Fuel consumption

[theclash]

100 mile to 20 quid in mine mostly town driving stop start....8 valve digi

[Wayne]

^ yes ive worked out my figures on a website on a average over 3 trips too the fuel pump. average of 18.6

In that case, I would replace the temp sender as a 1st step.

[awallis]

temp sender, ill replace that first.

Mines doing £30 of fuel a week, for 90miles on the motorway! not flat our or revving it like mad.

[awallis]

ive replaced the Blue temp sender, still no good
any other suggestions?

[Wayne]

ive replaced the Blue temp sender, still no good
any other suggestions?

Check the timing, make sure you have no air leaks, see what condition the plugs and air filter are in, all the basics really.

[X4MGS]

I get 130 Mile for £25 ish Motorway & town...

I would do a proper check - fill it full of fuel, reset the trip and run it for a week then top it up to the top, and work out the MPG from that.... That will give you a proper figure rather than guessing...

Does it smell rich at the exhaust when warn & ticking over...

[rob.043]

You should get around 40mpg on non town/motorway driving, bit more or less depending on driving style, 45mpg is easily possible should you wish. Thats around about 350-400 miles on a tank when you fill it from the red on the gauge (approx £60 worth).

You mentioned using a website to calculate you MPG, you can do it easily with the calculator on your phone....

1. Fill the tank till the delivery pump clicks off.
2. Zero your trip counter after filling up (the one on the clocks is best as its never off like the MFA display)
3. When you next fill up, the trip counter tells you how far you went on the last tank of fuel
4. repeat step 1, fill the tank till the pump clicks off.
5. take the number of litres bought from the pump display (LITRES) divide it by 4.54 to get it in GALLONS:

 LITRES / 4.54 = GALLONS

6. divide the distance on the trip (MILES), by the GALLONS used to get MPG:

MILES / GALLONS = MPG

7. Do this every time you fill up to get a feel for what the car is doing and to see what difference replacing parts and setting up the engine has made.

good luck.

[beechymonza]

I can usually get about 65-70 miles on a tenner in my valver

[herr schimdt]

 i dont know what the fasination with how may miles per gallon you get you fill the tank you run out you fill the tank its what hapens in between that matters if your always trying to get good mpg you dont enjoy the car might aswell buy a g wizz

[X4MGS]

if your always trying to get good mpg you dont enjoy the car might aswell buy a g wizz

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