Please Help fuel economy.....!

[vt5]

Guys as i dont have an OBC i have little means of working out how much fuel i am using, just the fuel bills but im sure im over fuelling.

I need to know whether you think this high.

Usual day, short trip - school run (car fully warms up though) 3miles max
Trip to work - Motorway run average 70 - 80mph distance 26miles there and back.

So each day an average of 30 miles call it. Add on a bit for the weekends and call it approximately 60miles a week distance.

I am spending approximately £45 a week on fuel = 75p per mile.

Lambda light is on and has been for some time, (gonna get the codes read this morning hopefully) Could be O2 sensors????

Does anyone else doing regular mileage per week spend this amount on fuel?

Help me Obi Wan Kenobi your my only hope.......

[jp850R]

Well i dont no wat this works out to but i was averaging 3000miles a month and about £800+ in fuel a month!!

[steveT5]

I get 260 miles for £50, so i think you may be using a bit more than you should. Especially that quite a bit is motorway miellage.

[fraz13]

Your doing well mate, A worked that out to be probs a full tank (£53) so £45 is probs about right. A only average around 21mpg and a gallon isnt far off £5 now, Also thats 5 at least morning cold starts and the same in evening cold starts which sookd the go go juice

[Wobbly Dave]

check elbow joints and breathers. Use Molyslip in your next oil change

[vt5]

Cheers guys but could this be a problem on the horizon????

Not sure if i can afford to keep up fuel costs at the mo.

Ive used £110 in 11 days.....which would average at about £300 a month.

Thats heavy expenditure.

[Mrsmopp]

To give you a comparison I do M1, M25 & M20 (Leicester to Kent) on £59.00 of fuel. 165 miles there and 165 miles back.

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[siamblue]

If i drive like a Nun,I have got nearly 400 miles to a tankful, But at the weekend I put in £35 on the Saturday in Birmingham and 160 miles later gone, But that was travelling at 90-130 m'way and blats around Brum/London.

[swordy21]

I get anywhere between 360 to 420 mi per tank, solely dependant on traffic onditions. Trip is saying 27 MPG for last 5 tanks. Highest I've had is 28.9 over about 10 tanks.

Work & back is 820 mi per week so 2 tanks @ average £55 per tank. I use Optimax for average 4/5 fills, and run REDEX in maybe 1/3 tanks. Sadly tho got Texaco 97 ron in today, don't like it, much more lumpy on tickover. Back to Opti at lunchtime.