Hi fellow BITOG People, I posted something along these lines on the Honda CR-V owners forum, but so far there are no direct answers.
I am wondering what the fuel consumption per hour would be for idling a 2016 Honda CR-V 2.4 Liter direct injected normally aspirated Earth Dreams 4 cylinder engine when the engine is already warmed up? Just to keep heat in the cabin of the vehicle in winter conditions such as if you were on a major highway and the highway was shut down due to something like a huge winter storm, or a big rig accident, and you were stuck there for hours or even over night?
I am not talking about fuel consumption during idling while warming up an engine. I know that is more because a cold engine must be ran with a rich mixture. I am looking for the fuel consumption per hour for running an engine that is already warmed up?
I looked on some internet sites for information on fuel consumption during idling and could not find anything specific to that engine. But I did find one site that listed idling consumption vs engine displacement. On that site the closest size to 2.4 Liters was 2.0 Liters and extrapolating that to 2.4 Liters shows an hourly fuel consumption of 0.192 gallons per hour. I am wondering if it could really be that low?
I know Honda made the 2.4 Liter for a long time and Honda makes good engines. And the latest version Earth Dreams model is a very efficient engine that has variable valves, direct injection, and low friction pistons, among other things.
I am wondering if anyone has information on the actual fuel consumption per hour when idling in winter conditions in park for this engine?
If it were really around 0.2 gallons per hour and you had a decent amount of gas in the tank, you could probably easily idle all night and more and still have enough gas to go when things got moving again.
Also, as an additional piece of information, it would be nice to know the fuel consumption per hour when idling in hot summer conditions with the AC on max?
If this information is not available, then it would be nice to know if some scan gauges show the fuel consumption per hour based on the data from the vehicles sensors? And if so, which ones?
The MPG calculator in my CR-V is fairly accurate. I get between 21.2 MPG to 22.6 MPG actual, driving the roads around the south hills of Pittsburgh, calculated based on miles and how much it takes to fill the tank. And the indicated is always 0.1 or 0.2 MPG more (optimistic) then actual, so that is within 1%. Not bad, and if the flow rate of the sensor the vehicle uses could be read on a scan tool, then that information should be within that same error range.
It sure would be nice to find out without having to filling it up, run it for something like 5 hours at idle, and then refill, just to find out what the numbers are. Though that may be the only way to get the answers.
Thanks in advance for any information.
I am wondering what the fuel consumption per hour would be for idling a 2016 Honda CR-V 2.4 Liter direct injected normally aspirated Earth Dreams 4 cylinder engine when the engine is already warmed up? Just to keep heat in the cabin of the vehicle in winter conditions such as if you were on a major highway and the highway was shut down due to something like a huge winter storm, or a big rig accident, and you were stuck there for hours or even over night?
I am not talking about fuel consumption during idling while warming up an engine. I know that is more because a cold engine must be ran with a rich mixture. I am looking for the fuel consumption per hour for running an engine that is already warmed up?
I looked on some internet sites for information on fuel consumption during idling and could not find anything specific to that engine. But I did find one site that listed idling consumption vs engine displacement. On that site the closest size to 2.4 Liters was 2.0 Liters and extrapolating that to 2.4 Liters shows an hourly fuel consumption of 0.192 gallons per hour. I am wondering if it could really be that low?
I know Honda made the 2.4 Liter for a long time and Honda makes good engines. And the latest version Earth Dreams model is a very efficient engine that has variable valves, direct injection, and low friction pistons, among other things.
I am wondering if anyone has information on the actual fuel consumption per hour when idling in winter conditions in park for this engine?
If it were really around 0.2 gallons per hour and you had a decent amount of gas in the tank, you could probably easily idle all night and more and still have enough gas to go when things got moving again.
Also, as an additional piece of information, it would be nice to know the fuel consumption per hour when idling in hot summer conditions with the AC on max?
If this information is not available, then it would be nice to know if some scan gauges show the fuel consumption per hour based on the data from the vehicles sensors? And if so, which ones?
The MPG calculator in my CR-V is fairly accurate. I get between 21.2 MPG to 22.6 MPG actual, driving the roads around the south hills of Pittsburgh, calculated based on miles and how much it takes to fill the tank. And the indicated is always 0.1 or 0.2 MPG more (optimistic) then actual, so that is within 1%. Not bad, and if the flow rate of the sensor the vehicle uses could be read on a scan tool, then that information should be within that same error range.
It sure would be nice to find out without having to filling it up, run it for something like 5 hours at idle, and then refill, just to find out what the numbers are. Though that may be the only way to get the answers.
Thanks in advance for any information.
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