1.5 Diesel fuel consumption

1. Aly Saxperience Addict Joined: Apr 2007 Sunderland Posts: 10341

   #1 7th November 2012, 18:35

   Need some help from anyone who has had experiences of them.
   
   Mine seems a bit heavy on the juice.
   Just serviced it today replaced all filters and oil and still seems to drink a bit.
   
   I only got 420 to a full tank and it seems a bit too smokey on full throttle. Im thinking the pump may have been cranked up a bit but i dont know how to check.
   
   What sort of mileage were people getting from a tank and how do you check the pump?
   
   Cheers.
2. user_7096 Established Member Joined: Sep 2005 Market Bosworth Posts: 2482 106 XSi 1360cc

   #2 7th November 2012, 19:05

   between 450(short journeys only) and 680(long journeys... super eco mode)
3. blackie_2k5 Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Oct 2008 Birtley Posts: 22253 VTR Turbo, 106 xsi track slag, Transit recovery, B

   #3 7th November 2012, 19:08

   Used to rake mine allover (only way you can drive them)
   
   Usually about £10/100 miles
   
   Full tank was like £52 and got about 535 miles

   1 user thanked this post: logic_guy
4. user_46658 Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Aug 2010 Little Mill, South Wales Posts: 7547 Mondeo ST TDCI Saxo VTS

   #4 7th November 2012, 19:11

   420 to a full tank ... Fuck me I want one
5. Sophia_Bush Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Jan 2007 Shropshire Posts: 9994 Moonstone Blue 106 GTi

   #5 7th November 2012, 19:15

   get 380 in my vtr raking it
6. Aly Saxperience Addict Joined: Apr 2007 Sunderland Posts: 10341

   #6 7th November 2012, 22:25

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by piggy123 between 450(short journeys only) and 680(long journeys... super eco mode)

   Mine is worse on a long run which is making me think its an issue when im near full throttle since it smokes a lot on full throttle.
   
   

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by blackie_2k5 Used to rake mine allover (only way you can drive them) Usually about £10/100 miles Full tank was like £52 and got about 535 miles

   Any ideas mate how to check the pump and you know areas to check?
   
   

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by Sophia_Bush get 380 in my vtr raking it

   Haha screw you Gav!
7. user_39461 Super Moderator Joined: Nov 2009 Cambridge(ish), UK. Posts: 10581 BMW 5x M50d.

   #7 7th November 2012, 22:59

   Mine did about 550 to a tank driven calmly overall and perhaps 450 riding it like Frankel.

   1 user thanked this post: Aly
8. Aly Saxperience Addict Joined: Apr 2007 Sunderland Posts: 10341

   #8 7th November 2012, 23:21

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by Ross Mine did about 550 to a tank driven calmly overall and perhaps 450 riding it like Frankel.

   Cheers Ross that makes me feel better.
   
   I'm starting to think when the cam belt has been done that the timing hasn't been done up correctly.
9. user_39461 Super Moderator Joined: Nov 2009 Cambridge(ish), UK. Posts: 10581 BMW 5x M50d.

   #9 7th November 2012, 23:27

   Yeah some people I see claimed (on posts in the past) they were getting like 700 to a tank - no idea how. Maybe I don't drive gentle enough, but even when I would drive like miss daisy I'd only get very high 500's max. Maybe mine was fucked too lol.

   1 user thanked this post: Aly
10. user_34323 Saxperience Post Whore Joined: May 2009 ringwood Posts: 6305 suzuki swift 1.2 sz3

    #10 8th November 2012, 17:15

    45 litre tank = 9.898 gallons
    700 miles would be 70.7213578501 mpg, LOL is all I'm gonna say.

    1 user thanked this post: logic_guy
11. m4tt274 Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Sep 2011 Doncaster Posts: 2627 Fabia VRS, mk1 fiesta + some others

    #11 8th November 2012, 20:40

    get that from the VTR hammering it round town :/
12. blackie_2k5 Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Oct 2008 Birtley Posts: 22253 VTR Turbo, 106 xsi track slag, Transit recovery, B

    #12 8th November 2012, 20:56

    I've never looked at the pump on one of these engines aly, so need idea tbh
13. user_57064 Established Member Joined: Jan 2012 south essex!! Posts: 2442 posi blue vtrs race car

    #13 8th November 2012, 21:10

    Could be a drippy injector... They are pressure activated by the pump and have a spring in them which can dreak or go weak...
14. barwell1992 Frequent Poster Joined: Mar 2011 Rugby Posts: 752 saxo vtr 02, 150bhp yamaha FZ1:)

    #14 8th November 2012, 21:18

    dost seem that good, i get 360+ out of the vtr ragging the sh*t out of it and sill getting over 40mpg
15. LSOfreak Saxperience Addict Joined: Jan 2008 west london Posts: 13810

    #15 8th November 2012, 21:36

    100miles for £10
    
    as opposed to 50 miles to £10 in the vtr
16. user_10801 Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Jul 2006 Somewhere nicer than you Posts: 32356 S2 Exige 240S, CLS63 AMG, Freelander

    #16 8th November 2012, 22:36

    450 sounds about right for mixed driving.
    
    When you really think about it you can get 600+
17. axsaxoman Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Jan 2003 Scotland Posts: 3380

    #17 9th November 2012, 09:34

    when they wer curretn citreon did a publicity stunt with an ax diesel ,bx diesel +a xm diesel all of them managed to get from lands end to john o groats on a single tank -average cruise speed was never mentioned .
    I can say that a good saxo diesel when fiarly new ,with granny driver could get 70 mpg no problem --some customers claimed 80+ .
    it must be ten years old + diesel avaiable now is not as good --(bio additives etc) then add to that if you buy supermarket fuel it will do less mpg ,then maybe your injectors are not best pattern --,maybe running too cold ? when were the tappet shims last adjusted? non genuine ex system --full of crap ?
    all these things will make difference
    certainly worth using a tin of injector cleaner in it as a starting point
18. blackie_2k5 Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Oct 2008 Birtley Posts: 22253 VTR Turbo, 106 xsi track slag, Transit recovery, B

    #18 9th November 2012, 10:06

    I'm sure I worked mine at 67.x mpg when I was trying to see what it would het
19. m4tt274 Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Sep 2011 Doncaster Posts: 2627 Fabia VRS, mk1 fiesta + some others

    #19 9th November 2012, 10:09

    my neighbour used to have an AX diesel. he drove it like a baby and every year before the MOT he would have my dad thrash it up the road to clear it out so it would pass its emissions. He used to get between 650 and 700 a tank from it i remember him saying.
20. axsaxoman Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Jan 2003 Scotland Posts: 3380

    #20 9th November 2012, 10:59

    and the tank was smaller on an ax diesel than the saxo
21. rey Saxperience Post Whore Joined: May 2006 Kent Posts: 8205 :(s)rac

    #21 9th November 2012, 11:07

    I remember adsayer used to get over 700 miles to a tank..
22. user_7096 Established Member Joined: Sep 2005 Market Bosworth Posts: 2482 106 XSi 1360cc

    #22 10th November 2012, 22:28

    easy to get 600.... its getting to 650 upwards that becomes the hard part......
    did from home... to newquay and back; plus a weeks driving to work (LE9 9JT) and ran it so dry it coughed on the way to the fuel pumps..... WOOPS
    
    56mph MAX.