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BA XT Falcon
Join Date: May 2005
Location: QLD
Posts: 33
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I have a Fiesta LX not more than 3 weeks old and have done 180km and have already used a quater of a tank of petrol.
I brought the car from new and am convinced the fuel gauge must be broken or the car uses far more fuel than they tell you. I do a bit of highway and city driving just wondering if anyone can tell me what I should be getting per quater tank. Thanks.
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Death B4 Decaf
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: South Hobart
Posts: 731
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Give it time for the ecu to sort itself out, it gets better. I get about 570km from my Zetec which is nearly a year old. 180km from quarter of a tank = 720km from the whole tank which would be pretty bloody good.
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WP Fiesta LX
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Eastern Suburbs, Sydney
Posts: 117
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I normally get 140km per quater tank (as in 2 of the 8 bars have dissappeared). And I don't drive particularly hard, but most of it is city/suburban.
Technically, assuming that the fuel tank bars go down in equal measurements (which we know they don't normally). Then your range (Distance to Empty) should be 180*4 = 720km. This is for a full 45L of fuel. Now Divide 45L to by 7.2 to give you the L/100km and you are using 6.25L/100km. Now I don't know the official Ford figure but thats pretty close (if not better) from memory. And yes, for a 1.6, the Fiesta GULPS the petrol. But if you bought your Fiesta to save a few bucks on fuel (what? $200/year ![]()
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LPG > You
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Sydney, NSW, Australia
Posts: 4,277
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180km per quarter tank of petrol in the Fiesta = 6.25litres/100km. Which is bloody awesome. In fact, outside of highway driving I'd call it impossible...
On my last fill, my Fiesta averaged 8.81L/100km.
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Regular Member
Join Date: Nov 2006
Posts: 72
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180klms for a quarter of a tank is awesome dude, what did you think you would get out of it, 1000klms (250) or something, you're in dreamland! Expect to get between 550-650klms per tank unless continually thrashed, perhaps less for an auto which would gulp more but we in here dont drive girly autos :-)
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