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MJTDo you really rev it up to 4000 rpm..?
Just filled the car (4th fill). Put 44.26l into it (shortly after the fuel light came on). Filled it, as per usual, to the first click. However, did it at a different servo to all the other times. In the first 3 fills it was filled to the first click and took nigh on 43l exactly.Anyway, used 44l in around 650km for 6.4l/100km.This included one 350km round trip to Melbourne which also included Melbourne metro driving and local driving.I'm doing my best to drive it conservatively to see if I can hit the (seemingly) mythical sub 5l/100km economy. But to no avail, it seems.According to Acar, my Android phone car app, I'm pretty well averaging 6.2-6.4l/100 km.Now, either I'm flogging it compared to you guys, which then I have to assume that you all drive your cars like pussies given how I'm driving mine, or perhaps someone is exaggerating their vehicles' economy or that I have something wrong with mine.But I am stumped if I can figure out how to get it down to 4.5l/100km which is Hyundai's advertised fuel consumption figure.The difference between advertised and attained, for me is about $20 a tank based on diesel being $1.45 a litre.Or around 255km a tank.There's a scheduled service at 7,500km. It's not a "compulsory" service by Hyundai, but I might get it done, depending on what they do and what it costs. I'll get them to check the economy. Dunno what I can do about it, as it's one performance factor that's highly variable if they say "sorry, your problem...."
A few recommendations, have you thought of filing to the brim instead of 1st click.
Secondly, does your car have trip computer to give you average speed. I use this on a tank by tank basis.
Yeah, I've thought about it. However, wouldn't there be MORE foaming as you continue to force feed it?Not sure how it can affect my calculations, as I'm entering in actual amount filled and distance travelled. And as my Acar data tells me, each fill is around the 43l mark shortly after the low level light comes on and I'm putting in about the same amount each time.If I fill it to the brim, then that means that for that fill at least, the consumption calcs will be innaccurate as it will have seen that fill period as being heavy consumption. Subsequent ones will be fine, though.And given that the fuel gauge shows FULL when I stop at the first click, how will DTE calcs be affected if there's an extra, say, 10l going in that it can't compensate for?
When filling i just fill it. I always use the premium diesels
It's supposed to have more injector cleaners and stuff in it and some reckon it gives the CRDi a bit more go or that they run a bit smoother and quiter (that is right isn't it Russ?) We only got it down here after I traded ours ..
Oh sorry, yeah probably (I didn't realise you hadn't used it at all) Strange how Tassie has it now and Gippsland doesn't This explains it a bit...http://www.caltex.com.au/productsandservices/pages/vortexpremiumfuels.aspx