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Thanks for the quick responses..
I've never had any emmissions problems at MOT and I've had as least two of them since the economy got worse..
Air filter and Spark plugs have been replaced at least once since this started and had no effect. Is there an easy way I can test the MAF sensor?
Is the anything that could be faulty with the engine itself that could cause such excessive fuel consumption and not seriously affect the emmissions?
There's certainly plenty of wear and tear on the chassis - I had to replace the wishbones last year because the balljoint gaitors had split. When I did this, I found that the bushes in the wishbones were very knackered.
13 years on I am still running it with all the original suspension / drive shafts, etc. At 190K miles I'm fully expectant that there may be significant wear in some moving parts but I'd have expected that to cause the economy to get gradually worse?
I haven't checked the shocks recently but they weren't showing any signs of leaking last time I lookes.
I think I'm tempted to pay a local mechanic to give the car a full appraisal and give me a list of all the problems he can find.. But this car has been so rock solid for the 10 years that I've owned it, I'm feeling quite keen to keep it going, even if it costs me a few days working on it.
Any other suggestions/advice would be much appreciated?
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