Is my 150 etec using to much fuel

[Peter J]

Any ideas on how much fuel an evinrude 150 etec should use?

I went to the Medina Meeting on Saturday from the Itchen I reckon I did 10 miles at low speed an 30 miles at "high" speed. I think I used about 40 litres of fuel. I had read somewhere that 1 litre per mile is about right but I assume that is high speed motoring not river tootling. Plus I thought the etec was supposed to be very fuel efficient.

Any etec owners have figures for their engines?

[UNIwatersports]

Hi Peter,

I can happily say that my Etec on the Rib-X 650 eXpert uses between 18 and 22 litres an hour when running at about 3000 revs and 25 knots.

I can happily go across to Cowes and back on under 25 litres, unless if i am being completely wicked with speeds!

I have calibrated my fuel flow meter, and i do tend to leave my fuel tank completely full, hence how i can come up with these figures and verify them.

[matt h]

ok i know its a completly different engine but i get exactly 1 nautical mile per litre and 25 knots in my old oil burner,!!

[martini]

I used to get 1.75ish miles to a litre at around 4000rpm and 30 knots with my 150 ficht. 1mile to a litre is about right for my 200 mariner carb model that replaced the ficht but that would be flat out 52 knots!

[Neil Harvey]

Originally Posted by Peter J

Any ideas on how much fuel an evinrude 150 etec should use?

I went to the Medina Meeting on Saturday from the Itchen I reckon I did 10 miles at low speed an 30 miles at "high" speed. I think I used about 40 litres of fuel. I had read somewhere that 1 litre per mile is about right but I assume that is high speed motoring not river tootling. Plus I thought the etec was supposed to be very fuel efficient.

Any etec owners have figures for their engines?

Hi Peter,

i would not be surprised if that was about right for the run last Saturday. the trip over to cowes, was not particularly quick, but if you were anything like me, you were on and off of the throttle, probably not getting onto the plane much, and hence not being particularly efficient.
It's quite amazing how much that sort of trip can increase fuel consumption.

That said, I stand to be corrected by those more experienced, especially those with a newer tech outboard and fuel flow meters.

Hope this helps a bit.

Neil

[Biggles]

On saturday I used 42 Litres to do 45 NM giving a little over 1 NM per litre. This included about 13 Nm at 6 knots. Usual average consumption is 1.3 Nm per litre.

[BogMonster]

Blimey, I need a new engine. 1.3 litres per mile is about right for me... and I just worked out that is nearly 70% more than 1.3 miles per litre

I want an Etec

[benc]

At 40 knots (about 4000 rpm), I average about 60litres for both engines

So this is about 1.3l/nm

At 50+ knots (5000+rpm) i average about 115-120 litres for both engines.
About 2l/nm


Until I started working it out, I thought my fuel consumption with the new engines was quite high, but in fact, at the same speed as my old engines did at maximum (just over 40 knots), I was using about 80l/h... so its more efficient

[Biggles]

Originally Posted by BogMonster

Blimey, I need a new engine. 1.3 litres per mile is about right for me... and I just worked out that is nearly 70% more than 1.3 miles per litre

I want an Etec

Stephen,

Don't want to depress you even more but we're talkin NMs here. Thats 1.2 normal miles to the NM. I don't know how to work it out Miles to litres but its got to be near 1.5 miles to the litre.

[jackeen]

Originally Posted by Peter J

I had read somewhere that 1 litre per mile is about right but I assume that is high speed motoring not river tootling. Plus I thought the etec was supposed to be very fuel efficient.

Any etec owners have figures for their engines?

I avg about 1.2 ltr/km. for out 200 big block cruising.

Also at slow speeds 7 to 10 kns you might find that it drinks a fair bit more ,as if like mine, the boat is in the middle of getting out of the hole and has alot or resistance.

I go from .6 ltr/km at 6 kn to 2.5 ltr/km apx at 9 kn

The engine also normally changes from a lean mix to normal mix around 1800/2000 revs. At these revs you might get a bit of coffing if kept there.

my 2c for what its worth which at todays exchange rate is apx 1p


paul