higher fuel consumption

[Mrk_Mickey]

When filling up last saturday night, with my usual BP ultimate at my usual store for the stupidly high usual price, I threw in 100mL of injector cleaner I got off my mechanic.

Since then, I've noticed my fuel consumption reading is up near the high 13's, sometimes down in the 12's too. Compare this to last week, average low 12's to even low 10/9's, and I've got myself one annoying little issue..

I thought to myself, surely it can't be this little amount of injector cleaner making the engine SO much cleaner that it gulps this much more fuel...can it? I'm just not sure if anything else has happened..Can someone shed some light onto this, if they've heard of/experienced similar things?

[gpk_gti]

when was the last time you properly cleaned your injectors??

have you noticed better response with this higher fuel usage?

[DubSteve]

Is this the same mechanic that charged you like $500 extra for sitting on his ass and telling you fibs?

[Mrk_Mickey]

Lol it was the same mechanic who did my hose for $260, the only mechanic I've been to so far. It's a good injector cleaner, the grade they use in workshop so I could only use one third of the bottle. I think I have noticed more response, albeit very slight if at all. But it doesn't feel like it's using that much more fuel, cause I thought with such a jump I would have noticed it heaps.

Unfortunately I'm actually not sure when the injectors were cleaned last. I got her in December.

[99gti]

A higher RON fuel also works well to keep the injectors nice and clean...

What grade fuel do you use?

[Mrk_Mickey]

BP Ultimate. Should be 98, right?

[gpk_gti]

your injectors have probably never been cleaned,hense,you have no cleaned them and now you are getting the consumption and power you should get with driving a vr6.and.... being p plater with a heavy foot!!! hahahaha

[william]

welcome to the world of owning a vr6 emply pockets

[Mrk_Mickey]

Lol but it's not much of a power increase, I don't think so anyway. I don't leadfoot it all the time either especially seeing as I just got my licence..

[gpk_gti]

my fuel consumption on my new vr6 was at least 14+!! admittedly my foot was always to the floor.
your greatest point of fuel consumption is giving it stick on take off.

I dont see a issue here,you used injector clean,the injectors are now clean and your reaping the benefit.