Article: High fuel consumption


New Straits Times
04-13-2003
High fuel consumption
Edition: 2*
Column: Autocare

DEAR Paul,

I bought a Daihatsu Aura 1.3 last year. I like the car very much but have a problem with the high petrol consumption that works out to about 0.14 cents per km.
I have serviced the carburettor and changed the needle inside it, but the problems remains. Is there any way of reducing the heavy fuel consumption as I still think the Aura is a good car.

- Tay

Reply:

Fuel consumption problems are something that are quite hard to resolve simply because there are too many variables. Even if the car is tuned exactly according to the book, a lot depends on the way the car is driven and the driving habits of ...

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