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Posted: Wed May 02, 2007 11:51 pm 
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Ride: ef fairmont turbo

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Location: melbourne
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if your averaging more then 14l/100km then theres defantily somthing wrong. jus try a bunch of little obvious things till it gets better. even try reseting the ecu, just to get a more recent reading.

 

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Posted: Thu May 03, 2007 7:11 pm 
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i am tryin things ive got an ecu(thanx mitch) an 02 sensor and still to get coolant temp and cam angle sensor and hopefully thats what will fix it all

 

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Posted: Thu May 03, 2007 7:22 pm 
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just get the bits from the wreckers lawson.

i drove the au around my area last night and the dte went up 60km.

 

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Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 12:08 am 
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460km to a tank of unleaded mostly city driving. then the dte 80 light came on, and i ended up with 510km before i filled up.

not bad for $18 fix.

 

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 Post subject: Re: Poor Fuel Economy
Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2014 3:16 pm 
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Ride: 2000 au ford falcon

Location: woodend
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i drive a 2000 au falcon ute and i'm getting 200-230 kms per tank
i have changed oxy sensor, plugs/leads, fuel filter, thermostat, injectors, fuel regulator and im stuck on what to do next? can anyone help??
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 Post subject: Re: Poor Fuel Economy
Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2014 4:00 pm 
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What is the car behaving like?

Running rough, underpowered, surging, blowing black smoke? etc.
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 Post subject: Re: Poor Fuel Economy
Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2014 5:25 pm 
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Ride: 2000 au ford falcon

Location: woodend
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Its defiantly under powered and it looses most of its powers at 3500rpm and won't rev any higher than 4000rpm but no black smoke.
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 Post subject: Re: Poor Fuel Economy
Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2014 4:16 pm 
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smoke_ wrote:
The AU I have is getting real poor fuel consumption lately. I'm actually selling it but i want to fix this up first.
I ran a scan tool on it, and it came up with an open circuit knock sensor.
Would this cause poor fuel economy, or is it just a timing thing thats affected?
I also noticed the temp gauge hardly moves at all. Even on a warm day it moves just over the line where C is.

I was thinking of replacing the knock sensor and thermostat first, but the car runs nice and the thermo fans kick in and out as per normal.

Any Ideas??


Hey had a simular issue i was getting 390-410km per tank on 98 fuel.
i changed the o2 sensor
cleaned out my air filter
cleaned out my throttle boddy
I'm now getting 460-470 a tank :)
if your going to change the o2 sensor i would get the NTK o2 sensor, it is $110. its the best on the market and i say it gives results.
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