2009 150 GXL with 100k on the clock. Car has been running fine but getting a little thirsty lately, I put this down to the ongoing mods I've been adding such as Bigger BFG all terrains, Roof Rack, Awning.
I've had it 2 years, when I got it (70k) I was getting around high 10's to mid 11's (lph) running around town to work and similar on freeway. More recently that number has increased to high 12's to 13.
The injectors were original, but despite them seeming fine (one was reading high 2's feeback value, the others were 1.x) I decided to get them swapped and get the intake area cleaned out, and a service done at the same time.
First thing noticed after the work was slightly less rattle, it didn't rattle much before but it's quieter now. Then on the way home I reset the fuel usage readings to see if things had improved. First part of the trip was 80kmh zone with some lights every km or so, then about 10km of freeway. fuel reading was showing 9.7 lph after this. I reset the reading and The second part of my drive home is inner suburbs so mainly 50-60km zones with plenty of stop start for lights and traffic where I managaed 8.6 lph.
I assume I wont average this every day but I have not seen fuel use this low on this car with the mods ever so I am very pleased with the improvement. This weekend I'm going to be towing my 4mtr boat with camping gear and 1 passenger to Gippsland, last time I did that I averaged around 12 lph so see how it goes this time. Will update next week.
I've had it 2 years, when I got it (70k) I was getting around high 10's to mid 11's (lph) running around town to work and similar on freeway. More recently that number has increased to high 12's to 13.
The injectors were original, but despite them seeming fine (one was reading high 2's feeback value, the others were 1.x) I decided to get them swapped and get the intake area cleaned out, and a service done at the same time.
First thing noticed after the work was slightly less rattle, it didn't rattle much before but it's quieter now. Then on the way home I reset the fuel usage readings to see if things had improved. First part of the trip was 80kmh zone with some lights every km or so, then about 10km of freeway. fuel reading was showing 9.7 lph after this. I reset the reading and The second part of my drive home is inner suburbs so mainly 50-60km zones with plenty of stop start for lights and traffic where I managaed 8.6 lph.
I assume I wont average this every day but I have not seen fuel use this low on this car with the mods ever so I am very pleased with the improvement. This weekend I'm going to be towing my 4mtr boat with camping gear and 1 passenger to Gippsland, last time I did that I averaged around 12 lph so see how it goes this time. Will update next week.
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