99 lancer 1.3 anyone else having this problem

kulareggae

hi i recently bought a 1.3 lancer its 99 it has high mileage tho 131,000 miles its drinking petrol like mad i put a full tank in 3 days its gone any one have or had this problem with theirs? and how did you resolve the problem any help appriciated thanks

johnos1984

I put diesel in my car last week and it's all gone. It's a 2006 Passat TDI with 132K miles

Can anyone help?

kulareggae

john did ya drive ya car wen ya put diesel?

johnos1984

kulareggae wrote: »

john did ya drive ya car wen ya put diesel?

Yes. I covered 700 miles.

Did you drive the Lancer when you put in petrol? How many miles did you cover?

Midnight_EG

kulareggae wrote: »

hi i recently bought a 1.3 lancer its 99 it has high mileage tho 131,000 miles its drinking petrol like mad i put a full tank in 3 days its gone any one have or had this problem with theirs? and how did you resolve the problem any help appriciated thanks

131k miles is not high mileage on a 99 car at all...


Also...driving uses petrol...

kulareggae

ok mate i know not 2 drive a car if ya put diesel
erm i drove bout 60km on full tank

Midnight_EG

kulareggae wrote: »

ok mate i know not 2 drive a car if ya put diesel
erm i drove bout 60km on full tank

How much did this 'full tank' cost you...my guess is a tenner :rolleyes:

johnos1984

kulareggae wrote: »

erm i drove bout 60km on full tank

Does your fuel filler have a properly working lock on it?

The car didn't use the petrol in only 60kms. It's pretty much impossible.

It has either been robbed from the car or the car has a leak

johnos1984

Midnight_EG wrote: »

How much did this 'full tank' cost you...my guess is a tenner :rolleyes:

Or this is the issue

kulareggae

i put 50 which is near enuf 2 a full tank 5 bars to be full
my mate has 1.8 and he told me it takes a tenner to go 2 blanch and come back and for me as wel its a tenner to go and come back i used 2 have a mirage 1.3 and iv never needed to put petrol lik dis

Midnight_EG

kulareggae wrote: »

i put 50 which is near enuf 2 a full tank 5 bars to be full
my mate has 1.8 and he told me it takes a tenner to go 2 blanch and come back and for me as wel its a tenner to go and come back i used 2 have a mirage 1.3 and iv never needed to put petrol lik dis

So it was never a full tank to begin with...it takes me a tenner to get to Blanch and back too in a 1.6

johnos1984

It takes me €20 to get to Blanch and back if that helps

Midnight_EG

johnos1984 wrote: »

It takes me €20 to get to Blanch and back if that helps

Be grand to mention that I go from Tallaght to Blanch and back usually :pac:


Makes the tenner seem so much more expensive

kulareggae

was told japenese cars after they had high milage start to drink petrol is this true

johnos1984

kulareggae wrote: »

was told japenese cars after they had high milage start to drink petrol is this true

No.

Midnight_EG

kulareggae wrote: »

was told japenese cars after they had high milage start to drink petrol is this true

First of all, that's not true...and second of all, your car is nowhere near high mileage!

johnos1984

You have either completely underestimated how many miles you have covered, have a leaking fuel tank or your tank of petrol was robbed.

If that much petrol was entering the engine it would be flooded and wouldn't start.

Fill the car with a FULL TANK, reset the trip computer and measure the miles covered until empty then refill the tank and use the refill amount to calculate your MPG using an online calculater.

kulareggae

ok should i fill her up to full tank see how much i get out of her atm even round the town its a tenner

mondeo

I had one of them 1.3 lancers before and they are great on petrol, an absolute dog on the move but great on petrol and reliable to.

andyseadog

this thread is epic.

"my car is using lots of petrol"

:rolleyes:

so does mine when i use it lots.

as midnight and john said, its either leaking or has been stolen. 60kms (40 miles) to empty the average full tank would be using a liter per mile roughly speaking and this is just not possible, the engine wouldn't run.

Rackstar

kulareggae wrote: »

hi i recently bought a 1.3 lancer its 99 it has high mileage tho 131,000 miles its drinking petrol like mad i put a full tank in 3 days its gone any one have or had this problem with theirs? and how did you resolve the problem any help appriciated thanks

You aren't having much luck with these cars?? Are you sure that's all the driving you've done??

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=64581777

kulareggae

this a manual lol i remember mazda used 2 drink it as wel