Neo
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Originally posted by t8ssjsport
have you got any exhaust or after market airfilter on?
do you turn the car of and back on again often?
No, completely standard 
And not really, drive to work at 7.30 in the morning, will go out at 2, and then leave about 5, maybe to the girlfriends and back, but i'll be there for a few hours so 
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Carl
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scrap it, buy a 306 turbo diesel with a bosch fuel pump, run it on vegetable oil, save a packet.  Don't run it on ones with lucas puel pumps though as it will knacker it, gutted i've a lucas.
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Neo
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you sound like your coming from experience
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Carl
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Originally posted by Neo
you sound like your coming from experience
Gladly not, Just gutted i've got a lucas pump.
Either pump though, its still a group 5 motor, economical, decent handling, and not too slow after a tweek that can be done for free. Definatly a good choice for a first or second car. Mines gone me proud as a student commuting.
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Jonny P
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Originally posted by Corsa_Joel
My 1.2 8v does around 180miles to a full tank.
i get around 300 to a tank. depending on how i drive.
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happydudeuk
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i managed to get from merseyside to london, done about 30 miles in london and then on the way home managed to get to birmingham and still had just under a quarter of a tank before i filled up!
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Corsa_Joel
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Originally posted by t8ssjsport
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Originally posted by Corsa_Joel
Was gonna say
Is there anything me or neo can do then to increase my fuel consumption?
my mate had a 1.2 8v which had done 120thousand miles and still going today i remember him doing about 50-70miles on a fiver and he ragged it everywere.
try doing a service oil,plugs, air filter,
have you got any exhaust or after market airfilter on?
do you turn the car of and back on again often?
Its recently had a service mate.
Ive got a sports air filter and a back box on.
Don't really turn the car off and on that often, usually just drive to work, park up and then drive home. My old man reckons its because I drive round town quite a lot and its stop start but I should still be getting more than 180 miles? At the moment im on 96miles since I filled up and just over half a tank.
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Dan Lewis
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what do your plugs look like?
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psycho sport
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to a tank i get 400 or so miles and thats me driving like a penis. Gota love the diesel!
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CR7
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These people with 1.2 8v, getting 200 miles to a tank need to go and get their cars checked out, something is definently not right
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Corsa_Joel
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Originally posted by Dan Lewis
what do your plugs look like?
Don't know to be honest how do I check? Im a n00b with cars.
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lil_g
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That's so not right there mate
I shouldn't be getting double as many miles as you my car is a 1.4
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Corsa_Joel
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Originally posted by lil_g04
That's so not right there mate
I shouldn't be getting double as many miles as you my car is a 1.4
I feel like a cock the amount of money I must of wasted.
Thought something was wrong when my old man gets one tank a week too in his 2.2 litre and he drives to Watford everyday.
[Edited on 09-11-2007 by Corsa_Joel]
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Jez_B
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I have a 1.2 8v and on a motorway run to newquay i got 350ish, and i normally get around the 300 mark, my car has had a new, cambelt, fanbelt, thermostat, tensioners, spark plugs checked, new oil and filter.
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Corsa_Joel
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My cambelt is new and oil has been recently changed.
Is there a good chance its the spark plugs then?
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Jez_B
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Not sure mate, but i dont exactly drive like an old man and im getting around 280 without problem, and my engine has done 102k, just good servicing and maintenance i think, not sure of the solution tho, dont understand why you lot are getting so low mpg.
Also with the spark plugs, to check those you need to measure the spacing between using shims.
[Edited on 09-11-2007 by Jez_B]
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Corsa_Joel
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Okay mate cheers.
Think I may take it to a garage to get checked.
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Corsa_Joel
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Originally posted by Corsa_Joel
Okay mate cheers.
Think I may take it to a garage to get checked.
"180 miles is fine for a 1.2 8v"
"Erm, no its not my mates get around 300"
"They must have bigger fuel tanks"
<<Walks out>>
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Carl
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is that what the garage said?!
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andy1868
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Registered: 22nd Jun 06
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what a comeback
i can get 300ish in mine, well 270 til the light starts to flicker on and off, then however much i would get by running it down. 1.6 btw
[Edited on 14-11-2007 by andy1868]
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DarkBahamut
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quote:
Originally posted by Corsa_Joel
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Originally posted by Corsa_Joel
Okay mate cheers.
Think I may take it to a garage to get checked.
"180 miles is fine for a 1.2 8v"
"Erm, no its not my mates get around 300"
"They must have bigger fuel tanks"
<<Walks out>>
I have heard lots of people say that 1.2/1.4 8v engines get poor mpg but ive never seen it.
I used to drive a 1994 1.4 8v with 85k on the clock and it used to average 48mpg on the motorway. Managed 435 miles to the tank before the fuel light (one gallon left) even came on. Around town it was pretty shocking though, 270-300 max.
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T21SVJ
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take the air fliter of and stick standard air box back on joel just do it for 1 night or a week then see how many miles you get then, town driving will hurt the miles but not that much.
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mwg
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Originally posted by pow
Those 1.9TDi's arent all that either, had one.
Fuck me they pull like a train on speed, but fuel economy? Not really unless you sit on the motorway at 85< all day long. The 6 speed box just saps MPG out of it as well.
What car was this is in? Dad had the VAG 1.9TDi in his old Ford Galaxy and it would average 45+ in normal driving and more like 50 on a long run which is good for a car of that size.
His 2.0 TDi Golf does over 50 too.
Mine is doing about 42-43 at the moment but I have more power than Dads Golf and I drive it a bit quicker 
I had a 1.2 8v a few years ago and it was not as good on fuel as the 1.2 16v that I had after. But it wasn't as bad as the fella that started this thread
[Edited on 14-11-2007 by Matty G]
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CorsaSi
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either your leaking fuel or your engine is on its way out, in my 1.6 gsi driving like a total brick foot i get about 30mpg and when it was a 1.4 16v i was getting 38mpg odd so something really isnt right...
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Corsa_Joel
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quote:
Originally posted by Carl
is that what the garage said?!
Unfortunately, yes.
Will try swapping the air filter around, hope it isn't the engine.
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