bmw 323i, whats that about,...sensible driving,...... 22 miles to a ten spot,...any ideas???

carl

 

VERY poor mate

That's as good as 12 to the gallon

I average i.e. motorway, stop start consistently 27 out of my 528i

Get your fuelling checked

 

Ouch

 

have you got an evo engine in that bmw

 

I run a '98 323i daily, does around 20mpg round town. Mpg's fairly shite, but even with foot down, shouldn't do that. Problem somewhere.

 

do you live in st albans mate, villages like that built on mountains would affect fuel consuption and also explain why you are driving that distance in first gear



think you should chance that free flowing zorst as that cant be helping it either










may i sugest you buy a landrover V8 as that fuel economy is shite but atleast its comfy

 

i do 90 miles to £20

just heavy right foot to work & back

 

 

Unless he was blatting it down a motorway at 100 and something, thats where a tenner could have gone in 22 miles

 

in that case i sugest a locking fuel cap as one of your pikey neighbours is stealing your fuel when your sleeping,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, do you live near mad mac then

 

christ thats bad

i can manage 40 in the cossie

 

Normal driving to work etc i get 28 average out my 328i convertible, something IS wrong there bud

 

you talkin miles to a tenner or mpg?

surely your car should do more miles to a tenner than my cossie!

 

 

my cossie was doing 10 miles to 10 quid over winter last year,,,,,,, also kept wearing out the brake pads on the rear too

stu sugested the rear calipers where seized but i chose to know better and changed the engine temp sensor in the head,,,,,,,,,, after changing the rear pads for the 3d time cause the last ones lasted 6 weeks i then decided to looking into the calipers,,,,, guess what,,,, there siezed

moral of the storey,,,,, listen to the experts

 

Sorry 28MPG!

 

that makes far more sense

pay attention Bond

 

You changed the pads and didnt spot the calipers were seized in the 1st place? Should you even be working on brakes if you didnt spot this in the 1st place?

 

andy cossie rear brakes dont just seize end of storey, they become sticky


when you change the pads you wind the calipers back and then it works fine again,,,,,,,,, untill you apply the hand brake and then it gets sticky again, dont totally seize on the brakes either


guess thats why you dont work on your own car if you dont understand that not all problems with cars or either broken or working but theres parts that are not deffo fucked but could be


never had a crash in the car NOR did stu have a issue with the brakes when he set the car up,,,,,, guess its not always a easy thing to spot if the caliper winds back fine and the hand brake ect work after its fitted




infact non of my messing about with cars has caused problems except when MAKING things work and then its trial and error but still gets working

i am of course hapy you made the time for that commet to make ME look the fool

 

Fair enough if they stick they stick.

Where did i say i dont work on my own car? I do a fair bit on my own cars espically the brakes

Was only asking why you fitted brake pads and didnt spot a seized caliper, not trying to make you look a fool, all you needed to say was it wasnt seized at the time or it was intermittant sticking

 

did i also have to state if i got the caliper winding tool from halfords or not too


andy on a serious note i may play the fool but i dont bodge a car that would have my family in it at speed,,,,,, especially brakes

 

Faulty lambda sensor, coolant sensor, holed exhaust, blocked air filter, dirty/faulty injectors?

 

I can stick 20 quid in the Cossie for a blast on a saturday afternoon out in the sticks and get about 45 miles I went to see Sheady yesterday in my Focus (Diesel) 180 mile round trip only used a quarter of a tank (Approx £11.00)

Ade.