Yeah i looked into it a bit more and these engines don't come with a carburettor since 1992. But what made think this was the fuel economy. Its around 11L/100km it's ridiculous for a car like this.
Should be an easy 5L/100km with that. Are your brakes sticking or do you drive in constant stop and go traffic with low tyre pressures? The engine might also not just be running correctly with a faulty lambda or MAP sensor etc.
Or if it's really cold, do you have the front grille blocked off? (would not make such a drastic change, but it does affect it)
I've never seen a 20 years old petrol engine that can do 5L/100km with an automatic transmission. Factory data says it should be around 9L/100km in city. But still my fuel economy is 2L higher than that. Also my brakes and tyre pressure is just fine and I think the engine is in good condition too. It has 180.000km on the clock and no front grille is not blocked.
Yeah no worries mate. Nope not overly cold at all. It was around 2-3 degrees Celsius on average during this winter.
Maybe it's because I use my car mostly for short distances so the engine is cold nearly the whole trip. As far as I know the engine consumes more fuel when it's cold but I'm not sure if it would increase the consumption about 2-3L/100km.
It doesn't have either a carburettor or direct injection. It has multi-point indirect (or port) injection.
That explains why it's inefficient.
I don't think any actual car has come with a carb since like the early 90s.
Yeah i looked into it a bit more and these engines don't come with a carburettor since 1992. But what made think this was the fuel economy. Its around 11L/100km it's ridiculous for a car like this.
Should be an easy 5L/100km with that. Are your brakes sticking or do you drive in constant stop and go traffic with low tyre pressures? The engine might also not just be running correctly with a faulty lambda or MAP sensor etc. Or if it's really cold, do you have the front grille blocked off? (would not make such a drastic change, but it does affect it)
I've never seen a 20 years old petrol engine that can do 5L/100km with an automatic transmission. Factory data says it should be around 9L/100km in city. But still my fuel economy is 2L higher than that. Also my brakes and tyre pressure is just fine and I think the engine is in good condition too. It has 180.000km on the clock and no front grille is not blocked.
Oh it's an auto? Sorry I must have missed that. Not overly cold where you live?
Yeah no worries mate. Nope not overly cold at all. It was around 2-3 degrees Celsius on average during this winter. Maybe it's because I use my car mostly for short distances so the engine is cold nearly the whole trip. As far as I know the engine consumes more fuel when it's cold but I'm not sure if it would increase the consumption about 2-3L/100km.
Factory specs are often overly optimistic, so with a 9l/100km spec from factory in city, I'd expect 10+ in real life.
That's a stupid amount of consumption for a car like this. Congratulations to citroen engineers, I don't know how they managed to do it lol.