Done FC Testing at TC Ubi on 29 March 08

[sengkang]

Hi Fellow Lations, Just like to share this experience. Still cannot understd why there's differences. I have not been getting good FC since the day I got my Latio. (Been 2 years since).
Have been complaining to TC that my FC is ard 10.2km/l (Average) (Route: 40%highway, 60% city).On my 40k svc, advice decided to recommend FC testing for me. With all the devices hookedup, we dove to the road opposite a Polytechinc in Tampines. From there, I drove my car for 1 litre based on the device that was hookup by tC & went ard tampines. The reading for 1 litre (city driving) was 14.9km/Litre! Then we went towards TPE & U-turn back at Yio Cho Kang
& back to Ubi by TPE again. THe reading for highway was 18.7km/Litre!
Shocking results but I dont seem to get these results at all in my driving!
I alway top-up fully with extra pumps after pump auto stop & zero my metering readings before driving off & results are always constant at ard 10.2-10.7km/l!
The FC Tester said our style of FC reading not accurate at all!
Did anyone here went for FC testing before? I am convinenced that my way of measuring FC is correct becos my fuel light lited ard 320-360km & everyone have always been saying the we have reserve of ard 10Litres left. I usually topup ard 32-36Litres also.
Very puzzle on the FC testing results!
 

[Jazz]

Your FC seem bad. My half tank can run est 250km and top up est 20L of fuel, so my FC is about 12.5km/l with 80% city driving. 

[eclaire]

hi jazz, my fc also no gd... full tank can drive up abt 6 days...abt 250km also. somemore i drive 90% highway.

[mindman]

hi jazz, my fc also no gd... full tank can drive up abt 6 days...abt 250km also. somemore i drive 90% highway.

your full tank is only 250km ???? normally our half tank can hit 200-220 easily  sure or not ???

cheers

[CustomGolf]

hi jazz, my fc also no gd... full tank can drive up abt 6 days...abt 250km also. somemore i drive 90% highway.

I don't think I would consider driving only 41.6km both ways highway driving. Distance is short so it's natural that the FC go up. but 250km for a full tank is out of this world for a latio.

[beluga]

My FC is around 12.5kml too. On my last pump, I calculated it was around 13 kml.

The FC Tester said our style of FC reading not accurate at all!

BS laa... how difficult can it be? on each gas pump, reset the meter to 0 until next gas pump, see how much has been pumped.

distant run/gas pumped = kml

How difficullt or wrong could that be????

[Jazz]

hi jazz, my fc also no gd... full tank can drive up abt 6 days...abt 250km also. somemore i drive 90% highway.

The only assumption is your car still new and run-in period right ? No worry. 

[sengkang]

My FC is around 12.5kml too. On my last pump, I calculated it was around 13 kml.

BS laa... how difficult can it be? on each gas pump, reset the meter to 0 until next gas pump, see how much has been pumped.

distant run/gas pumped = kml

How difficullt or wrong could that be????

Thats exactly what i did whenever I top up each week!  I usually hit 100Km on 3/4 tank & 200 at 1/2 tank then 300 at 1/4 tank. What I dont understd is how come TC FC testing can get such good FC readings? They were using the vehicle odometer to read the distance travelled & monitoring the petrol consumed.

I am still convinced that my FC is very bad despite this testing done at TC!

[Carmodz]

yup, same with sengkang, my best record was a mere 12.5km/l and thats during the run in period somemore.

i complained and same thing, brought me out for a test drive. went to top up till the brim, and went on expressway and back to the same station. clocked 16.Xkm/L. So i lost the war, the foreman jus looked at me, bling bling and said, OK wat...wah i suck thumb..

the tip he thought me was rev it up to 2.5k rpm, and keep it there till ur desired speed. thereafter, release the accelerator and try to cruise below 2k.

explanation for revving at 2.5k was that u wont be "dragging" the gear, or simply put, the gear changes quicker, u reach ur desired speed faster, and hence wont step on the accelerator as much...

anyway, been 3 yrs now, been clocking 10+ km/L. Good days about 11+km/L

[ket]

Hi Fellow Lations, Just like to share this experience. Still cannot understd why there's differences. I have not been getting good FC since the day I got my Latio. (Been 2 years since).
Have been complaining to TC that my FC is ard 10.2km/l (Average) (Route: 40%highway, 60% city).On my 40k svc, advice decided to recommend FC testing for me. With all the devices hookedup, we dove to the road opposite a Polytechinc in Tampines. From there, I drove my car for 1 litre based on the device that was hookup by tC & went ard tampines. The reading for 1 litre (city driving) was 14.9km/Litre! Then we went towards TPE & U-turn back at Yio Cho Kang
& back to Ubi by TPE again. THe reading for highway was 18.7km/Litre!
Shocking results but I dont seem to get these results at all in my driving!
I alway top-up fully with extra pumps after pump auto stop & zero my metering readings before driving off & results are always constant at ard 10.2-10.7km/l!
The FC Tester said our style of FC reading not accurate at all!
Did anyone here went for FC testing before? I am convinenced that my way of measuring FC is correct becos my fuel light lited ard 320-360km & everyone have always been saying the we have reserve of ard 10Litres left. I usually topup ard 32-36Litres also.
Very puzzle on the FC testing results!
 

So high 14.9/L and 18.7/L, where got so high? Think they got do something to the FC Tester.

[Symbolic]

Wapiang, FC 14.9 ~ 18.7km/l  , can beat MT Vios flat flat....." Bo Ko Leng "  ........zzzzz

[ket]

Wapiang, FC 14.9 ~ 18.7km/l  , can beat MT Vios flat flat....." Bo Ko Leng "  ........zzzzz

Ya lor 200% confirm cannot be.

[beluga]

Wapiang, FC 14.9 ~ 18.7km/l  , can beat MT Vios flat flat....." Bo Ko Leng "  ........zzzzz

Haha.... if 18 kml, that's better than Civic Hybrid man!

[leolooi]

Haha.... if 18 kml, that's better than Civic Hybrid man!

impossible lah can get 14kml already can hide one corner and laugh liao lor....

[latioboy91]

impossible lah can get 14kml already can hide one corner and laugh liao lor....

ahhem leo!!
My dad got it b4 lei... haha...

Some bros here are getting 15... but they are the highway kind.

[elton_897]

hi jazz, my fc also no gd... full tank can drive up abt 6 days...abt 250km also. somemore i drive 90% highway.

Waaahhhh bro you floor it right?

[ket]

hi jazz, my fc also no gd... full tank can drive up abt 6 days...abt 250km also. somemore i drive 90% highway.

Think like this got problem, better go and check it out.

[priyana]

Hi guys,

I did my averaging over 3 tanks.
That means when I pump to full, I reset the meter like you guys do. But on next pump, I didn't immediately take the reading.
Only 2 more pumps after that, and I adds up all the litres and calculate.
That way I think I minimize the differences of the way pump attendants do their fill up?
I get 12km/l , 50% city, 50% highway.

[joyrob]

for me, i get average 15km/litre.. last month my record is about 16km/l

but my driving is about 70% highway.. and i dun really floor to more than 2.3k rpm... the car started out smooth and slow, but who cares..

[maxngck]

hi!

i did complaint to lok yang service centre b4. but guess what's their answer to me?

"Sir, we cant really do much about it. what we can do is to retune ur engine. we are not able to change any parameter inside as he computer setting is optimized".....................

did the retune 2 times and i really gv up hope on them liao. FC never improve after tuning . so no point complain to them lah  

wat i m doing now is to try out different grade of petrol. at 1st pumping shell 95. b4 1st 1k service, always achieved > 12 km/l. but after that became <12km/l . then now pumping 98. my fc now is >12 km/l (85-90 % HW). i will be going back to 95 again after finishing this tank. if fc become bad using 95, then will stick to 98 lor. may oso wan to try other brand of petrol as i heard different petrol different formula (additive).