Help: poor mileage - Familia 323 Glxi A/T

[Virgin Bulate]

i assume this is old issue to you dudes, but as for myself...ah love my car, but 6km/li (even less) is just too tough for me.

...i've already done the ff:

- tune-up
- replaced plugs, filters (air, fuel, oil?)
- proper tire pressure (30psi on a 15"x55x195?)
- correct driving habits
- removed excess baggage

...sadly though, improvement hardly significant...is this normal with this car?

i'd appreciate any more suggestions!

[1D4LV]

i think its still in the average consumption sa mazda familia na glxi na at.

pero baka may paraan pa. try using havoline energy. might give a "slight" fuel savings pa.

tapos pwede mo ring palitan pa ng aftermarket air filters, gaya nung isang thread dito.

http://www.tsikot.com/forums/showthr...&threadid=5684

http://www.havoline.com/products/aa/...il_energy.html

[FrankDrebin]

Carbon Clean?

[caloyski5]

www.protegetech.org

[Virgin Bulate]

happy gilmore:
yep, i've read the thread about AFs, nagpalit nga ka'gad ako ng simota e, i think veeery slight increase in power and mileage. about havoline, kaka-patuneup ko lang but i'm considering trying that oil, baka nga mag-improve like you say (anybody care to second this?)...

FrankDrebin:
carbon? not familiar eh, drive lang alam ko nasanay kasi sa bnew. enlighten me please!

thanks for all the info dudes!

[1D4LV]

virgin (i like your handle pre). magkano nagastos mo sa simota mo?

[mbt]

virgin,

1.6 yung familia diba? mababa nga iyang 6 km/L...

if you're travelling along routes clogged heavily with traffic, you really can't do anything. even a 1.0 L engine gets zero km/L idling in traffic... in case traffic nga yung problema, you might be better off using alternate routes or scheduling trips during non-peak hours

[sauman]

virgin, minsan nasa traffic talaga ang problema, yung sa akin naglalaro ang mileage ko ng 6.5 kms/liter to as low as 4.92km/liter (civic 1.6 SiR), lahat na rin kasi ginawa ko pero grabe talaga kasi ang traffic sa daily route ko( sampaloc - binondo) halos di na nga ako nakakagamit ng kahit 4th gear sa isang linggo e, bihira naman kasi ako mag drive sa highway at halos gapang ang andar ng mga dinadaanan ko. Pero driving the same route using a corolla xe(1.3) e 6.7 to 5.5 kms per liter din lang mileage ko kahit pa ano gawin ko. Bad trip talaga kasi ang traffic dito sa metropolis.

[ssaloon]

i dont mean to be a smartass or anything, but i think the more appropriate term would be fuel economy

[sequoia]

try mo maglagay ng k&N o simota, then lagyan mo ng turbo stormy, then post mo yung result. medyo tumipid yung sakin 12-13km/L (H-way), city drive 6-7km/L. 9years old car nga pala. 2.0 na A/T. pero importante rin driving style mo.

[ssaloon]

yup, i agree with the driving style. lalo na sa traffic condition, kung stop and go traffic ka, talo tayo don! :sad:

[ownertype]

mga pards paano mo malalaman ilang Kms per Liter ang consumo ng auto?

[vinj]

Given our traffic conditions, its really normal to see a car doing 6-7km/L nowadays. Even my diesel pick-up hits 7+km when it gets stuck in the city and i drive it a bit hard between stoplights.

You can try retarding your timing by around 2deg or so then stick to regular unleaded... maybe this could help a bit.

Driving the car in the city with no highway drving can make the car less fuel efficient as the carbon builds up in the engine.

[Virgin Bulate]

happy: tnx dude!....ung filter lang mismo pinalitan ko, 600, banawe.

mbt: good pt. but thing is, weekends ko na lang ginagamit oto ko, light traffic yung 5-6km/li, even highways (e.g. c5, roxas blvd., marcos hway)...but to hear sauman say na as low as 4.9km/li yung 1.6 nya...di naman pala ako nag-iisa!

sequoia: installed it (turbo) too, i dunno about 'economy', but i can attest, gumanda hatak kahit papano.

maybe i'll take happy's word, average na nga siguro yun sa familia, based na rin on your replies.

salamat pipol!

[M]

try posting your querry sa protegetech ...
www.13zero1.com/forum/

[mbt]

virgin,

mukhang walang problema sa oto ni sauman kasi sa heavy traffic siya dumadaan. since you use the car in light traffic and still get dismal fuel economy, baka problem na sa oto mo iyan.

5 km/L for a 1.6L in heavy traffic is understandable, but 5 km/L in light traffic is a bit extreme...

[ghosthunter]

Originally posted by Virgin Bulate
i assume this is old issue to you dudes, but as for myself...ah love my car, but 6km/li (even less) is just too tough for me.

...i've already done the ff:

- tune-up
- replaced plugs, filters (air, fuel, oil?)
- proper tire pressure (30psi on a 15"x55x195?)
- correct driving habits
- removed excess baggage

...sadly though, improvement hardly significant...is this normal with this car?

i'd appreciate any more suggestions!

The Mazda 323 GLXi Familia really isn't the most fuel efficient car. We used to own one but sold it recently because we were getting a new car. Everything else about it is pretty good except fuel efficiency.

[sauman]

Originally posted by ownertype
mga pards paano mo malalaman ilang Kms per Liter ang consumo ng auto?

sa next time na magkarga ka ng gas make sure na full tank ito at i-reset mo ang iyong odometer back to zero. Then sa next time kang magpa gas make sure ulit na ipa-full tank ito (make sure na pareho rin ang pagpa full tank mo meaning kung dati ay sagad na sagad ang pagka-full tank dapat ganito rin yung next mong full tank). Then compute mo na yung gas consumption mo by using this formula: odometer reading (ie. 200kms.) divide by no. of liters na ikinarga mo (ie. 20 liters) by this given example ang gas mileage ng oto ay 10kms/liter.

[Auto_Xer]

Change to 195/60-15 tires or even to the tire profile found on the current crop of "big" tired 1600's.

The Mazda's final drive is so low(relatively when compared to other cars) that you can get better fuel economy by using bigger outside diameter tires, while only affecting acceleration slightly.

Going from 196/55-15 to 195/60 will already get you a 3-4% increase inf fuel economy.

The cosmetic's may suck though.

[phillipogi]

just had my worst gas consumption ever on my accord vti. a little less than 4km/li!!!! siguro mga 3.8km/liter!! thats for this week. Ewan ko bakit bigla ganito, i usually get 5.5-6.5km/li eh!!

oo nga pala, for evaluation nyo, my car is equipped with K&N cone type filter, straight exhaust and free flow muffler. m/t din sya, and has shell helix ultra oil in the engine (halfway to change oil pa lang).