17-04-2016, 08:23 AM
(17-04-2016, 06:04 AM)C2K Wrote: That's indicated mpg of course, I assume you're working it out? These things lie tremendously.
Our dv6 mini does mostly town journeys and consistently does 52 to 55 per tank (only keeping track since this winter), bearing in mind is like a 40 litre tank from dry. It's very good with dpf regens, they're few and far between.
It gives off the odd puff of smoke, but last year before I swapped the egr unit the economy dropped, it was hesitant coming off roundabouts and such (low rpm in gear ) and each time it would feel like it coughed and puffed smoke. I recall doing a 3 point turn with a smoke cloud James bond would've been proud of.
The egr was cleaned out but wasnt really dirty. Swapped it out for a cheap second hand one and the hesitation was totally gone. Economy recovered as a result. When she was commuting she was getting more obviously.
Oh and twice I've replaced that stupid orange turbo hose seal. Carry a spare in the garage now!
Yeah I record it on a spreadsheet every fill lol. The trip computer isn't far out unfortunately!
EGR is no longer an issue, blanked and mapped out, the Ford EGR mapping is awful even when the EGR works, they still can't get it right on the 1.5TDCi.
Can't think of an orange turbo hose so that's probably mini specific lol.
(17-04-2016, 07:14 AM)Piggy Wrote:(16-04-2016, 08:22 AM)Toms306 Wrote: A litre every 1200 miles?? I've never had a 306 drink that much.. Will have to check the manual later then. Ive never had this problem before as the diesel from failed regens was topping up more than it burnt.
The PD engine manual says 1 litre per 1000 iirc.
As does the vauxhall 1.6-2.0 16v units iirc.
Designed to burn oil
...amazing.
Still crap mpg tbh...surely something is amiss?
My PD drank ~2 litres in half an hour when the turbo failed...
But prior to that didn't need a top up between 12k changes. The Focus is the first car I've had drink so much!
Crap MPG is partly down to where I live now, moved from the arse end of nowhere with at least a half hour drive to anywhere, to the suburbs where almost everything is ~15 mins away. Tesco is only 5 mins! So I do a lot of short cold motorway journeys, or longer town journeys, or twisty single track B road journeys, none of which is good for MPG lol. The overall average dropped by about 5mpg when I moved last summer, and dropped further over winter as you'd expect, but should be coming back up now though.
I'd be better off with a petrol in this location, but couldn't afford any new enough to have decent mpg, power and cheap tax (Fiesta EcoBoost ideally) so will stick with the Focus for now. Of course while the Fiesta's depreciate, as does the Focus, so it's never going to reach the point I need it to haha.