Hi, I have a diesel 306 - its done 127:000miles I'm having problems working out whether or not I'm getting good miles per gallon.
I put £10 worth of diesel in at a time until the light comes on (approx 12 litres ) and I am getting about 90 miles from this. Is this good / bad? If its bad:- Whats causing this? How can I improve this?
Bill
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M. H. Greaves
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Simon
that mileage is about right . i get 90-110 depending on type of journey and how heavy my left foot is.
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Stephen Woolhead
It's easier to fill the tank all the way up, drive around for a few days, then fill up the tank all the way up again. That way it will tell you excatly how much fuel you used to to X number of miles (and you don't run the risk of running out either). The more miles you do the better the average.
My 307 (110 HDI) is doing ~45mpg if I drive gently, ~40mpg if I am in a hurry.
How to improve your mpg? Drive slower? The 307's mpg peaks at ~55mph Don't accelerate as fast?
Stephen.
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Coyoteboy
If you want to check it properly, fill it up to the brim and reset the trip meter, use it for a week and then refil and not miles and litres. Bit more accurate. Dont know about you but when I fill when the light comes on permanent on my car it can have as much as 3 litres variation week to week.
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bill
I don't think tuning a diesel will give more miles, (if you can tune a diesel) what exactly will they do? I've changed the fuel filter,oil filter, oil, what more on a diesel can you do?
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bill
Yeah Ive considered that, maybe I'll check the haynes manual to see how much the tanks holds. Not sure if this is true but I was once told these diesels do a 100 miles from the light coming on to empty tank.
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mike. buckley
In message , bill writes
Not too bad - I tend to get 110-120 miles per tenner depending on how I drive. Fast mway gave more like 100. After current posts on timing being one tooth out I'm more worried about that, top speed (err, private road) seems to be about 105mph.
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Jeff Charlier
And here are the results of the Belgian jury :
For many years I drive a 306 diesel until "fuel empty" lights flips on. I'm a technical person, and I do it to check the healthy of my car.
Typical refill of my fueltank = 54 liter gasoil ( diesel ).
Peugeot 306 XTDT 1905 cc, 1 jan 1999
Depending on my drivers behaviour and the road :
900 km's / tank is the max I ever achieved on speedway's with limited speed at 100km/h
830 km / tank is common when only speedway road 120 km/h
750 km / tank is common on mixed road city, speedway
650 km / tank when driving 160km/h in Germany
My car 25.000 km/year, now in april 2004 having 140.000 km, is consuming less as in the beginning in 1999.