16-04-2016, 08:04 AM
Yeah it's ridiculous tbh.
I have got stuck in a lot of traffic this week tbf, and had air con on, and got extra stuff in the boot, all of which doesn't help of course. But if it drops into the 40s I'll probably cry...
Funny thing is, I went on a specific 'MPG raising' trip the other night, stuck the cruise on at 60 and just cruised down the A14 for a while - firstly the MPG didn't raise, I might as well have done 75 on cruise as usual lol. Secondly a lorry broke down on the other side of the carriageway causing a huge tailback so I came back across country on the B roads...that whole trip only brought the MPG up by 1 in the end haha.
It does seem a little hesitant now though, and chucks a good cloud of smoke on startup but shows no faults on diags. That's why I wanted to try some sort of additive to see if it helps. It's also drinking oil though, 4k since the last change and it's drunk nearly a litre, hoping it doesn't drop off the end of the dipstick before June's 6k change as I don't have any spare to top up.
I have got stuck in a lot of traffic this week tbf, and had air con on, and got extra stuff in the boot, all of which doesn't help of course. But if it drops into the 40s I'll probably cry...
Funny thing is, I went on a specific 'MPG raising' trip the other night, stuck the cruise on at 60 and just cruised down the A14 for a while - firstly the MPG didn't raise, I might as well have done 75 on cruise as usual lol. Secondly a lorry broke down on the other side of the carriageway causing a huge tailback so I came back across country on the B roads...that whole trip only brought the MPG up by 1 in the end haha.
It does seem a little hesitant now though, and chucks a good cloud of smoke on startup but shows no faults on diags. That's why I wanted to try some sort of additive to see if it helps. It's also drinking oil though, 4k since the last change and it's drunk nearly a litre, hoping it doesn't drop off the end of the dipstick before June's 6k change as I don't have any spare to top up.