Timbo_rs2500 wrote:Timbo_rs2500 wrote:On a run from Sydney to Albury I was showing 8.2 litres per hundred. Air conditioner was off for half the trip, but once turned on it didn't seem to make much difference. According to distance to empty I would have got 730kms from that tank of BP ultimate.
Will see what happens on the return trip today. I'll be using Shell 98 today.
Also booked in for Kido tune on Thursday night...Can't wait!! Hoping these will be better on future trips...
So, an update on todays trip. Albury to Marulan via Canberra using Shell 98 with the air on most of the way....8.4 litres per hundred and around 720km expected from the tank according to Distance to Empty - about the same as the trip down.
But here's where it gets interesting. I had about 1/3 tank left at Marulan and knew i couldn't get home on what I had, so a top up was required.
I filled up at the Caltex with 95, not 98, and headed for home with a blend of 1/3 98 octane Shell and 2/3 95 octane Caltex.
Even with the going up and down hills on the Hume Hwy between there and the Blue Mountains i managed 7.6 litres per hundred - a personal best without really trying. Air on, cruise on, same conditions as the rest of the weekend, the only difference is the fuel combination. And the Distance to Empty for the tank if all remains the same should be around 830km.
Timbo
I only run Shell 98 in my 3RB, only run Shell in all my Libs since Ive owned them. Found it to be the best. But everyones opion on fuel is different and working in the fuel game personally I know what I like for my vehicles.
Having said that, when I drove mine back from Sydney > Melb I filled up in Wodonga with 95 Caltex as thats all they had. And then again I filled up with Caltex 98 when I got home (As it was right around the corner from home). I found their 95 more economical than their 98 (Strange).