yella
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pos
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pos
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Seriosuly? What are the chances of that
Cheers!
if you can come up with a sensible reason why you need to know the consumption i might get interested enough to actually work it out for you - although i dont think my first guess will be so far from the truth
fair point i do need to get out more
pos
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The reason is purely and simply down to the fact that I turn my engine off at any chance I get. Traffic lights which take ages to change, roadwork traffic lights (if I haven't driven straight through them at red ), cue of traffic or just when stopping to talk to someone. I just wanted to know because if it was drinking a can of coke worth every 20 minutes I'd continue cutting the engine whenever I've stopped for a while. Obviously if it takes a while to sip through that amount of fuel, I'd leave it running.
), cue of traffic or just when stopping to talk to someone. I just wanted to know because if it was drinking a can of coke worth every 20 minutes I'd continue cutting the engine whenever I've stopped for a while. Obviously if it takes a while to sip through that amount of fuel, I'd leave it running.
pos
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discomania
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The reason is purely and simply down to the fact that I turn my engine off at any chance I get. Traffic lights which take ages to change, roadwork traffic lights (if I haven't driven straight through them at red
On starting it back up your using more fuel because the IP flings the flood gates open at low revs i.e. starter speed, so you have to weigh up the time its going to be off against the starting consumption.
If this is a money saving exercise you also need to look at your battery and starter. From a cold start the engine has used the battery to heat the glows, and then start the engine. The battery now needs recharged, if you go and stop it soon after the battery is now left with a reduced charge, the restarting of the engine will then knock it back even further if you do it enough it will lead to the early death of your battery.
The starter motor only has so many operations, be it thousands BUT it’s still a limited number, if on one journey you use it 4/5 times extra, that could be 2 full journeys.
Diesel engines are heat engines, the hotter your engine gets the better it works, and the more efficiently it works (less fuel), it needs to build this heat up, once started I am inclined to leave it running until your parking up.
There is also the question of lubricating the engine, when you turn off the oil runs down into the sump so for the first moment on restarting the engine is not effectively lubricated (especially if you have a britpart oil filter fitted).
If this is a cost saving exercise then I think you will find it’s a false economy.
In the words of Kent Brockman – that’s my two cents.
about 1.85 coke tins/h
