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Fuel Tank and MPG
Posted: Mon May 07, 2018 11:53 pm
by toadster
Lo Peops
Does a Lude really have a 60 ltr fuel tank
The most I have had to fill my tank with gallons wise is 10.91 gallons or just under 50 ltrs and thats with the warning light coming on a lot.
That would mean I should have more than two gallons left in the tank , I don't know if I would want to risk it
My MPG figures on my Lude has been max 33.29 min 25.61 over last 45k.
How does that compare to you guys
I guess my Lude being an Auto reduces my MPG figures a tad too.
Still seems a bit low for a 2.0i though
Cheers all
Toadster
Posted: Tue May 08, 2018 12:04 am
by RattyMcClelland
Fuel light comes on with around 12 litres remaining so it's correct. 60litre tank.
25-33mpg is about what I got out of both my 2.0i manual 4th gens and my 5th green type S before I supercharged it.
Be happy. My 2016 Euro 6 diesel vw t6 only gets 29mpg. It's bloody awful in this day and age considering my t5 Euro 5 got 35-42mpg. And it's essentially the same van.
Posted: Tue May 08, 2018 12:13 am
by toadster
LO Ratty
Cheers for that matey It's good to know my MPG is about right
TA
Toadster
Posted: Tue May 08, 2018 12:19 am
by Sailor
I'd say the mpg isn't far off for an auto.
As for the tank, I find the same thing, in that 50l is about the max when I think I'm running near empty.
That's not such a bad thing, though. Who knows what's at the bottom of a 20 year old tank waiting to be slurped up?
Posted: Tue May 08, 2018 8:26 am
by wurlycorner
Yep, sounds about right unfortunately. Auto will be making it more thirsty...
Posted: Tue May 08, 2018 8:45 am
by Merlin
I used to monitor the MPG of my 5th gen. 22 mpg with a lot of VTEC but calmed that down to 25-26 after a few years.
My Elgrand 3.5 automatic gets 18 mpg on average.
Posted: Tue May 08, 2018 9:31 am
by simonc
With highly scientific back-of-a-fag-packet calculations, my Prelude seems to return a mid-twenties mpg figure. Mind you, most of that is pootling around / stop-start traffic locally. It seems to do a bit better on the motorways.
Posted: Tue May 08, 2018 10:03 am
by indigolemon
Merlin wrote:My Elgrand 3.5 automatic gets 18 mpg on average.
I'm feeling that pain myself atm, can't seem to get the Legend above 20.6
Posted: Tue May 08, 2018 11:02 am
by toadster
LO All
TA for replies , My 33mpg figure is the best I have had but that was two long trips cruising along
Would be interesting to know how low people have gone tank wise
Cheers
Toadster
Posted: Tue May 08, 2018 11:42 am
by Scott560
i get about 230m to 250m on a tank of what i call normal driving before the light comes on from a fully brimmed tank.