Hi, just a quick one. I've had my Stilo for just over a month now and it's fine apart from a few things.
The big one is the terrible MPG
I used to own a 200bhp Honda Accord 2.4 vtec type-s and that gave me 33miles to the gallon, and that had to go because the fuel each month was crippling me.
The Stilo a small engine 1.4 is giving me 34mpg, im barely scraping 350 miles from a tank costing £70
Does this sound ok, I've had a look about and the stilo should be 42.4 mpg
The car is driven properly, eg not raced or ragged about. its a family car and daily commuter.
I've reviewed the service history and it looks good.
oil filter and oil done every year (shell helix+ 10/40)
but the last air filter change was dec 2008, not sure how many miles done since then.
Could an old filter cause such a drop in mpg, and chuggy idling and and up and down feeling from the revs when at idle and crawling along in traffic in 1st gear. Acceleration is a bit crappy too. very sluggish if you know what im getting at.
I'd like to get access to the air filter box but i cant get the bolts off, none of my tools fit. what size do i need to look for?
The big one is the terrible MPG
I used to own a 200bhp Honda Accord 2.4 vtec type-s and that gave me 33miles to the gallon, and that had to go because the fuel each month was crippling me.
The Stilo a small engine 1.4 is giving me 34mpg, im barely scraping 350 miles from a tank costing £70
Does this sound ok, I've had a look about and the stilo should be 42.4 mpg
The car is driven properly, eg not raced or ragged about. its a family car and daily commuter.
I've reviewed the service history and it looks good.
oil filter and oil done every year (shell helix+ 10/40)
but the last air filter change was dec 2008, not sure how many miles done since then.
Could an old filter cause such a drop in mpg, and chuggy idling and and up and down feeling from the revs when at idle and crawling along in traffic in 1st gear. Acceleration is a bit crappy too. very sluggish if you know what im getting at.
I'd like to get access to the air filter box but i cant get the bolts off, none of my tools fit. what size do i need to look for?