How Many Miles Per Tank Do You Get?

StanC · Jun 29th, 2019, 22:40

It's not so much worrying about economy, it's more a case of if you know roughly what you usually get, it's easier to spot if there's a situation of impending doom, whether that's a fuel leak, blocked cat or something more sinister.
Many moons ago i had a Nissan 300C (3.0 V6) which no matter how/where i drove it, returned 35mpg. When that suddenly dropped to 20mpg, at first i wasn't too worried as my use had changed radically - however when i again used it as i previously had and it still only gave 20mpg, not to mention a strong pong of petrol on the over-run, i new i had a problem. Opening the bonnet with the engine idling gave me a shower of unleaded - the fuel return line was leaking!

Only a pinhole but with two hot exhaust manifolds to choose from to ignite on, i doubt disaster would have been far away!

A new length of fuel hose not only paid for itself in the first few days but also made life safe again.

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Agree with you, Dave. I keep tabs on my fuel consumption simply because it can give an early warning of problems on the way.

I didn’t realise that 700s don’t have a low fuel warning light - that’s progress!

Stan.

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StanC 'Mature' Member Last Online: Yesterday 19:35 Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Newcastle upon Tyne	It's not so much worrying about economy, it's more a case of if you know roughly what you usually get, it's easier to spot if there's a situation of impending doom, whether that's a fuel leak, blocked cat or something more sinister. Many moons ago i had a Nissan 300C (3.0 V6) which no matter how/where i drove it, returned 35mpg. When that suddenly dropped to 20mpg, at first i wasn't too worried as my use had changed radically - however when i again used it as i previously had and it still only gave 20mpg, not to mention a strong pong of petrol on the over-run, i new i had a problem. Opening the bonnet with the engine idling gave me a shower of unleaded - the fuel return line was leaking! Only a pinhole but with two hot exhaust manifolds to choose from to ignite on, i doubt disaster would have been far away! A new length of fuel hose not only paid for itself in the first few days but also made life safe again. [/QUOTE] Agree with you, Dave. I keep tabs on my fuel consumption simply because it can give an early warning of problems on the way. I didn’t realise that 700s don’t have a low fuel warning light - that’s progress! Stan.

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