Honda burning alot of petrol

fire_man

I have a honda civic 1.6 and its burnig alot of petrol lately.about €40 dublin to Limerick.Does that soind alot,What could be the problem,yr of car is 98.Thanks

Nissan doctor

Assuming you've no obvious faults i.e engine light on, misfire etc etc, then on an engine of that age, the first thing to check is that there are no split/damaged or loose vacume pipes.

120 miles, €40 so roughly 21mpg :eek:
It's must have a fault, unless that's there and back on €40 which would be over 40mpg and perfectly acceptable.

fire_man

there is no lights on,i might drop it in for a service this wk,thanks

NapoleonInRags

Based on a petrol cost of €1.55 per litre and a distance from Dublin to Limerick of 200km, that equates to 12.5 litres per 100 km or 22 mpg which does seem a bit thirsty for a 1.6 alright.

fire_man

Ya its €40 just one way,its a killer

Nissan doctor

fire_man wrote: »

there is no lights on,i might drop it in for a service this wk,thanks

Unless its due a service then that will have no effect on your problem unless its hugly overdue.

Leave it in to have the problem diagnosed, then if they find/sort the issue, get it serviced.

fire_man

ok sound for the advice.

fire_man

fire_man wrote: »

Ya its €40 just one way,its a killer

... how long is it like this? did the increase in petrol usage happen all of a sudden?

fire_man

ya iv noticed it for the last few months,i know petrol has gone up but still i used to get alot more out of it before.

fire_man

its a honda civic coupe.

CrowdedHouse

Yesterday on the M7 near Limerick I saw a 98 Civic trying to chase a 97 Ferrari, if that was you OP you're burning oil as well !

NinjaK

I get 34/35 mpg doing motorway driving in my 2.0 civic type r ep3. There must be something up!

Nonoperational

21 mpg is still way below what would be expected for motorway driving, although I'm not quite sure exactly what your trying to say here...

wes31

lambda sensors gone