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MPG reading
« on: December 26, 2019, 09:50:33 am »
What is a good mpg reading on our cars?


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Re: MPG reading
« Reply #1 on: December 26, 2019, 10:25:46 am »
Anything over 30. I think my all-time average is 28. 40 is possible on a long slow motorway trip with little traffic.
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Re: MPG reading
« Reply #2 on: December 26, 2019, 10:29:29 am »
Ok im getting pretty much the same give and take.. thanks man


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Re: MPG reading
« Reply #3 on: December 26, 2019, 10:31:12 am »
I used to get higher numbers on a normal basis which is odd, ended up intake valves gunk buildup. Cleaned the hell out of it and got a much better reading but wasn’t sure what’s the avg. 
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Re: MPG reading
« Reply #4 on: December 27, 2019, 11:26:37 pm »
Depends if it's a K03 or K04.  K03s are better on fuel.  As above, my ED30's long term average is also 28mpg.  It's been stage 1 most of it's life though and gets driven hard, so I'm not complaining  :smiley:   If I do 60mph on the motorway it'll do about 35, but life's too short for such boringness.  I'm enjoying pumping f'ck tonnes of CO2 into the atmosphere whilst I still can.


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Re: MPG reading
« Reply #5 on: December 28, 2019, 03:49:50 am »
Depends if it's a K03 or K04.  K03s are better on fuel.  As above, my ED30's long term average is also 28mpg.  It's been stage 1 most of it's life though and gets driven hard, so I'm not complaining  :smiley:   If I do 60mph on the motorway it'll do about 35, but life's too short for such boringness.  I'm enjoying pumping f'ck tonnes of CO2 into the atmosphere whilst I still can.
Its a K03 stage 1, im averaging 24mpg on a daily basis driving about 60mph. On motorways probably about 26mpg. I’m the same with u i do enjoy hitting hard time to time, why not right our cars are meant for it. Comparing my mpg to urs, seems like u have slightly better mpg. Any idea bro?


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Re: MPG reading
« Reply #6 on: December 28, 2019, 06:36:30 am »
Have you pulled the dipstick to see if the oil smells of petrol? The hpfp seal can perish, causing leakages.

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Re: MPG reading
« Reply #7 on: December 28, 2019, 06:37:43 am »
Have you pulled the dipstick to see if the oil smells of petrol? The hpfp seal can perish, causing leakages.
I just did that last week but to chk for vacuum leak. But ill give that a try.
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Re: MPG reading
« Reply #8 on: December 29, 2019, 05:36:33 am »
Have you pulled the dipstick to see if the oil smells of petrol? The hpfp seal can perish, causing leakages.
I just did that last week but to chk for vacuum leak. But ill give that a try.
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No smell of personal just the normal oil smell.. guess its not leaking


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Re: MPG reading
« Reply #9 on: January 17, 2020, 02:00:20 am »
Usually can get mine to around 30 local driving and around 35 to 38 on the motorway. That is if I am granny driving LOL. On the quick runarounds, get it around the mid-20s, sometimes even less  :grin:

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Re: MPG reading
« Reply #10 on: January 17, 2020, 09:01:54 pm »
I'm enjoying pumping f'ck tonnes of CO2 into the atmosphere whilst I still can.

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My long term average is around 26mpg (over 2 years of driving mainly short journies tbh)