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purplebug

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what kind of range do you guys get out a tank full. Mine did about 280-300, is this good or bad? I was hoping for more or should I be looking for a problem?
1.8 2001
 
sounds about right to me,around town i get about 18 mpg and on a motorway run recently i got 255-260 miles to £50 of fuel(about 95% tank of fuel)when i checked this it worked out about 26-27 mpg which is what book states..2000 1.8
 
bustermilo said:
sounds about right to me,around town i get about 18 mpg and on a motorway run recently i got 255-260 miles to £50 of fuel(about 95% tank of fuel)when i checked this it worked out about 26-27 mpg which is what book states..2000 1.8
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better fuel economy can be had when it turns into a steam engine-call for recovery:p
 
If i'm absolutely hammering it i can get as low as about 8mpg, if i'm really nice to the accelerator i can get about 26mpg.

That's on a slightly modified engine though ;)

When it was stock i remember getting about 320 miles from a full tank.
 
Never realised that the fuel consumption on the 1.8 petrol was so bad.

My Td4 averages 38mpg, and can easily get 440 miles on a tank full.
 
The 1.8K isn't that bad for fuel economy, it's just a small engine for a big car.

When the Rover 25 first had a 1.8VVC K, it would do 70mpg according to adverts. The K series was one of the most advanced engines of it's time as far as economy goes.
 
damned good mpg wen there most likely gonna end up like this :rolleyes::D:D
 

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I get 360 miles from every tank. I guess thats about 30mpg which I am pretty happy with. Have it serviced regularly and I don't do a huge amount of city driving.
 
Yay, I was looking for this thread.

I get from our lander, approx 760km (approx 472 miles), from a full tank of diesel. (Lander is approx 15 years old original engine pre TD model). Mainly a mix of A class road driving and city driving, where stop start - traffic lights kills the fuel consumption (epecially if the wife is driving - un necessary gas pedal action and holding the gears too long before changing).

When motorway driving I try to keep the RPM at apppox 3K, anymore is like dropping a sponge in the fuel tank - besides that £300 a time in speeding fines don't help.

Having run it on veg oil and diesel on and off over the past year, it's time to go in for a service as the fuel filters and pipes may need to be addressed.

But, looking at the consumpions in this thread, I don't feel as bad as I did earlier.

However now the temp gauge has now died - alway's summat to do...
 
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I have just done about 480 miles on a tank full of fuel that was with about an hour hold up in a traffic jam and I don't think that is bad from an 02 Freelander TD4 with 112.000 on the clock.
 
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My freelander sport drinks the stuff when you floor it around town etc.. but motorway driving is great, plods at 95mph all day and not too bad even then on fuel !

:D
 
I get anywhere between 37 and 34MPG from my TD4 with 138K on the clock, i do mixed driving but only, about 65 or 70 on the motorway. It was always 37 but has suddenly dropped on the last few tanks (yes i do work it out) to 34mpg...
 
Hi All

Have to agree with one of the previous comments regarding the poor 1.8 MPG. I have a TD4 2003 and on a recent trip to Scotland got 502 miles out of a single tank. I regularly get 450-475 out of a tank on a mix of Motorway and Town driving
 
Getting about 480 - 500 miles from a full tank in my L series. 160k on the clock and converted to 2 wheel drive.
 
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