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 Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2011 12:58 pm |
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Joined: Jan 12, 2011
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Location: Middlesbrough
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My 1.9d seems to be getting about 25-30 mpg and im getting about 400 miles to a tank which doesnt seem right. To say the tank is about 50 litres.
Any ideas why?
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Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2011 1:00 pm |
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Joined: Feb 07, 2010
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Location: England
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Ever been properly serviced?
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Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2011 1:03 pm |
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Joined: Jan 12, 2011
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Location: Middlesbrough
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I service it every 3000 miles, air filter, oil, oil filter, fuel filter, drained water out of fuel, cleaned inlet up best i could, blanked EGR off as was broken.
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Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2011 1:04 pm |
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Location: England
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Blocking the EGR will do the MPG
Is the 400miles to a fuel light or empty?
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Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2011 1:19 pm |
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Location: Middlesbrough
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Empty, the inlet was covered in thick clumpy oil stuck to it so i cleaned the inside out but couldnt get to the metal inlet at the back of the block.
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Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2011 2:07 pm |
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Joined: Feb 08, 2010
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How fast do you drive?
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Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2011 3:31 pm |
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Location: Middlesbrough
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Just steady away really, keep it at low rev range, trying to be in as high a gear as possible without juddering.
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Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2011 4:26 pm |
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Did the exhaust blowed? Any misfire? Stable idle?
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Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2011 4:29 pm |
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Have you actually worked the MPG out, or is this just a total guess?
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Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2011 4:40 pm |
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Joined: Feb 08, 2010
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Location: Under your bed
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Well my GTi does about 360 to the fuel light and I thought that worked out as about 32ish mpg last time I checked.
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Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2011 5:09 pm |
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Location: Middlesbrough
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Did it on one of those online calculators, brimmed at my Gdads then drove it around when used a bar filled up again then worked out how much diesel it took to fill up again and the amount of miles and it brought up 27mpg
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Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2011 5:10 pm |
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Joined: Jan 12, 2011
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Location: Middlesbrough
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Oh and it seems to have a small misfire in 1st and 2nd then disappears but its only a small flatspot really, no exhaust blows and yeah it has a stable idle
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Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2011 1:49 am |
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Joined: May 20, 2011
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Location: Newquay, Cornwall
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Mine does 400 to a tank...
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Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2011 2:03 am |
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Joined: Feb 07, 2010
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Location: Bridgnorth, Nr Wolverhampton
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red diesel?
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Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2011 2:14 am |
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Joined: Feb 07, 2010
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Location: England
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Plus concentrated hydrochloric acid (try to get over 0.5%) or filtering thru kitty litter sometimes works
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