Fuel Consumption lucky to be 19 MPG!!!

[BlairH]

Fuel Consumption lucky to be 19 MPG and thats mainly open road! 362km of 52 litres of diesel!
If anyone can figure this out...?

Injectors have been reconditioned, new air filter, tyres at 39 PSI, no fuel leak.
Marginal leak in turbo seal resulting in small oil burn. Getting 100kph at 2900rpm. Seems to be running fine. White smoke on start..(turbo oil leak?) but stops quickly. Running 15inch rims.

i'm buggered if i know!

[dirtydog]

Sounds the same as me, although my injectors are getting done shortly.
How many miles has yours done? im on almost 190,000km

[ssray]

same here, i even took my turbo boost mod off, too early to see any diffrence.
2 tank veg here i come.this may convince you here http://www.dieselveg.com/vegmodel.xls i think i can convert with no bells and whistles for £250ish, just need to find £249.50

[BlairH]

Sounds the same as me, although my injectors are getting done shortly.
How many miles has yours done? im on almost 190,000km

187,000km. price of fuel these days may force a reluctant change of vehicle

[Simon.O.]

Fuel Consumption lucky to be 19 MPG and thats mainly open road! 362km of 52 litres of diesel!

Thats about me for round the suburbs, pretty hilly and lots of intersections.
Hey its a 2 ton diesel wagon. Get used to it.

[dirtydog]

Thats about me for round the suburbs, pretty hilly and lots of intersections.
Hey its a 2 ton diesel wagon. Get used to it.

Stop start stop start is what kills the consumption.

[Simon.O.]

Stop start stop start is what kills the consumption.

Stop = slam on the picks !!
start = floor it...change at 3700 RPM
stop.....start....
THAT is what kills the consumption.!!

[dirtydog]

Stop = slam on the picks !!
start = floor it...change at 3700 RPM
stop.....start....
THAT is what kills the consumption.!!

THATS what i said

[poppy986]

My LN 130 is lucky to return 20/21 mpg on around town but
that seems to be normal.

Could be worse you could have a 4.2lt petrol cruiser te he
chris

[caseyj]

2.4td and i only got about 12 to the gallen the last time i filled the tank

[PaulP]

I reset my odometer after each fill up to keep track of MPG - these are not small cars - they're trucks!

I got 46mpg when I rented a Smart car - but who wants to drive in one of those? It just didn't feel safe at all.

You have to careful if your odometer is in Km's (divide by 1.69 for miles)

to use:

http://www.mileagecalculator.co.uk/

is handy to work out your mpg (enter miles not km)

I do about 19-21 mpg in London and average 26 mpg on the motorway/mixed driving.

Last November I did 384km for 37 litres on the autobahn going to Austria, thats just under 28mpg with a fully loaded Surf!




And was the surf great in the snow? - not arf!!

[dirtydog]

My LN 130 is lucky to return 20/21 mpg on around town but
that seems to be normal.

Could be worse you could have a 4.2lt petrol cruiser te he
chris

4.2 is diesel, and they are the same if not better than my 2.4 sometimes.

The petrol ones are 4.7 i think and I reckon you will be lucky to get double figures!

[fatfires]

187,000km. price of fuel these days may force a reluctant change of vehicle

what size shoes you take...they seem bigger than mine!!
Tony

[BUSHWHACKER]

2.4td and i only got about 12 to the gallen the last time i filled the tank

Handbrake off?

[crashbang001]

Commute daily from Essex to West London, 1992 2.4 Auto LN130, 23 to 24 MPG, and that's with a cracked cylinder head, which I will replace soon.

Crashbang001