high fuel consumption reading 18.2 lp 100k (gen1)

[davrai]

hi all
since i had cleaned the throttle bodies with carb cleaner and disconnected the battery and did attempt to balance them myself before it went to the shop to be done. the fuel usage reading has gone to about 18.2 l per 100klm
the actual fuel usage seem good at about 360klm, mostly highway with a pillion
it was reading approx 5.2 with pillion prior
were does the gauge get its reading from?, when i was balancing the throttle bodies i had a couple vac pipes off and the f1 light came on, read for codes after and all seems OK
i was certain the vac pipes went on as they came off but now im thinking they didn't



any ideas?

thanks
Dave

[Ward P]

Check that you aren't reading kms per litre. - it's easy to change from L/100km to km/L
I'd just about put money on it!

[Crane]

Check that you aren't reading kms per litre. - it's easy to change from L/100km to km/L
I'd just about put money on it!

+1

The old calculator tells me that 5.2l/100km is a touch over 19km/l so thats the odds on favourite. Much better than chasing an electronic gremlin all over the shop

[[UNIT]]

Can a gen2 tell you liters per km etc?

[BUSGO]

No Andrew. They took the option away on the new model.

[davrai]

thanks for the input everyone, ill get the bike out in the morning and look into that, certainly sounds like whats happened, i thought there was only trip meter 1 & 2 and liters per 100k for each

[2wheelfreak]

How do you change it to L/100km?

[Greeny_SA]

How do you change it to L/100km?

Push & hold the reset button when in the correct mode .

[davrai]

that was it was on the k per litre reading, didn't realize there were options for that
thanks everyone