Whats My MPG?

hypojam · Post by **hypojam** » Tue Jul 04, 2006 11:45 am

I get 60 Miles to 10 litres

Which seems awful to me...

Anyways whats that in MPG as i cant remember how to work it out

Thanks

theclient · Post by **theclient** » Tue Jul 04, 2006 12:06 pm

10 litres = 2.1 gallons

60 miles

so i thinkm tht works out at 28.5 mpg?

Polo Paul · Post by **Polo Paul** » Tue Jul 04, 2006 12:51 pm

town driving with some right footing thats about right, my 1.4 does that. Gets even worse if you have been doing 70mph+ because you at such high revs, or if your doing short stop/start trips.

Jim1500 · Post by **Jim1500** » Tue Jul 04, 2006 1:00 pm

Divide litres by 4.55 to convert to gallons
10 / 4.55 = 2.197802
Divide mileage by this
60 / 2.197802 =21.5 mpg

My 1043 would normally give about 70miles to 10litres urban and 110 on a decent run at 60mph

Polo Paul · Post by **Polo Paul** » Tue Jul 04, 2006 1:07 pm

Jim1500 wrote:Divide litres by 4.55 to convert to gallons
10 / 4.55 = 2.197802
Divide mileage by this
60 / 2.197802 =21.5 mpg

My 1043 would normally give about 70miles to 10litres urban and 110 on a decent run at 60mph

your sums are out mate its 27.3mpg

hypojam · Post by **hypojam** » Tue Jul 04, 2006 1:24 pm

Ah OK not too bad then...

Nearly all my driving is stop/start semi-heavy right foot work

Although i don't think its as good as it could be, my car is running rich (Black plugs) and this mega hot weather isn't helping matters...

I need Gower & Lee to hurry up and get me some new pierburg jets in

pitman · Post by **pitman** » Tue Jul 04, 2006 1:36 pm

Now in summer I'm getting 1.6 gallons on 60 miles.

Polo 1.05 with 40 PS on a 50/50 mix of town and dual carriage way with lots of roundabouts.

Jim1500 · Post by **Jim1500** » Tue Jul 04, 2006 10:49 pm

Polo Paul wrote:
Jim1500 wrote:Divide litres by 4.55 to convert to gallons
10 / 4.55 = 2.197802
Divide mileage by this
60 / 2.197802 =21.5 mpg

My 1043 would normally give about 70miles to 10litres urban and 110 on a decent run at 60mph
your sums are out mate its 27.3mpg

So they are,was using calculator on computor,must have divided by 2.9 instead of 2.19

Mk2Adam · Post by **Mk2Adam** » Tue Jul 04, 2006 11:05 pm

i normally just use this website for the MPG...

http://www.thirteentwelve.com/mpg.htm

WildChild · Post by **WildChild** » Wed Jul 05, 2006 1:12 am

May well be worth cleaning the engine out with some emissions cleaner and engine cleaner (just stick it in with the fuel and drain your tank..) did wonders for my MK1, i was getting a terrible MPG now i get between 40-65mpg depending if im raggin it or not..

Mk2Adam · Post by **Mk2Adam** » Wed Jul 05, 2006 5:29 pm

WildChild wrote:May well be worth cleaning the engine out with some emissions cleaner and engine cleaner (just stick it in with the fuel and drain your tank..) did wonders for my MK1, i was getting a terrible MPG now i get between 40-65mpg depending if im raggin it or not..

which ones did you use on your car mate? i used some carb cleaner on mine but didn't seem to make a massive difference really, never seen emissions cleaner

WildChild · Post by **WildChild** » Wed Jul 05, 2006 6:59 pm

Carb cleaner won't really do that much, Go to:

http://www.wilco-fastfit.co.uk/wilco/ht ... ynn_s.html

Find:
Petrol Treatment at the bottom of the page (buy this)
and
Clean Burn Emissions Reducer - For Petrol Engines (buy this)

i used these two and they worked a dream..

If it says put in with a full tank.. put a FULL TANK in.. dont skimp.. then take it for a nice long motorway drive and empty it, then refill another tank and put the emissions reducer in - should make a big difference. did for me.

Gareth_GT_Hatch · Post by **Gareth_GT_Hatch** » Thu Jul 06, 2006 1:46 pm

The way I work out mpg is dead easy

miles
litres x 4.544

means you can do it on your mobile phone without having to remember a number*

* = but not when youre on a garage forcourt - that's a big no-no.

On the run to and from bvf the derby has averaged around 45mpg! But thats mainly down to going slow due to heavy traffic and it running a tad lean top end.