diesel consumption 300tdi/door handles

[thediscodude]

Hi all,

I have an M reg 300tdi disco on 180,000 miles, sound as a pound running and driving wise but the fuel consumption varies every time I put fuel in, I fill up 20 quid and it will do 126 miles then a few days later I put 20 quid in drive it exactly the same and it will do 80 - 100,was pulling 33 mpg until I serviced it (oil and filters), injector pipes were leaking so I've changed them and have been studying it and cant see any more leakages, just replaced clutch, wondered where or if I'm going wrong, or just crying like a girl , also I know its probably an easy fix but id prefer to hear from past experience.
My door handles are an absolute nightmare, you have to keep yanking them constantly for like 5 minutes to get them to open maybe be as easy as stripping and wd40 but thought id ask first cheers.

Ollie

[landroverkeith]

blimey well done im putting £20 in mine and getting around 65 miles mind u the silly great muds, roofrack and about 16ton of armour weighing it down could be a factor lol

not sure about ya door handles could be a shot spring or even the actuator thingy bit? im sure plenty of the guys will be along to help with more info

[lambert]

much of the mpg will vary on how much "£20" actually is in terms of actual volume, this could easily get you most of your difference as can traffic on the same  run, even a head wind can have a noticable affect.

best bet is to fill it to the top do 100 miles of varied driving then fill back to the top and note the number of liters/ gallons and work it out from that.

door handles have adjustable rods linking the pull to the catch.get behind the door card and with the window up you can tweek them to suit.

[stretchy]

quick tip for the door handles.. get them of and turn them over , on the back you will see a white push rod that pushes a flap of metle to work the mechanisim. you will fined that almost all of the travel is wasted becase the push rod does not hit the flap right away. you can put a pen top or the like over the end of the white push rod to extend it a bit or bend the flap back a bit to shorten the distance. regrease and refit .. good as new  ;)

stretchy

[Range Rover Blues]

33mpg, I wish mine did that.  High 20s and your about there.

[john656]

My 300 TDi (bone stock) consumption. best ive had is  £25 (109 p/l) to about 110miles give or take. CBA to work it out but i know its around the same as my petrol focus if not better seeing as i would put 25 in that for the week and diesel is more expensive.

[Range Rover Blues]

Pump up the tyres, change the oil, fit a K&N, clean out the inlet manifold, check the injectors and fit a sports exhaust.  I can get 33 out of our 300 if I drive really carefully, and that's knocking about locally so what it could do on a run I don't know.  25 is normal.

My sister can get 30 out of her 300 auto and 21 towing the 'van :-.

[BigA]

Reading this i thought i had posted it, describes my M reg 300 TDI fuels consumption exactly.  :doh:

Mine goes up and down every week, and i go on the £20 top up too. I find makes a big difference on where you get your fuel from also, super market of BP etc. and i get a lot more mile on a decent run than , my usual round town driving.

I found that the more i bolt on, and with bigger tyres, its best to just not worry about fuel consumption too much, or we will all be driving sensible motors.  :roll:

[thediscodude]

see i try and not care but every time i fill up my hand seems to automatically go throught the steeringwheel and pushes that little button to put back to zero and the dissapointment starts all over again lol  :doh:

[BigA]

see i try and not care but every time i fill up my hand seems to automatically go throught the steeringwheel and pushes that little button to put back to zero and the dissapointment starts all over again lol  :doh:

 :lol: lol the more i read this, the more i think its really me posting it, i do that, but i keep telling myself i am not concerned...  :-k

i am getting a bit worried now that there is some spacial anomaly going on, and i am posting from an alternate universe  :->

[les baty]

its also worth checking the sedimenter located over the rear axle, these always seem to get over looked............going back to the fuel quality, i used to drive a well modded escort van and if i used supermarket petrol it would loose a lot of performance and not very good to the gallon, so there must be a difference

[mac]

see i try and not care but every time i fill up my hand seems to automatically go throught the steeringwheel and pushes that little button to put back to zero and the dissapointment starts all over again lol  :doh:

Try doing that on the move - you'll only do it once! then the consumtion problem will be over :-) :lol:

[cooper956]

same prob here seams to be difrent all the time never used to be crap fuel maybe i mainly use morrisons found proformace keeps changeing too day to day one day it pulls like a train others its doppy had it 5 years and its only this year its been like it is fuel geting worse or is it the milage its just passed 160k got me looking for a 90 now.

[auf_wiedersehen_pet]

I found that the more i bolt on, and with bigger tyres, its best to just not worry about fuel consumption too much, or we will all be driving sensible motors.  :roll:

And that just wouldn't do!!  :twisted:

I keep all of my costs in a detailed spreadsheet (Geek :doh:) and it tells me the cost per mile. I was pleased to find that when the same calculations were applied to my Dad's Citroen C3 Box on wheels, purchased new four years ago and still depreciating rapidly means that it costs him the same per mile as my Disco.

It's a no brainer!

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[Range Rover Blues]

RRC, 21 years old and worth a bit less than we paid.

Micra, 5 years old, lost about £9,500 and it's done 26,500 miles. Holy cow, I see what you mean :doh: