My corsa uses fuel in seconds. PLEASE HELP


	Auto Repair Home	SEARCH POSTS	WHO'S ONLINE	LOG IN

Automotive Repair

Car Troubleshooting Topics
  Car Troubleshooting
  Engine Troubleshooting
  Engine Fault Codes
  Electrical and Wiring
  Transmission Problems

Car Repair Topics
  Car Making Noises
  Car Stereo Repair
  Heating or AC Issues
  Motorcycles and ATVs
  Tricks of the Trade
  Truck Repair Advice

Site Options:
  Login
  Sign up here!

Latest Forum Post

2011 Dodge Nitro OBD scanner seems to drain battery in 10-20 minutes

When I bought this car in summer 2023, a...

Grounding Cable, 2017 Jeep Renegade Trailhawk

The Cable that connects my negative batt...

Rough Idle (Found new thing)

Hi everyone. First of all sorry for bad ...

equipment

hey yall. im a first year engineering st...

HELP

I have a 1956 1/2 ton panel truck, 69 35...

Howdy

    Just wanted to s...

ABS/Tractiob/Brake Lights on But No DTCs

Hello all, Recently while driving m...

Chevy strut replacement

I'm trying to get a sensor of some kind ...

2020 suburban new transmission and issues after install

recently had the transmission fail at 11...

Caliper piston post cleaning won't screw in

Hello, 2013 Hyundai Elantra limited (ma...

My corsa uses fuel in seconds. PLEASE HELP

Sign up here!

Email This Post

Auto Repair Home>> Automotive Repair>> Car Troubleshooting

harlie123z
New User

Oct 19, 2021, 4:05 PM

Post #1 of 3 (502 views)

My corsa uses fuel in seconds. PLEASE HELP	Sign In

Year:2011
Make: Corsa
Model: 3 door hatchback sxi
Engine: 1.2
Mileage:107,000

My corsa which I’ve had for a year now has been perfect for a 10 year old car. Until it went for an MOT and had to have new breaks and springs and when it came back from the garage I noticed the car starting eating petrol and the numbers on the dashboard saying how many miles of petrol you have left goes down in seconds. The other day I drove a 60 mile round trip and my petrol supposedly went down by 160 miles. That’s 100 miles of petrol just gone!? It never went down like this before the car went for an MOT. I’ve checked the tire pressure. I’m checked under the car for leakage. I’m not using my air conditioning. The car isn’t full of people or luggage and I’m not being sat in traffic. The other day while driving down an A road at 60mph. I counted to 60 seconds and the fuel went down by 8 miles, in 60 seconds. The car doesn’t seem to be revving excessively. I can’t think of what else it could be other than something happened during the MOT to make this happen to the car.

Hammer Time
Ultimate Carjunky / Moderator
Hammer Time profile image

Oct 19, 2021, 5:09 PM

Post #2 of 3 (489 views)

Re: My corsa uses fuel in seconds. PLEASE HELP	Sign In

Not sure what could have been related to a brake job. About the only thing I could think of is if a speed sensor is malfunctioning, something they could have handled.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

We offer help in answering questions, clarifying things or giving advice but we are not a substitute for an on-site inspection by a professional.

Tom Greenleaf
Ultimate Carjunky / Moderator
Tom Greenleaf profile image

Oct 19, 2021, 7:50 PM

Post #3 of 3 (472 views)

Re: My corsa uses fuel in seconds. PLEASE HELP	Sign In

Give it another chance on another trip. Time spent for "MOT" may have used fuel without adding miles so IDK those fuel use type things are average guesses based on time running and distance accumulated.

It's a feature I don't put a lot of stock in just an idea vs really knowing how much fuel you used and got what type of use out of that from known full to known full again.

Anthing with partial fuel added between that will make it hard to get the real use going on as a warning of a problem you probably don't have,

T

Email This Post

Search for (options) Privacy Sitemap