ikon31
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Dec 16, 2011 18:35:31 GMT
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I've recently bought a 1997 L200 lwd 2wd pick up, unladen, i'm getting 20mpg max, as i put £20 in the other day and got back somewhere in the region of 80-100 miles,
i'm not driving it heavy footed in anyway, it seems low.....
Surly i should be getting high 30s?
Either way, what could be the cause of this, and how can i solve??
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van life is the high life
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Dec 16, 2011 20:28:05 GMT
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Your guestimates sound wrong to me. I'm assuming this is a diesel £20 of supermarket diesel at £6.40 a gallon is 3.125 gallons. 3.125 gallons in 90 miles is is 28.8mpg. Guessing quantities and mileage over such a short distance is never going to give a true representation. Your best bet is to brim it and work it out properly. Sounds alright for a 2.5l diesel commercial to me though  |
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Dec 16, 2011 20:33:47 GMT
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Your guestimates sound wrong to me. I'm assuming this is a diesel £20 of supermarket diesel at £6.40 a gallon is 3.125 gallons. 3.125 gallons in 90 miles is is 28.8mpg. Guessing quantities and mileage over such a short distance is never going to give a true representation. Your best bet is to brim it and work it out properly. Sounds alright for a 2.5l diesel commercial to me though  £6.40 a gallon is that what it is in the UK |
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ikon31
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Dec 16, 2011 20:49:09 GMT
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Your guestimates sound wrong to me. I'm assuming this is a diesel £20 of supermarket diesel at £6.40 a gallon is 3.125 gallons. 3.125 gallons in 90 miles is is 28.8mpg. Guessing quantities and mileage over such a short distance is never going to give a true representation. Your best bet is to brim it and work it out properly. Sounds alright for a 2.5l diesel commercial to me though your probably right, your maths sounds more sound than mine. Because i do very few miles, i always just saw how many miles i got for £20. My merc did about 50, and that was bad. It has been stood, maybe i'll chuck some redex in it. However i cant find the official figures, just thought i'd be getting more than that |
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ikon31
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Dec 16, 2011 20:50:45 GMT
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your maths sounds more sound than mine. t   |
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Dec 16, 2011 21:31:42 GMT
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sounds about right for one of these, they are never that good on diesel as they're heavy beasts with old mechanical pumps, you say its 2wd so I guess its not the high up big tyre'd version?
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Dec 16, 2011 22:18:39 GMT
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80-100 to 20...... That's about what I get in my small European hatchback. So for a big pickup that doesn't sound too bad.
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Dec 16, 2011 22:38:48 GMT
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Had two L200's for work both crew cab 4x4's but obv used in 2wd 99.9% of the time, used to get about 10mpg round town rising to about 18 on a steady run @ 80 going to Norwich and back (regular journey for me) my 4.6 Range Rover was better on fuel...
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