of a car is left running, and the car is not moving. The engine is on and thats it. Nobody's in the car, only the engine is left running. So my question to you is, how long does it take for the fuel to go from full to empty??? Example: 1 day, 1 week, 1 month.... I don't know you tell me. how long???
I'd really appreciate it if you can tell me how long will it take for the engine to stop running (going from full to empty).
The car is a 2007 Chevrolet Aveo, 1.6 litter L4 Engine, fuel injection automatic 4 speed transmission. EPA estimated MPG 26 city, 34 highway.
And yes this is a very important question and need help answering it. Thanks
2007-09-12 06:50:39 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Engineering
27 hours 14 mins. but i had an approx. 1.2mile travel from the gas station so say 28 hrs. that was fall of 2005
2007-09-12 07:47:43 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Fill the car up, run it for an hour and then fill it again to see how much it has used at idle. Divide the capacity of the tank by how much gas used in your experiment and that's how long it will run in hours.
All cars use gas at different rates, the engine size, EPA (estimated) MPG does not really tell you much.
You should get at least 12 -24 hours.
2007-09-12 07:04:21 · answer #2 · answered by eric d 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Typical fuel consumption of an unexciting engine at tickover of about 700 rpm is around 0.5gals per hour. So, if the car has a 10 gallon tank, the engine will keep going for about 20 hours. You can do the approximate sums based on this. If the tickover (idle speed) is around 1000 rpm, then consumption is nearer 0.75gals per hour.
2007-09-12 07:17:15 · answer #3 · answered by JJ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Too many uncontrolled variables. The exact length of time would depend on temperature, and manifold vacuum (at the very least) in addition to the engine particulars. That said, 12-24 hours is in the ballpark.
A co-worker his ford aspire in the garage one day and it didn't last more than ~10 hours, IIRC (not sure if it was a full tank or not)
2007-09-12 07:29:01 · answer #4 · answered by Ron E 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Here is a source that says that the standby/idle losses are 17.2% for a conventional gasoline powered auto: http://www.phoenixev.com/. That may or may not consider the power used by accessories. I found another source that said 17% for idle losses and 2% for accessories. This is something to determine by testing rather than calculation. Someone probably has a lot of interesting test data, but it might be pretty difficult to find.
2007-09-12 07:29:02 · answer #5 · answered by EE68PE 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Caution. If that car is in an enclosed,
unventilated space, it will overheat long
before the fuel runs out.
It sounds like you're planning something
"cosmic dumb" here.
2007-09-12 07:45:49 · answer #6 · answered by Irv S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why don't you run a quarter-tank test. It'll cost you less than $20 to find out.
In fact, the guy above me has a better test. I would go with one whole hour, though.
2007-09-12 07:04:26 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
First of all, I need to know at what revvolutions (RPM) is the enginge running. Brian (South-Africa)
2007-09-12 07:04:40 · answer #8 · answered by Brian E 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋