zoomvti Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 Right so I had the car serviced recently, new oil, sparks, oil and fuel filter and it's driving like it's fresh from the factory.....only issue is the fuel economy is absolutely crap. I filled up £65.00 last monday and I've driven 140 miles and it's nearly all gone now. Is there something I've missed? Also I'm ruling out a leak since I checked under the tank in the morning to see if it had lost fuel but nothing to say it has done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noodels Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 that is not good mpg perhaps re check once light comes on for acurate figures.26-32 normal mpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krzys Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 Checked around the fuel filter for a leak, something maybe not tight? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoomvti Posted March 19, 2013 Author Share Posted March 19, 2013 I'm having the cam belt changed on monday if all goes to plan I'll get it checked out then. I don't drive it like a loonie all the time, in fact hardly ever but when I do I manage 220 out of a tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philgor Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 boody 'ell, £65 in 140 mile's, i'll be honest, i put the same in last week and got 300+ mile's out of it, and that's doing 85 on a motor way,check what other people have said, and if that check's out ok, i'd look at the lambda sensor (£50 iirc) but also do a ECU reset, there's a how to in the how to section. also check for vacume leak's on the air intake sysem as well. also what fuel are you using as most of us find we get poorer economy on supermarket fuel's over branded fuel's like shell bp esso etc, i run mine on shell fuel save and i'm avagaging 30-35mpg. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noodels Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 perhaps a compresion test b4 belt fitting and emissions test too,may need £s spent eleswhere Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philgor Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 perhaps a compresion test b4 belt fitting and emissions test too,may need £s spent eleswhere very good point, ask them to stick it through a mot emission's test while it in there, as that will show up any issues to do with fueling low compression... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 28, 2013 Share Posted May 28, 2013 Currently on my first tank of fuel with my new MC2 and I aiming for a figure of around 40mpg+ (lots of hypermiling techniques) You clearly have an issue with the running of the vehicle to get such a low reading Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krzys Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 Currently on my first tank of fuel with my new MC2 and I aiming for a figure of around 40mpg+ (lots of hypermiling techniques) You clearly have an issue with the running of the vehicle to get such a low readingBest I managed to a tank was 424ish miles! That was with an MB6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spudley1988 Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 Best I managed to a tank was 424ish miles! That was with an MB6 I dont even manage anywhere near that in an mb3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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