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Track your fuel consumption
- By tracking your fuel consumption, you can monitor how many kilometers you get out of a tank of fuel. Using fuel efficient driving practices can increase the distance you travel for every tank. So start tracking ….
Calculate your fuel consumption in four easy steps:
Step 1.
Fill your vehicle's fuel tank completely and record the vehicle's odometer reading (kilometres).
- Example: The last time the tank was filled, the odometer reading was 40, 200 km.
Step 2.
When it's time to refuel, fill the tank completely and record the number of litres it took to fill the tank and the vehicle's new odometer reading. Once two odometer readings are taken, you can calculate the fuel consumption.
- Example: The next time the tank was filled, the odometer reading was 41, 000 km. It took 56 litres to fill the tank.
Step 3.
Calculate the distance travelled by subtracting the new odometer reading from the previous one.
- Example: The distance driven would be 41, 000 km minus 40, 200 km (800 km).
Step 4.
Divide the number of litres it took to fill the tank by the distance travelled and multiply this value by 100. The result is the vehicle's fuel consumption for that driving period.
- Example: 56 litres divided by 800 km equals 0.07. Multiply this value by 100 equals 7.0 litres per 100 km. The fuel consumption for that driving period would be 7.0 L/100 km.
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