MPG

[marti666]

Evening All
Ok just made my holiday trip from Leeds to Taunton with the caravan and I averaged 20mpg is this about right, I'm towing a continental van which is 2.4m wide x7m long and 2.5m tall total weight about 1350 kg....
Thanks
Martin

[jims-terrano]

I'd say it was a bit heavy on fuel. Is it manuel or auto?

When i used to tow with a caravan on the back my all time best was 31 with a trip up to whitby and some running round up there for a few days and that was with air con on.

I guess if you are a bit heavy footed itll soon drop MPG also have you defo worked it out correctly.

[Sweety]

20mpg does sound a bit low as I think the average is around 25mpg:augie not got a caravan yet so can't give any figures myself

[marti666]

Auto... not so heavy footed averaged 50mph on the way down brimmed the tank and brimmed again so calculated mileage/litres used x4.54 for mpg...

[-=Alex=-]

Mine does 20 mpg empty - on 100% WVO thou...
14mpg with about 1ton load and.... 9 mpg with a car in the trailer, roughly 2-2.2 ton

[Sweety]

Auto... not so heavy footed averaged 50mph on the way down brimmed the tank and brimmed again so calculated mileage/litres used x4.54 for mpg...

Well your maths is right as there is 4.54L to the UK gallon:thumbs Auto do use more fuel than the manuals but I would have thought you would have got a bit more TBH, a new air & fuel filter might help if they are due for replacing, changing the oil in the auto box may also help & cleaning the mini filter in the injection pump if fitted could also help matters

[elty001]

I've just done a week away up to East Riding.done 385 miles to a full tank of bio.
Mines an auto but I'm running on muds and had the roof box and the back rack and boot loaded with the camping gear.

[jims-terrano]

I reckon the auto is the key here, but no harm having a good service and see if this makes any difference.

I got some running around to do this weekend but mines manual and also i'll be solo. Not tested the mpg on my 05 plate but it seems to do better than my 96 plate. I really ought to get something a bit more economical but hell I love these cars.

[Thomas-the-Terrano2]

I work on 20mpg towing 20foot 1600 kg tintent. about 7.5 foot wide.

[Bigbunny2007]

20 mpg with a trailer that size and weight sounds good to me. I worked mine out when towing and been down as low as 18 mpg but I don't do 50mph!! I'm with TTT2 I work on 20 mpg and my van is 1750 kg towing with 2.7 tdi manual.

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[elty001]

I would say my auto is about 5mpg less than the manual I had.
If I was that bothered about mpg I would drive a corsa:lol:lol:lol

[Bigbunny2007]

As above but I would not drive a corsa! I'd push the terrano first haha

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[elty001]

As above but I would not drive a corsa! I'd push the terrano first haha

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:lol:lol:lol:thumb2

[jims-terrano]

As above but I would not drive a corsa! I'd push the terrano first haha

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I'd get my teenage kids to push :lol:lol:lol

[panelbeater]

i have just returned from the dales to essex,round trip of 460mls and lots of hills but my 2.7td manual with 1100 van 5 gas bottles and spare fuel still gave me 28mpg.thats my wvo fuel with a little bit of rug and derv

[trophymick]

We went up to the Outer Hebrides a couple of weeks ago with the tin tent, got 24/25 mpg towing and 29/30 solo.:thumb2 Some good long hill climbs were compulsory. :lol

Manual gearbox.

[marti666]

Looks like a service is due when I get back..... changed Air filter to a K&N 57i last week so will do the fuel filter even though it was ment to had a service before I bought it looks like they only did the oil.....

[Bigbunny2007]

I must need a new engine or a lighter foot

[elty001]

I average about 20 mpg if I am lucky,must be my heavy work boots:lol:lol

[jims-terrano]

Just filled my 05 plate today and worked out mine. Travelling solo with about 100 miles on motorway and 300 local runs with the air con turned on I got 28mpg.

[Bigbunny2007]

That's good Jim, must be running good.

[AlexD333]

I must admit, since the mods my mpg has dropped...

[jims-terrano]

That's good Jim, must be running good.

Wonder if it'll be any better when it starts getting some air from the turbo :doh:doh

[Bigbunny2007]

Wonder if it'll be any better when it starts getting some air from the turbo :doh:doh

We will have a look when we do leak off pipes :thumbs

[solarman216]

Well it just goes to show what a difference the right foot plays, did a largely motorway trip today 309 miles up with empty car trailer, keeping the revs around 2500, filled to the brim on depart filled to the brim on arrival = 27.61 mpg, came back with a LWB T2 on and as could see me being late gave it some stick, 68 mph as on sat nav most of the way = 3000 plus revs, did 312 miles = 21.08 mpg, now I know I can get 25 mpg towing loaded on A roads so just goes to show, and when I filled up it took 67.43 ltrs so on a 70 ltr tank it was cutting it fine, Rick

[AlexD333]

Well it just goes to show what a difference the right foot plays, did a largely motorway trip today 309 miles up with empty car trailer, keeping the revs around 2500, filled to the brim on depart filled to the brim on arrival = 27.61 mpg, came back with a LWB T2 on and as could see me being late gave it some stick, 68 mph as on sat nav most of the way = 3000 plus revs, did 312 miles = 21.08 mpg, now I know I can get 25 mpg towing loaded on A roads so just goes to show, and when I filled up it took 67.43 ltrs so on a 70 ltr tank it was cutting it fine, Rick

Nicely done Rick, better than mine normally :lol

[jims-terrano]

I got another 100 mile trip tomorrow and then next Sunday about 120 mile down to Sleaford and then same back Tuesday with another 100 mile round trip on the Wednesday so she'll be running some steady motorway miles up. So I'll check it again after then.

[jims-terrano]

We will have a look when we do leak off pipes :thumbs

No rush pal, gonna be rather busy over next couple of weeks got a few long trips to do.

[solarman216]

Nicely done Rick, better than mine normally :lol

I am quite happy, as at 67 I can still do what I did when I was 30, ie long day and high mileage, but have to say the large number of absolute idiots on the road beggars belief but more than that in all that 650 miles I saw not one law car on the road, loads screening broken down motors (wtf) the country has gone to the dogs that is for sure, Rick

[marti666]

Just topped up last night so various A, B and country lanes around Somerset and doing 26mpg without the van....

[Sweety]

On a run I get between 29-33 MPG depending on how I drive & even fully loaded with all our camping gear it's roughly the same figures but I don't go over 2500rpm if I can help it

[RobN]

Caravan around 1250 Kg

5 years with SWB 2.7 TD - 18 to 22 mpg towing, 24/25 solo.
12 years with SWB 2.7tDi - 20 to 24 towing, 25 to 27 solo.
1 year with 3.0 TDi - 24 to 28 towing, 28 to 32 solo.

All the above are average I have had peaks higher and lower, France is good for the mpg as roads are general quieter. Lake district and NW Cornwall not very good for mpg, excellent for hols :)

2500 rpm to 2700 rpm appears to be the bogey point, over that mpg increases.