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924er · Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2006 2:33 pm Post subject: Gas : (

hi everyone, i drive my porsche everyday, take it everywhere, never gives up on me. but what i really dont like it, is the gas consumption. its unbeleivable! i watch the gauge after just driving to school and back(7 miles total), and the needle jumped almost half an inch. sometimes ill park the car when the needle is halfway on the line, and start the car the next day, and the needle dropped alot. now how did that happen? could it just be the my gauge is reading wrong or too fast? or my car is just a gas killer? if u live here in california, you will feel me. gas is $3 a gallon, i pump 87
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Khal · Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2006 2:43 pm Post subject:

Could be just the gauge. Mine is very dodgy.

The easiest way to tell is by how often you have to fill it. Just note how many miles you do between filling then note how much gas you put in each time you fill up. That will give you a rough miles-per-gallon number. If your mileage is reasonable, then it's probably just your gauge that is stuffed. This is what I found on my car.

If your mileage is very poor, then it could be any number of problems, from a fuel leak to bad tuning, etc...
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924er · Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2006 2:45 pm Post subject:

what kind of gas do you pump? does that matter?
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Khal · Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2006 2:52 pm Post subject:

I use "98 octane" BP Ultimate.

But apparently our numbers have a different meaning to yours. I think your equivalent is 93 or something.

924er · Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2006 2:55 pm Post subject:

I see. ok ill calculate the miles and get back to you. i think my gas gauge it bad though, because when i tap the top of the dash the needle shakes and sometimes goes up a few and sometimes goes down
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Duncan · Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2006 8:36 pm Post subject:

seanski44 · Joined: 13 Mar 2006 Posts: 532 Location: Nottingham UK

sounds to me that you have a leak. possibly on the fuel tank, or fuel lines...

i could be wrong, but if the gauge drops when you're not even driving it!
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924er · Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 2:29 am Post subject:

no i see no leak at all, fuel lines are good. how many miles do you guys do on a full tank?

$7 a gallon! ok, now thats alot. im happy with our prices

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morghen · Joined: 21 Jan 2005 Posts: 9080 Location: Romania

I also take the tram to school lately...more than 1 EURO per liter...thats like 5 US$ per galon. and the tofah eats 14-16 liters per 100km when the weather is good and i dont push it

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moone924 · Joined: 05 Feb 2003 Posts: 868 Location: Douglas Wyoming

I'm a hermit in the mountains and the only thing that I use fuel in these days is my ATV, it doesn't drink much.
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Neil924 · Joined: 18 Mar 2003 Posts: 4225 Location: Canada

flosho · Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 7:58 am Post subject:

$3.03 a gallon.. for 93 oct. Just put some in today!
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Khal · Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 9:39 am Post subject:

john h · Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 10:30 am Post subject:

Our fuel in New Zealand has just taken a big hike -we had a 6 cent per litre rise last week and then another this week. We're currently paying NZ$1.73 per litre think this works out to about US$4.00 a gallon.

It's certainly seems to be hitting people here I've noticed over the last couple of days that there are more car parks available in town and more people standing and bus and train stops.

Doesn't really affect me as I only use the 924 GT in the weekends and I run it on Avgas which I buy by teh 44 gal drum and it doesn't seem to have moved as much as pump gas. Also during the week I use a LPG powered 4 x 4 - LPG works out at about US$1.70 gallon
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924er · Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 10:58 am Post subject:

yes khal, my driveway is inclined, and drops everyime i park there, but doesnt straighten out when i get back on the road. so could be a broken gauge.

so if the meter is broken, should i trust the light. or do they work together??
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