(G) Petrol Consumption

I have a Fiat Punto 55SX 1996 model and with 1.2 engine...i just got it used and done 80000Km..i filled 46 litres after i got it and i guess there was abt 5 litres in the tank so altohether was abt 50-53 litres..but now the tank is emty and i have done only 440 km! can u please tell me whats wrong? and if nothings wrong then how shoudl i drive toi have good fuel consumtion? i am student so its really ewssential for me!! ) thx alot!

440km = about 250 miles. That's all I get from mine.

BTW, the 55 is a 1108cc engine, i.e. 1.1, not a 1.2

You shoeld avoid revving over about 3krpm, and no heavy acceleration/ braking should cure your problem. All about anticipating when you will need to stop/ start. Town driving also messes up the MPG, so stick to main roads.

deja vu that's exactly what I said where's my post gone !

25mpg?!

Stop start driving etc... could be right?

Jamie, you have had a million cinqs with that engine, the punto is only slightly bigger/heavier, would you have ever come close to 25mpg?? Maybe I am over-estimating the engine.

make sure your tyres are pumped up properly.

low pressure tyres can drop fuel consumption from 35mpg to as little as 20mph if your not carefull.

your tyres should be between 30 and 32psi front and rear (dependant on load).

higher the psi the higher your mpg.

I run 33psi all day long.

Your post is here...

http://www.fiatforum.com/punto/43546-petrol-consupmtion.html

...blame it on the cross-posting for the confusion


As for my Punto 1.2 16v (yr 2000) I can get slightly over 100 miles to every quarter of tank and according to the onboard trip computer, it's about 45mpg - but that's only town driving though, I hardly do any motorway driving with this car.

The way I drive prob pretty close... although most of my Cento time was spent with 1242's

i drive on 2 or 2.5 rpg and then try to go on the 5th about 50-60km when i am driving...this mpg and kmpg is confusing for me..sorry guys..how does it really work..when i was buying the lady who used it said she can do abt 100km for 7litres!!

100km = 62 miles
7 litres = 1.5 gallons

= 42 mpg. It's possible, likely brand new it would do that, but like I said I drive carefully to keep fuel consumption down and never got close to that in mine.

P.S. Why start 2 threads

just was in doubt if it was a genral querry or a techniacal one! thats why 2 threads!

Over my Punto's 4.5 years with me and 60k miles I averaged 50mpg. It's down to how you look after your car, how you drive, where and when. A fiar bit of that was when I commuted 25 miles on main roads and cross country, rarely stopping, and averaging in the low 30's (mph). Tyres pumped up correctly, well serviced, windows usually closed etc... It was noticable when I did some town driving that it would be down a few mpg when I filled up. I used to be able to get 450-500 miles (sometimes over 500!) out of a tank, but that's a Mk2 which has a 47 litre tank (I think I used to put in abotu 44-45 litres for those kind of distances). A big economy thing is to drive smothly.

mk2's do 50mpg easily - mine does too. Pretty sure you won't get a 55 mk1 up to that though!