Q: My car is Nissan Premiere and it uses Elecetric Carbueretor but I notice anytime I buy fuel it burn faster, I mean the fuel use to

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My car is Nissan Premiere and it uses Electric Carbueretor but I notice anytime I buy fuel it burn faster, I mean the fuel use to get exhausted on time. Please what would have been the cause?
My car has an automatic transmission.

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