V35 Skyline - Fuel Economy

[sonicii]

That is extreme.. I don't do much highway driving, but the best I have done in the past was about 730km with just a smidge under 1/4 tank showing on the gauge. Wasn't economy driving.. sat on 100-110km/h, 4 people in the car with a boot load of luggage. After re-filling the tank, it worked out to 7.6L/100km. theoretically, an 80L tank should be able to do over 1000km with that figure, but no-way would I push it that far!

Hybrids don't do that well on the highway anyway. They shine in the city.

[allankt86]

@sonicii So the tank size is 80L yeah? Cze I have a friend who has a 2005 V35 coupe and he keeps saying that his car does not have a 80L tank.. is it different from series 1 to 2 in terms of fuel tank size?

[sonicii]

According to Nissan Japan, both S1 and S2 sedans and coupes have 80L tanks.

S2 -

http://translate.google.com/translate?depth=1&hl=en&ie=UTF8&nv=1&rurl=translate.google.com.au&sl=ja&tl=en&u=http://history.nissan.co.jp/SKYLINE/V35/0411/DATA/main1.html

S1 - (sorry, couldn't get google translate to do a very good job of this one.)

http://history.nissan.co.jp/SKYLINE/V35/0201/DATA/SPEC/index.html

[camr33]

Haha I have never come close to putting in 80l, so must keep a lot in reserve... though to be honest I have only had less than a quarter of a tank a few times...

[V35_Paul]

It is also a common problem that the v35 gets faulty fuel level senso. So when you fill up the level shows just below full.

It should be over full

[PaulReeves.com - GPOWER.TV]

Yes they are 80L trust me

I have filled up 76.41L at a servo & was still running on Reserve at the time..

Petrol Light can take you 75kms from memory

I was trying to look for my notes before posting my response, but don't know where I dotted them down!!!

Here we are...

The 14.7kms per Litre & 15.7kms per Litre snap shot readings prior the English Conversion.

I have managed 16.7kms per Litre but no snapshot for proof...

I will upload my 'Hypermiling' records with the English Coversion readings in April

Stay tuned peeps...

Edited February 28, 2015 by PaulReeves.com - GPOWER.TV

[Guest]

It is also a common problem that the v35 gets faulty fuel level senso. So when you fill up the level shows just below full.

It should be over full

Correct, my V35 Skyline would always show over full for at least the first 40-50 kms

[Hertz Donut]

Same with the M35 Stageas, the gauges seem fairly...approximate. I've noticed mine now seems to get down to a bit below a quarter, then bounce back up to a bit below half. I've just taken to filling up every 4-500km and seem to get 50-60 litres in the tank at that point depending on the mix of driving.

[V35_Paul]

You can fix this with a cotton tip :-)

Take your back seat off, open your fuel lids, pull out the sensors and clean the metal contacts with the cotton tip.

[scotty nm35]

You can fix this with a cotton tip :-)

Take your back seat off, open your fuel lids, pull out the sensors and clean the metal contacts with the cotton tip.

Make sure you change the Orings for the tank lid, good opportunity to change the fuel filter too.

[allankt86]

@ sonicii Thanks mate! Not a problem, I can read Japanese so not a big issue hehe

Wow didn't know the fuel tank filter was "easy" to access.. Might included on my servicing project list..

[camr33]

Correct, my V35 Skyline would always show over full for at least the first 40-50 kms

Mine does the same. At first I though my fuel sensor was faulty as id didnt start to drop until I had done 50-60kms.

Just out of curiosity, has anyone with an auto coupe worked out the fuel consumption if they only drove with the little switch near the shifter set to snow or power? I think it would be interesting to see if snow saves you fuel, or if its just a rumour...

[V35_Paul]

It would. But dangerous. If you need to accelerate quickly....you cant

[camr33]

It would. But dangerous. If you need to accelerate quickly....you cant

Isn't that what Hyundai Getz and Daewoo Matiz's have to contend with every day?

[sonicii]

Just out of curiosity, has anyone with an auto coupe worked out the fuel consumption if they only drove with the little switch near the shifter set to snow or power? I think it would be interesting to see if snow saves you fuel, or if its just a rumour...

I doubt it would make any improvement.. in fact it may make it worse.. you would need more throttle input to accelerate the same, meaning you have more TC slip, which wastes power in heat.

These engines don't really benefit much with lower RPM with economy. My V35 returns better highway fuel economy than my wife's J31 maxima, despite the V35 running about 500RPM higher at 100km/h

[PaulReeves.com - GPOWER.TV]

I am getting 6.5L-6.8L per 100kms travel readings so far.

That is from Sydney to Newcastle distances & cruising between 90km-115km p/h depending on hill or downslope!

Tomorrow & Thursday is the time where I start to test it out further as I have 1,600km to do

[PaulReeves.com - GPOWER.TV]

I have finally completed the testing over the weekend @ Hay Plains, NSW.

Balranald to Hay.

6.0L/100kms (60-65km p/h) Distance: 1,333kms!

6.1L/100kms (---) Distance: 1,311kms!

6.2L/100kms (70-75km/p/h) Distance: 1,290kms!

6.3L/100kms (---) Distance: 1,269kms!

6.4L/100kms (---) Distance: 1,250kms!

6.5L/100kms (---) Distance: 1,230kms!

6.6L/100kms (---) Distance: 1,212kms!

6.7L/100kms (---) Distance: 1,194kms!

6.8L/100kms (---) Distance: 1,176kms!

6.9L/100kms (---) Distance: 1,159kms!

7.0L/100kms (---) Distance: 1,142kms!

Formula: 80L/6.0L=1,333kms

Consumption depends on speed, throttle pressure & endulation (flat to hills).

My constant consumption sits on 6.8L on the highway

Fuel Range Readings are nearly always innacurate.

As it requires hundreds kms of driving on the same fuel consumption profile for it to deliver an accurate reading!!!

But the above math formula does the work for you

Enjoy...

[saif22]

Fuel Range Readings are nearly always innacurate.

As it requires hundreds kms of driving on the same fuel consumption profile for it to deliver an accurate reading!!!

But the above math formula does the work for you

Enjoy...

Hey Paul, where did you get your software conversion done from?

[PaulReeves.com - GPOWER.TV]

Hey Paul, where did you get your software conversion done from?

Nagoya Motors in Caringbah, NSW do them.

[CucumberError]

I have a 2001 300GT, it does about 12.5L/100km daily (driving to work, a bit start and stop, but also some motorway driving, about a 20km trip each way) and 10L/100km on the motorway.