Bigscott71 Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 Thirsty mondeo 1.8 diesel zetec 125(6) 2008 08 plate Any ideas why so thirsty and what I can do to combat it Thanks guys/gals Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pragmatix Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 A clue to its mpg will help. Has it just happened? Have you done a proper MPG check not the car computer/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigscott71 Posted February 15, 2012 Author Share Posted February 15, 2012 Yeah sort off I cannot fault it on the a roads and mways but around town it's terrible we have only had it since mid dec and had a 2001 tddi before it which was great on fuel so this is weird it's like I can put say £20 diesel in this and after about 150 it's time to top up again but in the older one it was over 225 we are stumped Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pragmatix Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 Dont forget cold weather will make the MPG worse as much as 10%, differnt car different driving style= inconclusive Do aproper brim to brim MPG check over a few weeks and then you will have a good idea as to your true MPG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigscott71 Posted February 16, 2012 Author Share Posted February 16, 2012 i will give it a try but i have a sneaky suspicion that i may have a leaky fuel pipe somewhere but as i am no mechanic i'll have a friend check,the pipes for me,thanks for the help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mintalkin Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 working on your figures the car is doing around 42/44 mpg which is normal,your old tddi would have to do 70mpg to get 225 miles from £20 of fuel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigscott71 Posted February 17, 2012 Author Share Posted February 17, 2012 The old mondeo was great on fuel it seemed to go forever but I suppose with the new one it's just a case of getting used to it as it does drive a lot different to the old one,maybe it's just us so used to the old one and not giving this one a chance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigdaddycain Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 And sometimes people forget, that 20 quids worth of diesel isn't that much these days... yet we still put £20 of fuel in don't we? It was a fraction over 90p per litre in 1997... So if you averaged say 45MPG, you'd see 218 miles from 20 quidsworth of diesel in 1997... Today you'd see just 138 miles @ 45 MPG from £20's worth of diesel. That's 80 miles less distance travelled on the same monetary amount of fuel. Have you kept on top of checking your tyre pressures? That, in conjunction with long winter warm ups do tend to take their toll on economy... My 2.0 TDCI Focus estate has dropped to just 48.5 MPG this past few months compared to it's usual average of 53 (ish) MPG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigdaddycain Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 Can i just add, that it takes some getting used to TDCI's after TDDI's... Both from a driving point of view, and economy will suffer as a result until you get to grips with it... I recall being less than impressed with the transistion to TDCI's from my regular old TDDI... Until i learned how to get the best from it! You can make really great progress in a TDCI without exceeding 2000RPM, that driving manner in a TDDi would have been,shall we say... Lethargic? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigscott71 Posted February 18, 2012 Author Share Posted February 18, 2012 Right so really daft question coming up How/what is the best way to drive the tdci and whats the difference between the tddi and tdci Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pragmatix Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 Having never driven a tddi I can only comment on my tdci, I tend to boot it up to cruising speed and then feather the throttle this gives me something like 48mpg on a run at this time of the year, my last 565 miles have been covered at 44.4 mpg mixed driving with some very short journeys less than 3 miles. To compare it with my C5 2.2 I drove that very gently on the torque the Tdci is more free reving Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigdaddycain Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 I found that i stalled the TDCI quite often during the first couple of weeks of ownership, they are less forgiving than TDDI's when pulling off... I tended to hold on to the revs through each gear a bit more with the TDDI to make progress,often almost to the rev limiter i seem to recall... I found myself driving the TDCI in a similar manner at first, then realized that the extra torque made holding onto each gear pointless, and thirsty... It really is a case of bosh, bosh, bosh, the gears out of the way, get to cruising speed and stick to it... With the TDDI it was more a case of bo-o-o-os-s-sh-h-h-(gearchange)b-b-b-b-o-o-o-o-s-s-s-h-h-h (gearchange) ETC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigscott71 Posted February 20, 2012 Author Share Posted February 20, 2012 so its not just me who stalls lol, I either stall in 1 St or reverse its quite embarresing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Z3 MON Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 dont worry i still do it on mine and ive had it a month lol,the clutch is fairly high up on these aswell lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pragmatix Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 so its not just me who stalls lol, I either stall in 1 St or reverse its quite embarresing Especially if you have full lock on then the extra power need for the steering pump makes it very easy to stall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoney871 Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Yeah the clutches are quite high, until i got used to this i thought the clutches were worn out. I tend to keep my foot covering the clutch at all times and find it very easy to relax and accidentally slip it without noticing. I could really do with a foot plate beside the clutch pedal - anyone know if one will fit a MK2 Focus without making holes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Z3 MON Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 I usually always stall at the end of the road turning right lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigscott71 Posted February 20, 2012 Author Share Posted February 20, 2012 Z3 mon that's just like mine does I hate it I look a rite Pratt lol esp as I'm a bus driver Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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