thirsty car!!!

[toms_vtr]

well i seem to have a problem with my fuel!!
my VTR is doing 40 miles to £10 of fuel :n:
and a couple of people told me that i should change the lamba sensor before the cat! how many lamba sensors are in my exhaust system?
plus anything you could think of which is making my car drink fuel?
thanks

[raunchz]

mk1 should have one lambda sensor.

[dan-dan]

has it had a good service recently my mk2 vtr i put a 10er in it this morning and done 30 miles the fuel gauge has not moved yet

[MikeyN_VTSAX]

thats good!!! my mk1 VTS will do about 30miles on a tenner lol :(

[saxojamesb]

lol my fuel gauge is but i do 30miles to a ull tank lol.go to ill it up and can only get a fiver in

[stompin-sarah]

mines the same at the moment and i havent got a clue why its doing it :(

[stuchad]

im gettin about 70 miles for my ten spot.
thats only about 32mpg so im told.
your fuel filter isnt leaking is it???

[SaxoJamie]

How do you drive it :P This plays a big part in how much fuel your car uses. Are you doing loads of short journeys in town? maybe give the car a service if it's not been done for a while. Is the exhaust system ok? If it is blowing before the cat this will be sending the lambda crazy and overfuelling it. Get it on diagnostic see if anything specific comes up before you start changing sensors. All I can think of top of my head. Maybe run some redex through it in the meantime :y:

[stompin-sarah]

i do alot of town driving but i used to get around 360 miles to full tank now im only gettin around 250??

car had service on friday too

also been smelling petrol through the heaters as well lately?

helllllllllpppp?

[koolchick]

I once reset my milage counter when fuel was at half way and it did about 100 mile before light came on to say low fuel. I have noticed petrol in my SX goes down a lot quicker than diesel did in my 106. I have reset my milage counter today again at half way so will see how many miles I get before light comes on.

[stompin-sarah]

i always reset my counter when i fill up to the top!

[peebee]

If ur spark plugs are shot, you be drinking big time too! Something else to check i guess!

[stevo67]

Smelling petrol you say,check the fuel lines for leaks.


Steve.

[saxo_kid18]

try chaniging the filters and change oil plugs etc my new vtr engine does 80miles+ to £10

[Psycho18]

lol tom i made a thread the other day because my mk1 vtr was doing 50miles to a tenner but yours is even worse :panic: I'm going to get my garage to have a look at it this week when i get a new cambelt fitted. Will let you know what my garage says

[baker556]

i did 110 miles to a tenner the other day and i wasnt sitting around driving either...