eek:0 -
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Nissan doctor wrote: »No thats whats annoyin me :L thats why Im asking is there anythim that could be causin it to use up the fuel without actually burnimg the fuel, as in mixture to strong or somethin?
Well any faulty componant would throw up the engine warning light.
How often is it serviced? Fuel filter changed? This is a regular service item on older Nissans that hardly anyone every changes. How are your tyre pressures? Have you got a boot full of junk?
Other then those things, driving style and driving conditions can have a huge effect on economy, much more then people realise. The example I used above of my old skyline getting 400 miles to a tank, this was steady speed motorway/N road driving, however on the same car I could also use a whole tank in less then 30 miles on track.:eek:
Fuel filter would have never beem changed, everything else would be changed frequently amd tyre pressure would be fine, the fact that you could get 400 miles on a tank is saying theres something definitly wrong with mine, driving style would normally be gentle acceleration and changing gears as soon as possible and speed would normally be 60 mph then 80 mph sometimes and 100+ the odd time0 -
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PistolPete78 wrote: »I can get 170mls outta my Bora 150 TDI. Not bad i think....
Thats pretty decent 0 -
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You've just diagnosed your own problem. On the vast majority of cars once you go over 60mph the fuel economy falls. If you already short shift and accelerate gently then try keeping a steady 60mph on longer drives and I'd say you'll notice a difference. 80-100mph will guzzle fuel on a 1.6.[/Quote]
Yea thats true but it would normally be drove at 50-60 most of the time 0 -
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I can't remember anytime in the last year, I was driving under 2000rpm.
Keeping your engine revs too low, destroys the engine, and is not good for economy either.
For most petrol engines, rev between 2000 - 3000 should be fine on flat surface. If you are climbing up the hill, you most likely need more.
You must be driving a honda 50 then mate, or a perhaps hairdryer.
No one said anything about rpm climbing hills, of course it will be higher.
The engine/gearing combination on every car is different. Either way if your particular buzzbox isn't capable of cruising on the level at around 2000 rpm then keep it under 2300-2500.0 -
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The temptation is horrible though :L but its gonna save me money so might aswell take it handy.
You can still do the rally style driving when you feel like it, you just don't have to do it all the time.
Hypermiling is a very challenging skill and art all of its own, and can be taken to all sorts of levels.
Google it to you see.
Without trying too hard, I've managed a 5 mpg improvement, saves me several hundred yo yo's a year.
Will do...5mpg is a nice improvement!! 0
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