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Re: More awful MPGs
« Reply #15 on: 28 February 2007, 08:46:39 »
Start with the basics.

1) The engine is getting upto temp?
2) The airfilter is clean

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Re: More awful MPGs
« Reply #16 on: 28 February 2007, 14:08:56 »
My Missus has got my Omega's average down to 23 mpg commuting for an average of 30 minutes over 6 miles each way to work!
(2.5 manual)
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Re: More awful MPGs
« Reply #17 on: 28 February 2007, 14:20:38 »
Seems very excessive for a 2.0 James. I normally get between 25-27 mpg urban/town and 31-32 mpg on motorway/long run from my 2.5 V6 estate, although it is manual.
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Re: More awful MPGs
« Reply #18 on: 28 February 2007, 18:14:53 »
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Start with the basics.

1) The engine is getting upto temp?
2) The airfilter is clean


Airfilter was renewed when I got the car a couple of weeks ago

As far as getting up to temp goes, it's hard to tell, because the temp gauge only works when it feels like it  ;D
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Re: More awful MPGs
« Reply #19 on: 28 February 2007, 18:39:24 »
I wonder if the wrong washers have been used on coolant bridge, causing bad earth....  ....iirc, the ecu is too old so cannot tech2 it...
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« Reply #20 on: 28 February 2007, 18:44:54 »
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I wonder if the wrong washers have been used on coolant bridge, causing bad earth....  ....iirc, the ecu is too old so cannot tech2 it...

You are right about the ECU

Interestingly, I filled it to the top again last night, still on Tesco99. I since did a run home, about 7 miles in heavy stop/start traffic, and 65 miles on the Motorway between 70-80mph..  

When I got back to Gloucs I filled up with Tesco99 again, and it cost me exactly £7.70 to do 72.2 miles, which is 37.7mpg.. (MID said 38.5).. these are closer to the figures I would expect....

Weird!!!
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Re: More awful MPGs
« Reply #21 on: 28 February 2007, 22:32:19 »
To expand on TB's comments, check your ground connections?  Block, engine loom, etc.
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Re: More awful MPGs
« Reply #22 on: 28 February 2007, 23:07:19 »
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When I got back to Gloucs I filled up with Tesco99 again, and it cost me exactly £7.70 to do 72.2 miles, which is 37.7mpg.. (MID said 38.5).. these are closer to the figures I would expect....
 
Weird!!!

I wonder if you got a dose of the contaminated fuel as well? Didn't make such a dramatic difference to fuel consumption on my car but on a different engine management system it might have. In fact, as yours didn't throw up a fault light maybe it indicates that the limits are wider and it carried on winding the correction up rather than going back to base values and barfing a fault code?

Guess we'll never know.

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Re: More awful MPGs
« Reply #23 on: 28 February 2007, 23:09:23 »
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When I got back to Gloucs I filled up with Tesco99 again, and it cost me exactly £7.70 to do 72.2 miles, which is 37.7mpg.. (MID said 38.5).. these are closer to the figures I would expect....
 
Weird!!!

I wonder if you got a dose of the contaminated fuel as well? Didn't make such a dramatic difference to fuel consumption on my car but on a different engine management system it might have. In fact, as yours didn't throw up a fault light maybe it indicates that the limits are wider and it carried on winding the correction up rather than going back to base values and barfing a fault code?

Guess we'll never know.

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Re: More awful MPGs
« Reply #24 on: 28 February 2007, 23:12:47 »
That is.. until I'm running on LPG ;D
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Re: More awful MPGs
« Reply #25 on: 01 March 2007, 22:01:44 »
my 3.0 elite gets 17 to 18 locally..lots of hills, short journeys....on a run, it can really rise....it loves motorway journeys, with cruise control, and gets to around 29 mpg

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« Reply #26 on: 01 March 2007, 22:03:31 »
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my 3.0 elite gets 17 to 18 locally..lots of hills, short journeys....on a run, it can really rise....it loves motorway journeys, with cruise control, and gets to around 29 mpg


On a steady motorway run, I'd want more than 29........
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Re: More awful MPGs
« Reply #27 on: 01 March 2007, 22:05:31 »
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my 3.0 elite gets 17 to 18 locally..lots of hills, short journeys....on a run, it can really rise....it loves motorway journeys, with cruise control, and gets to around 29 mpg


On a steady motorway run, I'd want more than 29........
My 3.0l on a steady motorway run is low 30s.  Apparently, on run, Inst Cons should be reading low 40s at 70mph on 2.0l
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« Reply #28 on: 01 March 2007, 22:57:12 »
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my 3.0 elite gets 17 to 18 locally..lots of hills, short journeys....on a run, it can really rise....it loves motorway journeys, with cruise control, and gets to around 29 mpg


On a steady motorway run, I'd want more than 29........
My 3.0l on a steady motorway run is low 30s.  Apparently, on run, Inst Cons should be reading low 40s at 70mph on 2.0l

Apart from not going that slow I rarely got over 40 instant on mine except on overrun.

The 2.0s aren't THAT economical. BEtter than V6s but not hugely better
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Re: More awful MPGs
« Reply #29 on: 01 March 2007, 23:02:53 »
my 2.0 Gets 36mpg on a run, and about 22mpg knocking around.. big difference...
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