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You could try adding Slick 50 or ZX1 (molecular metal protection additives) to the engine oil which will increase engine lubrication/protection especially when engine cold.
Also add some fuel additive such as Redex diesel to a full tank of fuel.
When the engine is warm, on a quiet road, put into second gear and push up the revs and pull away fast for 200 metres. Check your rear view mirror and you may well see a cloud of black smoke emit from the exhaust. This is fine. The fuel additive will help the fuel injectors clear and clean the system. Getting the carbon out of the exhaust is something you should do once a week to maintain optimum engine performance with a diesel. Your car shouldn't need a service after only 2000km (1,200 miles). Also, I suggest you reset your car computer after running the car down near empty. Refill (using additive) and monitor the fuel gauge against the computer. You could also set the computer to the setting wich shows driving efficiency. Also remember it can take 2000 miles for an engine to burn in or settle. I noticed this on my previous car, a Mercedes A class diesel, which improved a lot after 2000 miles (3000km). It didn't have a computer so I kept records of fuel usage and thus noticed the difference.
Let me know if any of this helps. |
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Slick 50 and the likes are nothing more than 'snake oil', if they were really that good don't you think that the major oil manufacturers would add them to their oil's as standard?
More importantly, if you read the handbook you'll find that any additives (fuel or oil) are specifically prohibited and ignoring this dvice could be the best way of flushing your 7 year class leading warenty straight down the pan.
If the consumption is that bad then take it back to the supplying dealer and have them investigate the problem.
No worries, no slick 50 or other additives will find a way to my car.
This weekend I made a trip, and with very carefull driving on the country road and highway (2/3 and 1/3) and no city driving I was able to get 47mpg. I don't see a way to get a better milleage out of this car. Ok, it's possible if I go out, warm the enigine, go out of the city, reset the computer, drive really carefully with AC off for a few kilometers, and then take a measurement of the fuel consumption. This way I believe I could get 55mpg, but it's not a real life scenario, isn't it?
So, could someone with 1.6CRDi SW do me a favor, and check his average fuel consumption when driving in the city for a few kilometers? With AC on if possible (mine is on most of the time).
I find my fuel economy isn't that great at all, a weeks driving, 2-400Kms, I get around 6-6.4l/km, thats a mixture of townish and motorway driving. (Not nice and gentle british motorway driving mind you, but if you've driven in Ireland for any length of time and want to get somewhere, you'll know what I mean - Its a bit like wacky races [for those wishing to get from A-B] and lane disipline really doesn't not exist, "I prefer the outside lane, therefore I shall drive there, sod everyone else on the road" {Mentality of 'I pay my road tax, therefore if I want to drive at 60kph in a 100 zone I will'} Rant over -T'was a hard trip to work )
Anywho I thinking of going back to Millers Super 4, as a fuel additive. It worked absolute wonders in my 2.0HDi 206. Made the car quicker, and more economical around town. Haven't used it in the car yet - a new car shouldn't need it right??!!
I own my pro_ceed 2.0 CRDI (140bhp) for 13 day now, about 750km (about 466 miles) and the first tank showed on the boardcomputer 8.0L/100km (35.3MPG imperial), but actually when I've recalculated things it was more like 8,7L/100km (32.5MPG imperial) and that totally suck lol
It is my first diesel and I don't want to drive like miss daisy, so if I get it to around 6,5-7,5L/100 km (43-37MPG) I'll be happy with it since I have around 90% of city driving and only 10% motorways.
It is the short journeys which are the main cause of the low mpg especially in stop go traffic. One particular problem I have had is the car has stalled on me a few times in first gear and I tend to over accellerate moving off to prevent the embarrassment of holding up traffic.
Today I had a 46 mpg journey of about 35 miles, hopefully this will be the first swallow of the summer for me.
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