jimbob7 wrote:

I average 27.5 mpg, in an almost empty,completely standard 110 H/T, partly on a motorway.My last fill up I had 31.3mpg (due to using the motorway more),I don't drive fast and only do 50mph on the motoway.

Getting closer Jimbob

30.71 today, 478 miles out of 71l, getting there  He who dies with the most toys wins

Defender 90 & 110, S1 80", Disco 1, S111 88
LRSOC & CVLRC

Caterham wrote:

just to say I've done 300 miles on the first half of this tank and did a 513 miles when the orange warning came on previously - thats about 37 mpg.

from what I can gather anything over 30mpg is really good and anything over 33mpg is excellent......

its all about patience.

Er dude! Assuming it's a 110.

75litre tank = 16.3 gallon

513/16.3= 31.4 mpg

Don't know how much to reserve call it 70 litre.

70 litre=15.3 gallon

513/15.3=33.5mpg


Good going either way,but not that good!!

If it's a 90 with 60 litre full tank to dry thats 39+mpg er

geobloke wrote:

I too was very concerned a while back about the MPG of my TD5 110, especially since I was just about to head off on a cross Europe tour. Since then I have been keeping a track of the MPG, driving sensibly and making sure things like tyre pressures and oil levels are exactly where they should be.

These are her stats;

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Not bad for an old gal (137k miles on the clock), an average of 29mpg and a max miles per tank of 479 miles. The average is based upon 7k miles, best mpg is just short of 32mpg and an average of 19p/mile. The closest I have gone to the bottom of the tank was when I got to 460 miles and at that point I really felt I was on fumes, although the orange light was not on at that point. The lowest point was when fully laden with tent and gear in the mountains of Spain on poorish fuel, even so 26 mpg is pretty good I think...

Incidentally, IMHO using the anti-stall to pull off is a moderate waste of fuel. When used the ECU reacts by dumping a lot of fuel in to the cylinders to stop it from stalling and you get a good puff of unburnt black smoke out the back. Not using it may improve your mpg a bit.

Apart from the trek across Spain what kind of roads do you use,motorways town center, etc? Also, I just use the clutch to get going in mine but don't get a cloud of smoke,mine is low mileage tho(49k), just lettin you know if you want to get it checked out. :thumbsup:

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jimbob7 wrote:

Apart from the trek across Spain what kind of roads do you use,motorways town center, etc? Also, I just use the clutch to get going in mine but don't get a cloud of smoke,mine is low mileage tho(49k), just lettin you know if you want to get it checked out.

Hi Jimbob. I do not hold back, all roads are fair game for Miffy the 110 and me...

Slightly more seriously, I would consider this to be a "real world" test. On every tank of fuel there is a good quantity of country roads, motorways, town driving, fast A-roads and green lanes. The only variation really is what the 110 is hauling, this week I hauled a new project 90 on a flatbed trailer which understandably knocked the mpg back a tad.

Crikey 49k on a TD5... that is surely the lowest mileage on and TD5 still alive... Mine has now just clicked over 143k miles and to be honest she is still hauling ass, but she does get good oils and filters and regular servicing.

As it happens I am doing a little personal "Fuel Test" on the 110 at the moment. We are on to our second brand of diesel and will report back in due course with the results... Interesting so far...

Mud Dog wrote:

That looks like a great app, can anyone tell me what it's name is so I can get it?