How's this for fuel consumption?

[adam quantrill]

I had to go up the top end of the village this morning to look at the wife's jeep that was in the MOT station (knackered horn). I ran out of petrol just before I got there so I stuck in about 3/4 gallon I had in the boot. Then I drove down to the petrol station at the bottom of the village, according to google maps it's 1.8 miles, and I ran out AGAIN just before I got there! So I had to walk the last 200 yards with my can!!

That's 1.8mi for 3/4gal = 2.4mpg. Eeek!

[CHJ]

Seems pretty good to me ... is it a diesel?



Chris

[adam quantrill]

I wish - then I could stick chip oil in it, now unleaded is at 99.9999999p/l!

[Wedg1e]

That's absolutely appalling, there's no way I'd put up with that.





Having a wife, that is

[TVRleigh_BBWR]

They can use about 5ltr's just in the pipe work.
After fixing my swirl-pot, the car was bone dry.
put in a can 5ltr car started then after and 30 sec's died, and would not start unitll I put in another 5ltrs.

[gsx600]

TVRleigh_BBWR said:

They can use about 5ltr's just in the pipe work.
After fixing my swirl-pot, the car was bone dry.
put in a can 5ltr car started then after and 30 sec's died, and would not start unitll I put in another 5ltrs.

Boy you must have thick pipes there ! How big a swirl pot did you put on, as mine looks like it will hold about 1/2 a litre then maybe another 1 - 2 litres in the pipes feeding the swirl and injector rail. Either that or you run very rich on cold start

[ed_crouch]

Well, it may only be 1.8 mi the direct way, but by the time youve done a few tunnel runs and a few laps of the local twisties....