Maruti Esteem VXI - Mileage issue

Hi ,

3 Months Back I bought MAruti Esteem 2005 VXI model & it is genuine 40000 KM run till nw.

Few days after purchasing I feel some Smell of petrol specially when I on my AC Blower.

I had shown to mechanic he check the engine & found no issue in it.

Then I had shown to Ac wala , he told me tht Temprature in delhi si too high so in Fuel Tank Gas pressure increase in summer. So AC Wala had removed the small rubber from Fuel Cap. He said now ur tank is not air tight & pressure will be released

After that i didn't face this problem.

Now I am running this car from 3 month & I never get a mileage more than 10 KM / Litre. Even in High Way Driving with Ac on still I am getting 10 KM / Litre

Every one told me tht car doesn't give this much mileage.

Please suggest me what should i need to do as i am very dissappointed with its mileage

Apparently now the petrol is evaporating right out of the tank itself! Could you elaborate on what the 'AC Wala' did?

Yes I reconfimred from 2-3 AC Service center , even from petrol pump as well. they also confrimed that petrol won't evaporate this much.

now my main concern is what should i do. Any suggession ?

By the way, what was the mileage you derived earlier?

Hi Pankaj & Binoy ,

I didn't notice the mileage earlier as I bought this car 3 month back & after few days I feel petrol smell when I on AC & Blower.

So they remove small rubber Cap from Petrol Tank Cap. After tht I didn't face this problem.

Generally Esteem returns mileage of 10-11 in city & 14-16 on highway.  You are deriving the same mileage in city as well as highway (10).  The same is too less for highway.  Please get it thoroughly checked.

Hope you are measuring the mileage correctly - tank full to tank full method (dividing the kms done between the 2 tank fulls by no. of liters filled).

Concur with Pankaj, the FE should be threabouts.

Do keep us updated.

hi,

i have a 2005 make ESTEEM LX.recently it returned 23km to a litre in the Kolkata to Kolaghat

60km highway.i was really astonished.i went on a repeat trip and again got 22.91km/l.

jishnu

That's TOO good.  What were the driving conditions & style?

full 5th gear, and standard speed of 60kmph constant