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Escort mpg

I know it's been asked a few times before but just want some advice from people who might have an idea what they're talking about.

My 1997 1.6 16v escort has 98,000 miles on the clock, i've recently changed the oxygen sensor as the old one was bent and knackered causing some strange idling problems and crap mpg.

Since changing it my fuel economy seems a bit better but it's hard to tell as the day i changed it was the day the supermarkets knocked their petrol prices right down. Before i changed the sensor i was getting about 65 miles out of £10 of petrol, i'm now getting around 80

- 85 miles out of the same amount of petrol which i make to be around

29 - 30mpg. Is that about right or should i be expecting more?

I expected slightly more. I work with someone who lives just down the road and he drives a 2.5l V8 ford probe does a similar amount of miles but uses about the same amount of petrol i do.

Also, my car seems quite smoky a lot of the time, especially when cold but a lot of the time it does it when the engine is warm and has been running for a while.

What should i be looking for to eek those extra few mpg out of this car, i'm fairly handy with a spanner and a haynes manual so any suggestions are welsome.

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tollermccallum
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In news: snipped-for-privacy@posting.google.com, tollermccallum decided to enlighten our sheltered souls with a rant as follows

V6, and if he gets 30 mpg out of it, I'll eat a Ford Probe.

Reply to
Pete M

What type of driving are you mostly doing - if it's short hop urban stops and starts and traffic jams then that's pretty good i'd have thought. Extra urban motorway driving then it's a bit shabby. I've got a 1.8T doing about

27-28 mpg mostly urban short hop semi sensible driving, managed to get 31-32 during running in which I think is pretty good.

Does he let it idle down hills in neutral?

Is it smoke or steam? Cold weather always makes things look worse than they are.

Use 5th gear more often and stick to the speed limits. Regular service etc. I'm no expert they're just some of the obvious things I can think of.

Reply to
JohnR

If you're going to do a consumption test, surely you'd use figures that included the actual amount of fuel you used, not the amount you paid for it. Especially as you've now got a conversion problem because the price changed between one test and another.

It sounds as though you are not being very accurate when you try to get figures. You need to brim the tank, use the fuel, then brim the tank again. Keep a note of the amount of fuel used to re-brim the tank, not the price you paid for it. Do this several times to get an average figure.

Rob Graham

Reply to
Robin Graham

wrong.........you need to brim the tank then do say 100 miles and then brim the tank again. See how much fuel goes in. Work out the mpl or mpg from that. Do this a few times for the average.

dj

Reply to
engelbert

Isnt that what he just said ? Bizarre Dwarfs.

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Teddy Rubberford

Teddy Rubberford ( snipped-for-privacy@hotmail.com) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying :

Not quite. Robin suggested working out based on a variable mileage, dj suggested basing it on a fixed mileage.

It'll get you the same answer, though - and Robin's way doesn't get you all stressed worrying about if you'll find a petrol station at exactly 100 miles just so the calculation's nice and rounded.

Reply to
Adrian

No, he made no mention of doing and logging the miles

dj

Reply to
engelbert

No, you're right, I didn't. But I thought that was obvious.

Rob

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Robin Graham

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