Hi,
My meter readout shows 37.9. I know its supposed to be 50Mpg.
Pls advice on how do I get it back to 50 Mpg. There is no diesel leak and the car
drived nicely.However diesel consumption seem to be heavy. Im on 130k Miles.
Pls advice . Thanks
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Have you tried it via the old and trusted way - that being with a calculator, rather than relying on what the car's fuel computer tells you?
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My Passat diesel would give that kind of mpg around town.
As said above, full tank to full tank calculations are more reliable. But even those assume the odometer is reliable.
Having said that my Passat computer was never far wrong.
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I guess were talking TDCi. As already said the trusted method first. may be worth getting injector codings checked . I have known them to cause severe drop in fuel consumption. If its all short trip s its not far off.
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Hi,
I hav just had my fuel injector changed last week. Im not sure if they fixed it properly thus resulting in the severe diesel usage.
Also on another note, could someone who drives a 2003 TDCi 2.0 lite Mondeo pl let me know whats your MPG like? Thank you
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Ah when they replaced the injector did they re-code it using diagnostic kit? 44-50 on an average run. may be 55 if your light footed.
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Our 2003 2.0 TDCi 130ps does about 50 on motorway runs (~75mph). Using it on local short trips when the weather is cold this drops down to 38mpg. The car has done 78k miles, but did need a software upgrade this year as one of the injectors was out of calibration.
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Im on 130k Miles.
Is it, perchance, clapped out?
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Nahh I have seen them exceed 300.000 miles with no problem. Depends on how they are treated. Had one that did 280,000 in three years dead & never even had an injector or turbo. Used to do a daily run to Scotland from the SE.
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Daily to Scotland from down London way?
Goodness me, that's some serious driving, even if the driver was only doing one way each day.
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yep but excellent test for a product which proved to be a lot more reliable than the merc's the guy was using beforehand.
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There's plenty of these been used as taxi's around here with 300,000mls of use.
Engines should reach that no problem with top quality oil and a regular service.
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After my injectors were changed the trip computer was showing about 25mpg.
I've done about 1500 miles since and its back up to 46, despite being driven hard either on country lanes for most of that.
I think that the trip computer gets confuddled during the injector recoding process.
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You can reset the trip computer mpg readout at any time. So it learns average starting "now". But to calculate mpg always do it brim to brim between fills.
Edited by rtj70 on 27/12/2008 at 00:29
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We've seen a marked increase in the Scenic's consumption over the past month or two. From 42 mpg average to 37 mpg average. Car runs perfectly, doesn't smoke etc etc. Someone tells me its winter diesel.
Cheers
DP
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Hi
I have a 2003 TDCi mondeo registered June 2003 but with an early engine.
This is a standard 115 2.0litre
Mine is pre-computer which came in after June, I think. So mine is based on calculator on every fill.
I get mid 40's around town and max of 54 on motorways. I am very light on the right foot and never stray above 75 on motorways. (most motorway driving is company miles and I get 49p per mile, makes sense to eek it out a bit).
I have done 70K
Regards
ITman
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