Gaj1612

Active Member

• Nov 17, 2014

• #1

hi,

ive got an l series freelander that i have been running on veg for about 3 months now.

i dont know if its anything to do with that but it seems to be really gutsy compared to what ive been reading about people getting 30-40mpg.

i ran out of veg this week and filled up with £30 of diesel (24ltrs) and travelled 75 miles and now i need to put more fuel in. i worked it out on one of the online mpg calculators and it come back that im doing 15mpg!!

is there anything i can do or check to see what might causing this?

any help would be great

cheers atb

 

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martyc

New Member

• Nov 17, 2014

• #2

Check for fuel leaks would be my first choice!

 

htr

Well-Known Member

• Nov 17, 2014

• #3

When was it last serviced? air cleaner, filters ...

 

Gaj1612

Active Member

• Nov 17, 2014

• #4

about 6 months it had a full service and ive changed fuel filter once since using veg

 

GrumpyGel

Well-Known Member

• Nov 18, 2014

• #5

Definitely sounds like a leak. Around town I get 34 MPG.

Have you been using 100% veggie or a mix? If its 100%, veggie does tend to 'sludge things up' so the pump and injectors might not like it too much. You might get some better advice on the of Tratter forums, not many Freelander owners run on veggie - although I'm considering it.

 

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sas_pinkie

Member

• Nov 18, 2014

• #6

favourite leak point is the naff fuel return pipes on the injectors. Ive had three freelander L's they all were leaking here from where the little rubber pipes had gone hard and then fractured.

 

Gaj1612

Active Member

• Nov 18, 2014

• #7

I've been running a mix last few weeks about 50/50
I'll definitely check the return pipes.
Does anyone knoweth inside diameter of the pipe might just change them anyway

 

teddywood1

Well-Known Member

• Nov 18, 2014

• #8

hope it not a td4 LR say not to run on vegie

 

GrumpyGel

Well-Known Member

• Nov 18, 2014

• #9

That's right, I've read on here that the L Series is fine but veggie shouldn't be used in the TD4 - to do with the different pump/injection systems.

 

Datatek

Well-Known Member

• Nov 18, 2014

• #10

Veg is a no no with common rail diesels and can gum up injector pumps on older engines.

 

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JRNORWAY

Active Member

• Nov 18, 2014

• #11

Gaj1612 said:

Does anyone knoweth inside diameter of the pipe might just change them anyway

Click to expand...

Internal 3.2mm.

 

Gaj1612

Active Member

• Nov 18, 2014

• #12

Sorted nice one
Will get some tomorrow hopefully and change it even if it's not split. At least it ticks one thing off

 

Gaj1612

Active Member

• Nov 20, 2014

• #13

Changed leak off pipes totally old ones weren't in best shape.

 

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