Range to Empty

[sumbrownkid]

My car: Hey driver fuel is low. Wat r u doin? Driver, Stahp.

 

[Murcie_LP640]

Well filled up the next day.

Had 1 liter left and the tank holds 50liters.

That would be merely what it's quoted at, right?

The CU2 Accord Euro is rated at a 60L fuel tank but we've run it that low on a couple of occasions that filling the tank actually takes ~65 litres.

 

[Liquid]

The pedant in me needs to correct a few things here

First, I think the VTEC-e is technically a 1.5, rather than a 1.6. The 1.6 they dropped in that era of Civic was just a plain-old single-cam VTEC.

The "e" bit also means it drops a valve in each cylinder, rather than a whole cylinder too. I.e. it uses 12 valves, rather than all 16. Below 2k rpm or so in 3/4/5th under light load, I seem to recall from driving that engine in the 3-door hatch.

All of that aside, that sounds awfully low mileage (sorry, MPG - I speak 'Merican these days) for that car. You should have a 55-litre (12.1 UK gallon) fuel tank (not really that small for a car of that size).

Let's say that including some pessimism in the gauge meaning you're using around 5 gallons in that half tank instead of 6, you're only doing 26 mpg (UK). Hell, even if the gauge is really pessimistic* and that 1/2 tank corresponds to 4 gallons, you're still only doing 32.5 (UK), from a car that has an official combined figure of 41 (UK).

Even the actual 1.6 (which again, I'm fairly sure yours isn't if it has the green "eco" light) is supposed to get 36mpg (UK).

Either way, low thirties and below from your car sounds awry unless you literally spend all your time on gridlocked short journeys. If it's not that, then either your driving style isn't really working, or it needs a jolly good tinker with to make it healthy again.


* Let's hope it is. If you're using a genuine 6 gallons from that 12-gallon tank, you're getting 21mpg, in which case I suggest giving up your Civic and buying a Corvette instead, as it'll be more economical

Not a problem sir, I always enjoy your in depth postings.

I do have a 1.5, the 1.6 was a typo on my own part.

Everything I've described about my fuel consumption is accurate, and I have long had suspicions about my poor fuel consumption according to the fuel dial. Either it's true, and I am getting Corvette mileage, or the dial is wrong and I'm unwittingly pouring fuel into a tank which doesn't need it. That said, to reiterate, according to my dashboard, I get £25 for half a tank at ~£1.35 a litre, which completely disappears after 130 miles.

All this is encouraging me to send this thing back to the auction house and invest in an Alfa 147. But until I get a steady income and a permanent address, it'll remain a pipe dream, what with these insurance prices and all...