Hello,

I got a Brava 1999 1.6 100 sx petrol. I have a huge consumption it is about 20 mpg. I changed all the filters and the sparkling plug. I dont have any leakage. does any one know which type of sensor do we have on this brava : MAF, MAP, lamba sensor, flow meter, throttle postion ? is that possible that one of these sensors is the origin of my problem?

I am also feeling something, when I put a little on the petrol, the engine speed decrease to 500 rpm that it increases. I dont have a problem of acceleration but I feel that the car is heavy.

If I change the sensors by myself, do I need to reset the ECU or what will happen ?

Finally, does someone have the technical document and how can I get it ?

Thank you all

If you are talking about urban consumption, I'd say it's normal, slightly high, but not sceary...
I know that you don't have airflow meter, 1.6 is free of them..

Before I put my question, I searched and generaly this is car is not a petrol eating machine. What I mean, everyone says that it is around 40 mpg. If that happen I will be very happy

My 1.6 tends to drink the juice around town, on a long journey it can do 350miles on a full tank. Just drive her steady. Watch that right foot!!

Hi all,

I just observed that my car take too long (20 minutes) to heat up ( in the middle between c and H). is that normal ? can it be the source of my petrol consumption ? I would like to add that I drive only for 30 minutes per trip.

My hgt had same prob bout year ago high fuel consumption ended up bein the thermostat bp it was running too cold and therefore running on choke all time and using more fuel so just check thermostat too

Could a faulty tempurature sensor cause poor fuel consumption too? I went out for a drive last night and drove as carefully and gently as i could. I did 15 miles and it burnt about 4litres of petrol!