Everybody is driving me insane with these wonderful fuel consumption
figures - are they manual? - is something wrong with mine?
I get 25mpg on a journey and 20 - 22 mpg on urban.
It is a 4.2 ltr truck engine how can people get 35 mpg? I want some of that!
Ian.
Renate Haupt wrote:
> mornin' julian
> I normally stick in Sainsbury low sulphur diesel - i guess its as
> 'ultimate' as you get, but it does give me, on a 95 standard ltr fuel
> tank about 560 miles or so, generally about 589 or near as dammit, I
> don't really know whether this is average, good or not, on british
> roads,but its used on motorways, in traffic, so its on the urban/rural
> cycle.
> I would be interested in comparing other LC user's comments about this.
> Regards
> Renate
>
> >>> [Email address removed] 05/03/05 10:00am >>>
> Morning All,
>
> Just thought I would provide some initial feedback on a mistaken use of
> BP Ultimate Diesel.
>
> I actually put it in by mistake because the pump didn't have a normal
> diesel spout on it, however am reasonably pleased with the results.
>
> My LC needs work on the injectors and valves and as a result is only
> doing about 300-315 miles per tank.
>
> After filling with the BP Ultimate fuel I managed to get 360miles out
> of the tank on a trip up to Newmarket and back which included some bits
> at 80-90mph, around an hour in crawling traffic jams and then mixed A
> and B road driving - so pretty average usage.
>
> Whilst the increased cost was around 8% the fuel consumption improved
> by around 15%.
>
> I did tweak the fuelling a bit about a month ago, but haven't really
> monitored the changes so have I have just put in a tank of Tesco's
> finest for comparison. I'll let you know how I get on.
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> Regards,
>
> Julian Voelcker
> Mobile: 07971 540362
> Cirencester, United Kingdom
> 1994 HDJ80, 2.5" OME Lift, ARB
>
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