what's everyone's car fuel consumption

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My 1993 ZX 1.9TD Volcane returns 50ishMPG when driven 46Mile round trip on A-Roads to work and the odd bit of town driving.
My previous 1995 1.0i AX returned somewhere between 45 and 54MPG.
Try my 1995 Land Rover Discovery 3.9i V8. Returns 12-15MPG ! ! OK now running on LPG at 29.9p/litre giving me average of 30-36MPG equiv. !
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My old Xantia averaged 43Mpg over the last 18k miles and the fuel light would come on after I'd used 65 litres of fuel. My new Xantia did 42Mpg on the last tank, and the fuel light came on when I'd used 55 litres of fuel (after brimming).
Is there any way to adjust the fuel gauge so that the light doesnt come on until 65 litres on my '97 Xania?
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By my calculation 65 litres is 14.3 gallons and I don't think the tank is much bigger than this is it?
I think you're lucky not to have run out!
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Post by Kowalski »

I've got a spreadsheet with all of my fuel purchases over the last year, I'll have to check that to see how much fuel I typically bought.
I think the Xantia tank is exactly 14.3 litres, so maybe it was running on vapour or at least getting extremely close.
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My Xantia (see below) needs 7.8 l/100km at 90-100km/hr (13.5 urban)
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<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by Kowalski</i>


Is there any way to adjust the fuel gauge so that the light doesnt come on until 65 litres on my '97 Xania?
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The Xantia's tank is 65litre capacity, and the low level light comes on when it's down to the last 8 litres.
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<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by JohnD</i>

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by Kowalski</i>


Is there any way to adjust the fuel gauge so that the light doesnt come on until 65 litres on my '97 Xania?
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The Xantia's tank is 65litre capacity, and the low level light comes on when it's down to the last 8 litres.
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I did once manage to buy 64.37 litres of diesel so the tank must have been pretty empty then. Typically the fuel light would come on at around 60 litres from full on my old Xantia and comes on at about 55 on my current one.
Have Citroen deliberately changed the fuel gauge to give a bigger margin for error?
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Post by jeroen »

Just for some other fuel numbers:
Highway about 28 mpg
urban shoots up to 21 mpg
I drive a '90 bx tri with LPG conversion . Costs for LPG is about 35-40 eurocents a litre .
Driving on petrol gets me about 36mpg on the highway,urban about 24 mpg , urban in my case is only accelerating and braking + traffic jams wherever possible :( thats what you get in a city
Petrol price about 1.13 euro/litre
Comparing those fuel prices I really laugh at the higher usage for lpg.
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<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by timbo</i>

i dont no how you lot do it, my xantia fuel gauge is probable the worst indicator of how much fuel i've got in the tank,out of all the cars i've had, one minute i'm well over half then it drops like a stone next the warning light comes on then it's out, then the neadles back up over the first mark, i've given up trying to judge it.
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My is also crasy .
First 200 km it not moves at all, than descend slowly, after 1/2 tank drops down, than slowly again.
Any clue regarding reasons / repair? I thought it depends of tank form, but it seems consistent enough.[:(]
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Post by tonyg »

Hi
Fuel consumption? If you floor my XM V6 series two when it's cold on a morning the fuel consumption figures on the computer goes well into single figures. Not bad on the motorway though, best 29mpg at "approx" the legal limit. 80mph 3250rpm well relaxed! Who cares about fuel consumption, Citroens are such good value for money to purchase most of us would have to drive to the moon and back for consumption to be more important than the purchase price.
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I've just filled my Xantia for the first time yesterday and it took 63.12 litres - I only stopped because I was paying cash and reached the number in my pocket. The pump hadn't even hiccoughed so I did check the ground underneath and it was dry! I *had* been admiring the little light for a while.
Petrol consumption is important. I do about 14000 miles a year and a change of 5mpg in consumption can easily costs a more per year than £UK 20000 hike in purchase price amortised over the life of the car.
I'm looking forward to the improvement from 36mpg in my elderly BX14 to (hopefully) 45mpg in the 1.9TD Xantia. Actually running my car costs nearly as much as the house which is probably only fair as I seem to spend more time in it.
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Post by AWG »

Hmmmm.... finger trouble I see.
para 2 the £UK20000 should be £UK2000 otherwise moon and back *is* a viable option.
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Nope. Just used my fingers for counting and even at £UK20000 the moon isn't on at 385,000km one way.
Must stop replying to my own post - my diary had summertime ending NEXT week and I've got to do something now I've got up.
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Post by simonelsey »

Ive got a xsara 2.0 hdi estate 90bhp , just recently went to wales from Hastings and back round trip of 590 miles on about 44 litres , Ive worked out a return of about 60 miles per gallon.
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Post by benji27 »

I get on average 27mpg on my XM v6, 22ish around town and up to 32 on a run, hows that?
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