e34 M5 fuel consumption

[zulu]

Hz, all M5 owners/drivers(e34). Considering transplanting an M5 drivetrain into my Touring. Need some 'real world' fuel figures....Later

 

[Wes]

M5's are a thirsty bunch

Maybe this will help: http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum/archive/index.php?t-583747.html

 

[rick540]

Compared to the 4.0 and 4.4 V8's I have owned they are not thirsty at all.

In a mixed cycle town highway and morning traffic I get 12.8L/100 which for a 20 yo 3.6, 232Kw engine is actually very, very good.

If one really uses the power it doesnt go above 16L/100

 

[Redline]

Compared to the 4.0 and 4.4 V8's I have owned they are not thirsty at all.

In a mixed cycle town highway and morning traffic I get 12.8L/100 which for a 20 yo 3.6, 232Kw engine is actually very, very good.

If one really uses the power it doesnt go above 16L/100

+1

 

[Psymon69]

Compared to the 4.0 and 4.4 V8's I have owned they are not thirsty at all.

In a mixed cycle town highway and morning traffic I get 12.8L/100 which for a 20 yo 3.6, 232Kw engine is actually very, very good.

If one really uses the power it doesnt go above 16L/100

Wow not bad at all hey!

Im pretty sure his E30s are much heavier on the juice:rollsmile:

 

[zulu]

Tks Rick, that is not that bad....anybody else want to 'disclose' their figure's.

 

[Wes]

Compared to the 4.0 and 4.4 V8's I have owned they are not thirsty at all.

In a mixed cycle town highway and morning traffic I get 12.8L/100 which for a 20 yo 3.6, 232Kw engine is actually very, very good.

If one really uses the power it doesnt go above 16L/100

You are my heroraise:

How do u manage to achieve those figures?

 

[Fordkoppie]

Typically 450km on its 90L tank. Although it usually takes about 70L to fill up again since i don't really let it go empty.

 

[Adi]

have not driven mine.......but the computer shows similar figures to Rick540 ones....

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which one are you getting the engine from?

 

[Legacy]

These cars can use fuel like nothing I have seen...


Turns out the petrol caps love to leak :rollsmile:


On a serious note mine is currently on 17l/100km. The best I ever got was 10.1 l/100km, this was with highway driving.

 

[Clownshoe]

Fuely M5 figures

Fuely is the best depositry of fuel consumption figures.

Average of about 12.5 l/100km

 

[zulu]

Fuely M5 figures

Fuely is the best depositry of fuel consumption figures.

Average of about 12.5 l/100km

Tks for that link.....makes interesting reading. Not that far off what the std '93 525iT's are returning, might be worth it for the increase in 'towing' ability.

 

[rick540]

Compared to the 4.0 and 4.4 V8's I have owned they are not thirsty at all.

In a mixed cycle town highway and morning traffic I get 12.8L/100 which for a 20 yo 3.6, 232Kw engine is actually very, very good.

If one really uses the power it doesnt go above 16L/100

You are my heroraise:

How do u manage to achieve those figures?

Because unless one is mental you can only use the power a fraction of the time before things go wobbly

 

[zulu]

Just reset the figures to read l/100km...returning the same as Rick's.

 

[Peter@AEW]

On the e30 I get 20litres per 100km.
I do very little highway driving though.