Afternoon All,

Just been working out my MPG again - its a sad story!

I put 50 litres of Shell Nitro + in on Friday.

Since then I have driven roughly 103 miles and according to my fuel gauge this has used just under half a tank. Which if I calculate saying the 103 miles was done on 20 liters I get an MPG of 23.46.

From reading other threads I understand this is very poor especially as around 20 mins was motorway within a 50mpg zone and 70miles was country roads (driving from Sheffield to bakewell and back via ladybower and strines moor)

Driving reasonably sensibly the whole time.

A full tank usually lasts me 2 weeks and the main bit of driving is 8 miles to work and 8 miles back 5 days a week with sometime a few trips to the parents or to the supermarket (not that far away). So really I am looking at what appears to be 200/ 250 miles to a tank.


From a few other threads it appears I need to look at the Lambda sensory which seem to be pretty pricey but if its going to up my MPG from 23 to around the 30/ 38 mark then will be completely worth it.

Are these easy to change without much mechanical knowledge? I have 0 knowledge but my dad knows a bit. Just looking for some tips as to whether I should have this done at the garage when I get my cambelt done or whether I should be able to manage a change myself(with help from the old man).

I think you're cars running fine mate that mpg is more or less all I get out of my daily phase one!

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Super high boost Completed, destroyer of gearboxes and 160mph club

I get around 220 for 3/4 of a tank. My lambda needs replacing at some point.

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Cherry Rallye '99 - Sold

Lambdas are easy to change, unbolt it underneath and the connector can be found down the back of the engine, it's a red/black plug iirc. It's quite common for these to be impossible to unbolt though as they become so tight so beware of that.

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Less than 24 hours to go!

Got a few garages nearby I can take it along to take a look. my 23mpg was mainly motorway/ country roads. Ive worked it out at 17.8 miles driving out of the town centre (for about 2 miles) then on to a freely flowing duel carriageway for about 5miles then 10 miles on the motorway going 50 all the way.

then 10 miles town driving (not in the centre but still stopping at a few traffic lights) followed by 5 miles on the same duel carriageway as above and 10 miles again on the motorway.

Finally followed by around 40 miles of country road driving (keeping it pretty steady/ within speed limit etc) apart from 10 minutes of slow moving traffic which covered about .5 miles).

So yeh I would of thought for that 23mpg is pretty low...

Will take it to a garage and see what they say - my miles per tank has been around the 20/250 mark for a good couple of years and the lambda has never been flagged up on the MOT. Not sure if it would?

other less likely possibility is your breaks are sticking. does your car feel sluggish more-so after youve just stamped the breaks on?

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Tyre pressure are the main cause in fuel draining.

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I try and change gears as close to 2k rpm as possible. Something I started doing several months ago to try improve consumption.

Tyre pressures are also checked regularly.

I will wait till my car is in the garage and see if this is something they can check. But thanks for the tips guys.

A lot easier to remove lambda if exhaust reasonably hot.

Iirc, 22mm spanner. Never had any issues removing them. Never had to replace though

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Report back in 7 days and lets see how long it lasts

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Less than 24 hours to go!

To be fair is it fun driving like that though!
25mpg and a fun drive worth the extra £s I think!

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Super high boost Completed, destroyer of gearboxes and 160mph club

Time for an Hdi for you mate

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Super high boost Completed, destroyer of gearboxes and 160mph club

That's not right imo.

My car doesn't do much more than 26mpg but I absolutely cane it everywhere,
On the motorway ill just cruise at 90 when I can and then I have a load of nshort journeys last week and got 350 to a tank

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Ex- Phase 3 China GTi-6 T-Reg