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Fendant
Admiral Joined: 03 November 2012 Location: Switzerland Status: Offline Points: 1617 |
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I also have the Volvo 29 Hp engine. I run the enigine mostly at 2000 rpm and fuel consumption is just under 2 ltr/hr. This is in line with he fuel consumption diagram in the Manual.
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Frank
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seileren1
Captain Joined: 02 May 2007 Location: Norway Status: Offline Points: 344 |
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In noticed this one «old» tread so I thought I would post question about fuel consumption.
On my latest trip I average about 9 liter pr hour doing 2000 rpm (about 7 knots) on my Volvo 110 hp in my Hanse 545. This is quite a bit more than previous consumption figures – I had 5 liter previously. The boat is due to air filter change (2 years since last) and hull cleaning (2 years since last). My question to you all is can this high consumption be explained by these two factors or should I look for other explanations also? Cheers |
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Wayne's World
Admiral Joined: 18 July 2012 Location: Cruising Status: Offline Points: 1111 |
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Seileren1,
We have a 575 with a D3 110Gi engine spinning a standard FlexaFold 3 blade 24 X15 prop and get the following with full fuel, full water, provisions only 2 people on board low winds, nil current- 1600 rpm = 7kn, fuel flow 5 lt/hr 1700 rpm = 7.3kn fuel flow 5.8 lt/hr 1800 rpm = 7.6kn fuel flow 6.7 lt/hr 1900 rpm = 8.0kn fuel flow 7.7 lt/hr 2000 rpm = 8.2kn fuel flow 9 lt/hr The above fuel flow rates were taken from the Volvo engine via the fuel usage computer upgrade and if anything appear a bit on the high side but only by about 5%. I gather your speed and fuel figures were without headwinds and currents negatively affect your speed. The cause of your high fuel consumption is likely to be a combination of - 1. dirty air cleaner 2. Hull fouling 3. Fouling on your prop. If your hull is fouled your prop will possibly be worse than the hull and would be a major contributor to your poor fuel consumption figure or more to the fact, poor speed for your engine speed. Your fuel consumption figure at 2000 rpm is about right. Happy hunting for your problem.
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Wayne W
Cruising, currently in the Caribbean and will head across the Pacific early 2024 |
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sflier
Commander Joined: 18 October 2013 Location: Newport, RI Status: Offline Points: 95 |
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I found the data here to be accurate for me. D1-30 at 2200 = ~2L hour ... about what I've experienced.
http://www.boat-fuel-economy.com/volvo-penta-diesel-d1-13-fuel-consumption-us-gallons |
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seileren1
Captain Joined: 02 May 2007 Location: Norway Status: Offline Points: 344 |
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Thank you guys for the link and information on real life consumption on the different engine revs. The problem seems to be the boat speed and not the consumption, which indicates prop and hul resistance.
I will investigate this further as soon as I am back I Portugal to hoist her. Cheers |
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Wayne's World
Admiral Joined: 18 July 2012 Location: Cruising Status: Offline Points: 1111 |
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Seileren1,
If you have far to go before you hoist out it would be worthwhile going for a snorkel/dive and clean your propeller. I would think you will find there would be a noticeble difference in your speed/fuel consumption.
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Wayne W
Cruising, currently in the Caribbean and will head across the Pacific early 2024 |
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Fendant
Admiral Joined: 03 November 2012 Location: Switzerland Status: Offline Points: 1617 |
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I have the D1-30 on my 345 with the Volvo Folding Prop: Here is what I have got ( +/- 5 % ), rpm/consumption values are from Volvo manual, speeds were GPS based SOG in calm water with no current, clean hull and prop in spring 2000 rpm 2.0 ltr/h 6.3 knots 2200 rpm 2.5 ltr/h 6.7 knots 2400 rpm 3.0 ltr/h 7.1 knots 2600 rpm 3.5 ltr/h 7.4 knots 2800 rpm 4.5 ltr/h 7.5 knots 3000 rpm 5.5 ltr/h 7.6 knots I am mostly running at 2000 - 2200 rpm |
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mopoulter
Captain Joined: 19 March 2009 Location: London, Canada Status: Offline Points: 320 |
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I cruise @ 2800-3000 rpm with Gori 2 blade prop and get about 6.3-6.8 knots on flat water
consumption is about 4l/hour I have Yanmar 29 HP engine. So nothing surprising here I figure. mp
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mp
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Wild
Vice Admiral Joined: 18 March 2010 Location: Turkey-Greece Status: Offline Points: 784 |
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hey seileren, we have a 545e build 2010 with Yanmar 4JH4-HTE 110Hp arround 1700 engine hours and Flexofold folding 3 blade prop 24 x 15. every year (6 months in the water 6 months on the drypark)we clean the hull and put 1 layer of Micron extra and cleaning the prop and put waterrisitant grease on it. Our average fuelconsumption at 1800 Rpm = 7.3 knots = 5 l/h 2000 RPM =8 knots = 5.5 l/h The airfilter, hull and prop cleaning can be a big factor but normaly every 1000 hours our 3 year the engine need a big service including : taking out the whole injectionline cleaning and adjustment with measuring test by the Yanmar importer-dealer taking out the whole turbo cleaning and adjustment( dirt in the turbocharger can by the problem) taking out en cleaning the exhaust elbow, cooling system etc. reassembly and test run with measuring tests.
Edited by Wild - 08 June 2016 at 21:12 |
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Wild and Wet
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seileren1
Captain Joined: 02 May 2007 Location: Norway Status: Offline Points: 344 |
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Thanks Wild for your information. Thorough maintence is important for the engine wear and tear and the fuel consumption. However, diesel engines are robust beasts, which run forever.
I was a little surprised by your low fuel consumption numbers. From other sources see above the equivalent Volvo engine will use about 9 liters per hour at 2000 rpm. This is the same as I experienced on the latest leg of our trip - crossing the dreaded Biscay and the north coast of Spain/Portugal with zero wind… Cheers |
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