Kia Picanto [Merged]

[hivemind]

cal0i, not so sure.. parang wala namang sense na pumasok ako for PMS at 3500KMs.. i'm assuming na libre na 7500K PMS ko pag dating ng time na yun. wala namang expiry date akong nakita sa voucher eh haha! nakakatawa naman yun kung susubukan ko umabot ng 7500KM in a limited span of time para makuha ko lang yung libreng PMS :P

text ko siguro SA ko to figure out the mechanics. sana libre ang 1st PMS ko tanong ko din kung may "expiry date" yung voucher hehe.

[filmblender]

Ehehehe. Hindi ako pumayag kasi umalis ako ng KIA ng 800 na lang ang pera sa bulsa.

Anyways, sinusubukan ko yung "real-time" gas consumption meter kaso pag ime-maintain ko siya sa <10 parang kulang sa hatak? Pano ba magandang diskarte? Shift na ng 2000 rpm?

BTW first full tank 8.0L/km sa onboard, pinaabot ko sa last line ng gauge. Tapos ngayon nasa 7.6 nasa line below half ng gauge so tingin ko nag improve naman. Ehehe hindi ako marunong mag sukat ng FC. Meron ba mano-manong technique? nasa 550+ kms na siya.

[hivemind]

filmblender, kulang talaga sa hatak yung picanto at gears 1 and 2 as i've observed. masmaganda rin na mag-shift sa 2K RPM. i used to shift during lower RPS pero panget talaga yung pakiramdam nung kotse nung ginagawa ko yun. i noticed that the car pulls well at gear 3 above 2KRPM. ganyan din picanto ko dati.. nasa 7-8L/100KM din ako nung early KMs ko. Onboard computer now says im at an average of 5.3L/100KM so that's around 18.86KM / L.

How to compute FC by niky

1. Go to gasoline station. (preferably near your house).

2. Reset trip meter. (it's the sub-function of the odometer (kilometers) display on your dashboard... check your manual on how to do it, but it's usually just a matter of holding down the button to reset it.)

3. Fill tank to the automatic cut-off (I.E.: "first click lang po")

4. Drive around as normal for a day or two... however long it takes you to use up the gasoline. The most accurate way to do this measurement is to use a full tank of gas, but if you can't wait that long, a half-tank is good enough.

5. Fill the tank again at the exact same pump... hopefully at the same time of day. ("first click lang po..." don't let them top it off to the brim)

6. Take the distance travelled on the trip-meter, then divide by the number of liters it takes to fill the tank again. That's your km/l consumption.

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Take note: Your car's odometer is not accurate. Many odometers read a bit fast (around 1-5%). Thus, your km/l reading will be inaccurate by a little bit. I've gauged my odometer as being about 5% slow (against a GPS device), so when I measure 9 km/l, it's actually about 9.5.

If you don't have a GPS device, the only way to gauge odometer error is to check it against the kilometer markers on a smooth, level road (like sections of the NLEX). If there are hills, though, the KM markers go off a bit, too...

[filmblender]

Nice! Ehehehe. Tama pala yung pagmamaneho ko. Nag backread ako, dami mo na pala nalagay na "tips" thank you bossing.

Thanks din kay niky sa mano-manong pag sukat ng FC.

[yep]

hi everyone...purchased 1.2 picanto last june...overall i'm happy with the car except for the fuel consumption...
meter reads that i'm consuming an average of 8.7L/100kms which translates to 11.5 km/l...but when i did the manual computation
(having my full tank then ran my pic for 200km city drive, filled up again) i only had 8.6 km/l...not bad if what i have is an SUV...cant help but compare it with my 8 year old 1.3L honda city which has a fuel consumption of 12km/l city driving...:sigh:

[hivemind]

yep, hintay ka lang, gaganda din FC mo. i was observing the same during the early KMs of the car. 1.2 din unit ko. i noticed improvement when i hit the 1500++ KM mark. i am now at 3600++ KMs and have been able to hit better FC ratings. sana bumaba pa since 7500 yung unang PMS natin.

backread ka sa observations and tips ko, baka makatulong

at everyone else reading, please correct me if any of the "tips" i'm sharing are wrong. i'm just observing and reacting / experimenting with my observations

[yep]

yep, hintay ka lang, gaganda din FC mo. i was observing the same during the early KMs of the car. 1.2 din unit ko. i noticed improvement when i hit the 1500++ KM mark. i am now at 3600++ KMs and have been able to hit better FC ratings. sana bumaba pa since 7500 yung unang PMS natin.

backread ka sa observations and tips ko, baka makatulong

at everyone else reading, please correct me if any of the "tips" i'm sharing are wrong. i'm just observing and reacting / experimenting with my observations

sana nga mgimprove pa sya...nasa 2k++ na kilometer reading ko eh...medyo napasarap gamitin kaya 2months old pa lang ganyan na itinakbo...nagpa 1st pms na nga ako nun nag 1,800km sya...parang antagal kse yun 7,500 nasanay ako sa toyota and honda na 1st 1k then 5k or 10k ang pms ...ok na ok para sakin itong auto nato...yun FC lang talaga ang di ok

[cal0i]

Congrats yep! Tama si hivemind, napansin ko na nag-improve ang fc ko after hitting 1500kms.

Pumayag ang casa na magPMS ka?

How much gastos mo sa pms? Change oil and plugs lang?

[yep]

Congrats yep! Tama si hivemind, napansin ko na nag-improve ang fc ko after hitting 1500kms.

Pumayag ang casa na magPMS ka?

How much gastos mo sa pms? Change oil and plugs lang?

yup pumayag naman sila...tutal ako naman daw gagastos ...oil lang and oil filter ang pinalitan then yung mga usual na chinecheck nila every pms...pina adjust ko din yun clutch pedal para medyo hawig sa toyota and honda yun tapak...medyo malalim kasi itong sa pic natin...nagulat nga ako sa gastos kse 1,800++ lang inabot...sa honda kse around 4k inaabot ko on average

[cal0i]

Ayos mura lang pala. im currently ang 1.6kms

gusto ko pa-change oil and plugs to see kung mas mag-improve pa yung mileage ko