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Title: fuel economy
Post by: sparkyw666. on 17 July 2009, 02:53:00

hi all the best i can get running about town is about 14 to the gal is this mormal i havent got a heavy right foot get about 23 24 on the open road any help would be magic ps all so its a auto  :)

Title: Re: fuel economy
Post by: tigers_gonads on 17 July 2009, 08:40:36

not too bad to be honest but first things first, give it a bloody good service  :y

oil and filter
air filter ( vx one only.  halfrauds are crap in comparison )
fuel filter
run it down to about 20 ltr's in the tank then stick a bottle of good injector cleaner in the tank and take it for a "italian tune" up  ;) ;)   ie thrash the tinker and blow all the cr*p out of the system  :y

if yours is a 3 ltr, do the paperclip test and see if there is any fault codes stored  :y
http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1189022687

http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1160152415

in comparison, mines a 2.5 manual and acording to the mid, im getting 28.3 @ 18 mph  :y
mine gets a 50 mile blast up the motorway, once a week  :y

post back on here when done and tell us how it went  :y

Title: Re: fuel economy
Post by: TheBoy on 17 July 2009, 09:52:07

Hmmm, my average in my 3.0 auto over the last 2000 miles is 25.1mpg. Thats mostly commuting.  On a decent motorway run at constant motorway speeds (ie, around 75-85mph) I would expect an easy 30+, drop the constant speed down to 70mph, and 35mpg

I have been known to occasionally give it a lot of welly, hence saving my pennies for 4 new tyres again  :-[

Title: Re: fuel economy
Post by: tunnie on 17 July 2009, 10:19:45

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Hmmm, my average in my 3.0 auto over the last 2000 miles is 25.1mpg. Thats mostly commuting.  On a decent motorway run at constant motorway speeds (ie, around 75-85mph) I would expect an easy 30+, drop the constant speed down to 70mph, and 35mpg

I have been known to occasionally give it a lot of welly, hence saving my pennies for 4 new tyres again  :-[

How many tyres have you had? I have had 2, in the time you had about 12  ;D

Title: Re: fuel economy
Post by: TheBoy on 17 July 2009, 10:39:37

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Hmmm, my average in my 3.0 auto over the last 2000 miles is 25.1mpg. Thats mostly commuting.  On a decent motorway run at constant motorway speeds (ie, around 75-85mph) I would expect an easy 30+, drop the constant speed down to 70mph, and 35mpg

I have been known to occasionally give it a lot of welly, hence saving my pennies for 4 new tyres again  :-[

How many tyres have you had? I have had 2, in the time you had about 12  ;D

I need tyres that grip ;)

about 15k from the rears  :'(

Title: Re: fuel economy
Post by: sparkyw666. on 17 July 2009, 12:41:30

thank guys will give the service a got and giv it a good thrash will let u know how i get on thanks again ;)

Title: Re: fuel economy
Post by: Darth Loo-knee on 17 July 2009, 12:49:04

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thank guys will give the service a got and giv it a good thrash will let u know how i get on thanks again ;)

Make sure your breathers are cleaned out too mate, you would be suprised what an effect that has on MPG :y

Title: Re: fuel economy
Post by: Ghost on 17 July 2009, 13:16:28

Ive done a service with new plugs ect. put a full bottle of red X in, cleaned everything and belive it or not i'm getting nearly 30 mpg around town and a lot more on a run. is my car normal?