405 turbo diesel fuel consumption

excel789 · Post by **excel789** » 18 Jul 2004, 00:37

Been logging the last few fill ups and the mpg works out at 38, mostly town driving, aircon on 75% of the time. Does that sound about right?

arry_b · Post by **arry_b** » 18 Jul 2004, 01:33

Yep, sounds on the good side of about right for town work with aircon. The 405's not a light car either.

Doyle · Post by **Doyle** » 18 Jul 2004, 01:44

38 mpg is the figure I get for town work. I get up to 46mpg doing 65/70 mph.
Doyle (1995 gtx td estate 175,000 miles that drive better (lots) than my firms 30,000 mile 306 hdi estate !!)

skes · Post by **skes** » 18 Jul 2004, 02:00

I wish mine did 38 i'm getting about 33/4 round town and around 45 about 70.
skes

skes · Post by **skes** » 18 Jul 2004, 02:01

and thats without aircon on either lol.

np · Post by np » 18 Jul 2004, 02:39

Just out of interest,i have a Xantia Est,1.9TD,with 115bhp.My new job involves a 450 commute a week.10m of motorway,then a bit of town,then fast A roads.Used the mpg calculator on the links pages,38 mpg.Thats with the a/c on about 75% of the time,so its not bad.Xantia a bit heavyer i think.I dont hang around either as i leave at 5.30am,so the roads are empty.
I put some all in one cleaner in the tank the other week.Car still feels the same,but mpg is now 41.I keep an open mind but.....Still doing the same route,same driving(foot down,stop srart etc)

excel789 · Post by **excel789** » 19 Jul 2004, 00:10

Thanks for all the replies folks, I'll try some cleaning stuff at the next fill up and see if it makes any difference

KEITHC · Post by **KEITHC** » 22 Jul 2004, 22:53

Suggest you try some Unicat4 additive, (www.unicat4.com) as it appears to have made my ZX livlier, and also increased my MPG from 43.5 to 46. This is only on the first tank full, and the livlier feeling may be psycological, but I will continue to log the consumption.