How to compute my km/L gas consumption

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How to compute KM/L gas consuption

[Taurus]

There are forums that explains FC (fuel consumption) computation.


Try the search thread function.


BTW, welcome po sa tsikot.

[niky]

1. Go to gasoline station. (preferably near your house).

2. Reset trip meter. (it's the sub-function of the odometer (kilometers) display on your dashboard... check your manual on how to do it, but it's usually just a matter of holding down the button to reset it.)

3. Fill tank to the automatic cut-off (I.E.: "first click lang po")

4. Drive around as normal for a day or two... however long it takes you to use up the gasoline. The most accurate way to do this measurement is to use a full tank of gas, but if you can't wait that long, a half-tank is good enough.

5. Fill the tank again at the exact same pump... hopefully at the same time of day. ("first click lang po..." don't let them top it off to the brim)

6. Take the distance travelled on the trip-meter, then divide by the number of liters it takes to fill the tank again. That's your km/l consumption.

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Take note: Your car's odometer is not accurate. Many odometers read a bit fast (around 1-5%). Thus, your km/l reading will be inaccurate by a little bit. I've gauged my odometer as being about 5% slow (against a GPS device), so when I measure 9 km/l, it's actually about 9.5.

If you don't have a GPS device, the only way to gauge odometer error is to check it against the kilometer markers on a smooth, level road (like sections of the NLEX). If there are hills, though, the KM markers go off a bit, too...

[proxies]

panong first click sir? sorry d ko po kc alam

[fourtheboys96]

pag malapit na mapuno yung gas tank mo, automatic na magstop yung paglagay ng gas from the pump. may click sound yun.

that first click doesnt mean your tank is full up to the brim. that is why most gasoline boy will ask you if you want to fill it up to the brim or not.

dun sa mehod na nadecribe, stop ka na dun sa first click.

[niky]

Haha... na-explain na pala ni fourtheboys...

You should never fill to the brim... it's dangerous, and potentially bad for your paint if it spills over.

It's also inaccurate in doing gas measurements... just let the pump decide what's full and use the exact same pump for the refill, so the automatic shut-off occurs at the same level.

[paul_kersey]

so yung first click na yun eh yun ba yung handle ng gas cable ba tawag doon pag puno na? sensya na wala akong alam sa first click din eh...hehehe.

[Bogeyman]

Titigil nang kusa yung pump pag puno na ang tangke mo; it will indicate so through a clicking sound. Pag tinanong ka ng gas attendant kung sagad ang gusto mo, just say no.

[paul_kersey]

Titigil nang kusa yung pump pag puno na ang tangke mo; it will indicate so through a clicking sound. Pag tinanong ka ng gas attendant kung sagad ang gusto mo, just say no.

ah ganoon ba yun...so bawal pala ipasagad kapag magpapa-full tank ka...

thanks sa inyo mga sir at may natutunan nanaman akong bagong LESSON nito...hehehe..Im proud to be a Tsikot.com member...dami ka talaga matutunan dito, di ako nagkamaling sumali dito...ang problema ko na lang ay paano makakuha ng sticker...hehehehe..anyway! thanks ulit!

[HardCharger]

Just tell the gas boy to fill up your tank up to automatic.

They'll know what it means.

Besides, it's bad to fill up your tank to the brim.

You have to leave room for your fuel to expand.

Hope this helps.

:regards:

[OTEP]

Yep. Don't fill to the brim. You need some air space to account for fuel vapor/expansion.

That's why there's an automatic stop.

[jundogg]

hello guys. thanks for the info.

im just wondering since hindi na gumagana ang odometer ko, how will i compute my fuel consumption?

TIA

[niky]

Impossible to say. You can guess by marking off how long your daily route is, and estimate it from there... but the various side trips (parking, gas station, bathroom breaks) will make this inaccurate.

Best way? Fix your odometer...

[ghosthunter]

hello guys. thanks for the info.

im just wondering since hindi na gumagana ang odometer ko, how will i compute my fuel consumption?

TIA

Best way to compute your fuel milage with a broken odometer? Easy, get it fixed first, like Niky said.

[siacojin]

Does the mag size affect the odometer reading? kasi nagcompute na rin ako ng fuel consumption ko at nasa 9km/l sya pero naka 17'' mags ako so do i have to add or subtract something?

[tph]

just bear in mind that there would be approx 5-7 liters difference between a tank filled to the brim as compared to the automatic stop. for accurate fuel consumption, you need to fill your car up to the brim...

and pagdating sa tires and rims, remember na calibrated yung odo natin for the stock tires and rims, so once you change it, hindi na sya 100% accurate.

[_Qwerty_]

as the others said.. hindi advisable na pupunuin nang sagad at may tendency na tumapon..

what you can do is go to the same station.. go to the same pump.. at don ka mag full tank (automatic lang).. so ang kakalabasan non eh exactly the same full tank as your last fill.

just bear in mind that there would be approx 5-7 liters difference between a tank filled to the brim as compared to the automatic stop. for accurate fuel consumption, you need to fill your car up to the brim...

[meledson]

Yep. Don't fill to the brim. You need some air space to account for fuel vapor/expansion.

That's why there's an automatic stop.

Nagpapa gas ako na sagad. paglabas ko ng office sa gabi, duon ako nagpapa gas. OK lang sa akin ang sagad, kasi mga 45 Km pa ang layo ng bahay ko. Almost 4 liters din ang mababawas.

6 to 7 days bago ko nauubos ang full tank.

[_Qwerty_]

tipid naman nyan.. so mga 450+ kms per full tank ka meledson?

[meledson]

tipid naman nyan.. so mga 450+ kms per full tank ka meledson?

Typically 450 Km+. Best ko ay 546 Km ang 1 full tank. 15.51 Km per liter. Worst ko ay 405 Km. 11.53 Km per liter. Depende talaga sa traffic. Mixed hiway ang city ang FC na iyan.