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Hi Guys
My name is Paul and I have recently bought an EK wagon. The fuel gauge is playing up a bit iffy and I was hoping someone could please tell me how many MILES I should get to a tank of petrol.

That's almost like asking how long is a piece of string? Is it city or rural driving, light or heavy traffic, hilly or flat, stock motor or modified?

With mine I probably get around 150 km's out of 25-30ltrs in peak hour medium to heavy traffic. That's from a standard red.

Devilrod wrote:That's almost like asking how long is a piece of string? Is it city or rural driving, light or heavy traffic, hilly or flat, stock motor or modified?

With mine I probably get around 150 km's out of 25-30ltrs in peak hour medium to heavy traffic. That's from a standard red.

even without all those variables when talked about you hear it differs quite a bit
best bet is fill it up and go for say a 50 mile drive and refill it, and keep a tin of petrol in yor boot

Usually at the 150 mile mark it's time to fill up.

It's hard to keep tabs on the mileage though. A Kingswood I owned had a dud fuel guage, so I tried working out from the km's when it was time to fill up.

I lost count of the times I had to push that farker coz it ran out of fuel

In a stock FB with the correct full aspect tyre, I usually judge a refill on the open highway at 200 miles. That's normally about 34 litres.

Steve

Thanks Guys
That helps me a lot my ek wagon is stock 138 engine with a 3 speed manual box,so i will keep about 150miles in the back of my mind to fill her up.The Boss and i are going to the nationals in june so i hope to meet all of you then

REGARDS
PAUL

I run a stock FB pretty much every day in Sydney. Luckily most of the time I am going against the traffic and do a quick run on the M2 three days a week. I am consistentl getting 200 miles between fill ups no problems. Always put 98 octane in and stock lead additive too. Dont think i'd push much past this though for fear of sucking muck up out of the tank!!!