How come my car has recently started gettin 50 miles to £10? Used to be well over 80 miles...

its had a lot of service bits although not checked fuel filter / lambda sensor

any other suggestions?

1.5? 1.8? 2.0?

on the 1.5...like i said it used to do 80 miles to £10 which is still only about 34mpg

Apols then dude - not gonna be much help on this as I have the 1.8! #;o)

Any of the other 1.5er's step up, chat, explain and help please!

ttfn Phil #;o)

i to have 1.5 and thats all i get from £10 i thought it was my induction kit so took it off but still didnt help.....and thats with good driving if i thrash it i only get something like 33 miles

ok mate what mileage has yours done?

i think if we replace our 'lambda sensors' its been said if the cars done more than 60k it can make fuel upto 40% better

i think there about £40...but easily pocketed at local scrappie!

Sounds like that'll be worth checkin out! #;o)

mines only done 54000 miles, where is this sensor mate?its has been doing my head in the amount i have to keep filling up.

1 reason is fuel prices have gone up ... yes I know its not the only reason but still it is part of it.

I remember someone once saying to me " I think my tank has expanded, when I bought the car I could only fit in £30 of fuel and now 3 years on I can fit in £37 ... how is this so ???" ... hasten to add I lmao and explained.

the lambda sensor is on the exhaust manifold near the downpipe, your supposed to unscrew it and check the end of it for wear/damage

but its 'zirconium coated' which wears every 60k...so i'l probs replace anyway

Thats properly funny Dan! He wasnt from York by any chance?

hehe - he was from that area yes

I dont know about £10 but when I fill up a full tank which is about £42 on mine which is a 1.5 on normal petrol not optimax I get about 280 miles.
Try see what you get from a full tank.

When I first bought this car I found it very juicy indeed, as i used to have a 1.3 corolla which for £28 gave me about 300 to 320 miles which I still cant get over.

I fancy a diesel next

hehe just how possibe would a diesel conversion be ?

Are there any diesel F's out there?

Dont think there are, i've never heard or come accross one before.

My new one sounds like a diesel when you start her up and my silver smokes like a diesel on start up

lol@gogo

There are Diesel BJs


Mark

if only a 1.9 TDI lump from the vw's/audis was a possible conversion, i love driving my dads passat with all that torque and turbo kick

[quote="deep2005"]if only a 1.9 TDI lump from the vw's/audis was a possible conversion, i love driving my dads passat with all that torque and turbo kick [/quote]

I know exactly what you mean as I drive my brothers Gold GtTdi PD 130 and that has torque and power galore, but at the same time his full tak is £45 and he gets something like just over 450 miles with the last quarter remaining.
And thats driving giving it some in every gear. Think maybe that'll be my next car for deffo.

Really? You'd buy a Golf? So style doesn't mean much to ya then! #;o)

... only messin! I know they're great cars for MPG / power....

..... still wouldn't have one though! #;o)

I know what you mean an in style wise after having an F but to me it's just a different concept of car but I deffo know it not as good looking as the F.

Buy a Mini and run the F as a second car - great MPG - Great Fun - Cheap to maintain too :P ... not that I have started on mine yet lol

[quote="GOGOBROOM"]Buy a Mini and run the F as a second car - great MPG - Great Fun - Cheap to maintain too :P ... not that I have started on mine yet lol[/quote]
... excellent concept Dan!