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All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: St282 on December 26, 2019, 09:50:33 am

Title: MPG reading
Post by: St282 on December 26, 2019, 09:50:33 am
What is a good mpg reading on our cars?


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Title: Re: MPG reading
Post by: neilw 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.
Title: Re: MPG reading
Post by: St282 on December 26, 2019, 10:29:29 am
Ok im getting pretty much the same give and take.. thanks man


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Title: Re: MPG reading
Post by: St282 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. 
thanks again


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Title: Re: MPG reading
Post by: pudding 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.
Title: Re: MPG reading
Post by: St282 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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Title: Re: MPG reading
Post by: colesey 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.
Title: Re: MPG reading
Post by: St282 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.
Thanks man


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Title: Re: MPG reading
Post by: St282 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.
Thanks man


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No smell of personal just the normal oil smell.. guess its not leaking


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Title: Re: MPG reading
Post by: MoMo 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:
Title: Re: MPG reading
Post by: GVK on January 17, 2020, 09:01:54 pm
I'm enjoying pumping f'ck tonnes of CO2 into the atmosphere whilst I still can.

 :driver: :jumpmove: :rolleye:

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