Cost per mile to run

[mattr]

Originally Posted by Dave Dodd

does this test inc speed bumps and teenagers that don't give a T**s

No Until moderately recently it didn't even include things like AC, headlights or running the stereo.

Originally Posted by dexter24

engine feels flat and smoking quite a bit, sometimes a constant trail of smoke behind me driving normally, thats without the jerking action that is happening aswell between 1750-2250 rpms any speed, any gear its happening !!!

MOT coming soon so will probs fail on other things and then get rid depending on how much it will cost to get it through

Might just be something simple, we saved (and then sold) a diesel by putting a couple of tanks thro with injector cleaner. (Could have been any one of a dozen other things, but in this case it was 15 quid well spent)

[bodgit]

Dexter See this post
http://www.oople.com/forums/showthread.php?t=52977
Mine had same problem. On advice I unplugged the mass air flow meter and the smoke went. Turned out to be a split in the intercooler. £350 inc parts and labour.

[Steven Forster]

Originally Posted by bodgit

Dexter See this post
http://www.oople.com/forums/showthread.php?t=52977
Mine had same problem. On advice I unplugged the mass air flow meter and the smoke went. Turned out to be a split in the intercooler. £350 inc parts and labour.

Was it a split in the intercooler itself or the pipes ?

cheers

[bodgit]

The intercooler. Thats the only thing that has ever gone wrong with my car. Like you my mpg went down and loads of the black stuff spewd out. Never had a problem since. Mpg back to normal.

[Dave Dodd]

Originally Posted by dexter24

Was it a split in the intercooler itself or the pipes ?

cheers

check the pipe between the turbo and the intercooler + the pipe between intercooler and thottle body too. wot car is it?

[Chequered Flag Racing]

Originally Posted by peetbee

How about:

Price per litre x 4.54 = price per gallon (ppg)
ppg / mpg = price per mile

Originally Posted by Spencer Mulcahy

You need to convert the litres to gallons I think it is 4.4 litres per gallon then go from there.

I always use 4.545496 litres to a gallon.

An Uncle gave me a small imperial to metric slide calc back in the 70's when going metric was the fashion and it was on the front cover and it's stuck with me ever since.

[Steven Forster]

Originally Posted by Dave Dodd

check the pipe between the turbo and the intercooler + the pipe between intercooler and thottle body too. wot car is it?

Checked the pipe coming off the turbo,had to slide it back on a bit and noticed it was wet with oil. When my mate was revvingthe engine i could hear a hissing sound but coudnt see or feel where any air leaks might have been..........

Its a 2.0 TDCI (130bhp) mondeo on an O2 plate, just coming upto 97k miles.

cheers

[RudolfXC]

Originally Posted by Chequered Flag Racing

I always use 4.545496 litres to a gallon.

An Uncle gave me a small imperial to metric slide calc back in the 70's when going metric was the fashion and it was on the front cover and it's stuck with me ever since.

I did say 4.546 but maybe should have been 4.5455.