can anyone work out what mpg im getting on my tzd please?

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can anyone work out what mpg im getting on my tzd please?

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alright peoples...
as title says ive got a 1993 k reg 1.7 tzd estate and for £40 i got 274 miles before i only had about 5 litres or so left. anyone know how many mpg i am getting please? nice one.
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What amount of fuel did you start with prior to buying fuel? How much was it per liter to get the quantity of feul purchased for the mileage covered? Such a short test will not give a very accurate answer in any case. Chuck in a few guessed measurements and it will be pretty much meaningless. Best to have a note pad and log the liters bought with the tank at a known level. Say on your normal parking spot with the feed me fuel light just coming on. You can calculate the figures each time from that same feed me flicker and by a few thousand miles your normal pattern of journeys should be accounted for. That figure will be pretty accurate. Then if you are that way inclined you can tweak the car and your driving style to beat the prior figures. Judging by one regular on this forum there is a website that does the calculation for you, sorry I forget who's it is now.
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As a guess based on £1.40 a litre, thats 43.5mpg?

Your car should have the 66 litre tank, so if you only had 5 litres left that would equate to having to fill the car up which would have cost you approx £85. So when you put £40 in, thats less than half a tank.
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ok it seems a little more complicated that i thought!
yeah about £1.40 a litre peoples. i thinks it must be pushing 50 mpg surely?
it dont seem bad though. im a happy bxer anyway! living the dream!
edit. actually just seen the diesel receipt it was £1.36 a litre.
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I work that out as only having done 42.3 mpg as you bought more fuel for the same amount of mileage. The only way to know accurately is to brim the tank, that means you have 66 litres, once you decide to fill up, how much fuel did you fill up, that lets you know how many litres you used & you can work out your mpg from that. Any other way is just a guess tbh.
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MULLEY wrote:I work that out as only having done 42.3 mpg as you bought more fuel for the same amount of mileage. The only way to know accurately is to brim the tank, that means you have 66 litres, once you decide to fill up, how much fuel did you fill up, that lets you know how many litres you used & you can work out your mpg from that. Any other way is just a guess tbh.
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No worries :)
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Thread Bear wrote:Judging by one regular on this forum there is a website that does the calculation for you, sorry I forget who's it is now.
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Dead easy answer which you could have sorted yourself.
Get a piece of paper, write down your mileage whilst at a gas station, fill up with diesel, do this several times making sure you record both the mileage and amount you fill up with, suggest you do to a brimfull and then work it out. Its not rocket science!! Miles to a gallon or miles to a litre. There is a formula you can use from the internet to work this out. Been doing this with all my motors for years. simple, you can do it too!!

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To convert litres to gallons its .219907157 or near enough.
Simples!!

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I prefer to use the feed me light as I tend not to fill the car over half full as it is carrying dead weight around for several weeks otherwise. I only brim it if I am going to Cumbria or something. Choice is yours. I imagine there is an APP or some 'phone notepad thingy that everyone but me seems to be able to work that can be programmable to generate the answer for you, actually. I prefer using my bonce while it works but then I have ever been out of step with the world.
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Mothman wrote:To convert litres to gallons its .219907157 or near enough.
Simples!!

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Rather easier to remember is 1 gallon equals 4.55 litres.
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deltic wrote:
Mothman wrote:To convert litres to gallons its .219907157 or near enough.
Simples!!

Andy
Rather easier to remember is 1 gallon equals 4.55 litres.
Still got to do the sums though to get a correct figure.

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43mpg is fair game for a t/d, the turbo is there to be used, i drive my t/d quite hard and still get 40mpg, drive it like a taxi and you should see 50's.
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Mothman wrote:
deltic wrote:
Mothman wrote:To convert litres to gallons its .219907157 or near enough.
Simples!!

Andy
Rather easier to remember is 1 gallon equals 4.55 litres.
Still got to do the sums though to get a correct figure.

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