General update on 2.0s petrol ulysee

[stevie g 1966]

As i posted earlier about the mpg im getting i decided to get a diagnostic done ,im getting roughly 31/33miles to 10 pound of unleaded.had it plugged in and it came back with no error codes at all the machanic said it was perfect and suggested a 30 mile run holding at 60 to see if cleans out the injection system and the cat ,dose that sound right to you boys,
please reply with any input......................steve

 

[digger58]

Trade it in for a diesel?

 

[that looks expensive]

Hello!
Justg wondering how much fuel you're getting for 10pounds??
At the horrendously expensive prices recently could be arounf 7litres!!!
Best method is to add 10litres and see what happens.
Diagnostic check will only register a fault pertaining to emissions. A proper in depth with scope etc is bestest but expensive!!!
Good luck!

 

[paul 2407]

hmmm,
7.5 litres of fuel sounds about right for £10 there's approx 4.55 litres to 1 gallon so 7.5 litres is around 1.70 gallons even with the best driving in the world i wouldn't expect to get more than 45 mpg out of one of these for 7 litres, but it does seems a little down, when you have tested it are you doing a mix of town/duel carriageway or mostly town driving? before i changed my engine (nothing wrong with it) i was getting roughly 23-25miles to a gallon around town and about 30-34 on a run depending on how i drove, but that was when prices where around 95p a litre but now it's around £1.28-£1.30 a litre in most garages so about £5.91 per gallon.

i would have thought and expect you would have got around 45-50 miles out of £10 worth of fuel town/duel carriageway driving, so you are losing about 25% somewhere?? have you had the spark plugs changed recently? also might be worth trying some injector cleaner and give it a blast through