User Tag List

Thanks Thanks:  0
Likes Likes:  0
Page 2 of 2 FirstFirst 12
Results 11 to 12 of 12

Thread: shocking MPG 1.9 CDTI help!!!

  1. #11
    Regular Member barney490's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2009
    Location
    PRESTON
    Post Thanks / Like
    Mentioned
    0 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Vehicle InfoStats





    Default

    The way to tell when a DPF equipped car is doing a regen, the idle is erratic between 850 and 950 rpm, fuel consuption shows over 1 gallon per hour and you can smell the dpf getting up to over 600 degrees.
    When driving on the motorway, economy will show around 30 mpg at 70 mph in 6th, then when it returns to 50 mpg plus, the regen has completed. The worst thing you can do is switch the engine off when a regen starts, my final check before switching off is to make sure it's showing no more than 0.2 galls per hour at idle. Once or twice i have arrived at work and the damn thing starts a regen, so i sit in the car park for 10 to 20 mins, holding the revs at a steady 2000 rpm, till she completes regen.

  2. #12
    Regular Member
    Join Date
    Sep 2010
    Location
    england
    Post Thanks / Like
    Mentioned
    47 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Vehicle InfoStats





    Default

    well ive done the same trip today to work and the mpg is back to normal!!

    returning around 41mpg.

    looks like it was just doing a regen. big relief thought it was going to cost me a fortune..

    thanks everyone.

Page 2 of 2 FirstFirst 12

Thread Information

Users Browsing this Thread

There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)

Similar Threads

  1. Shocking
    By bigbnlr in forum Vectra C / Signum Car Chat
    Replies: 0
    Last Post: 21st January 2010, 17:54
  2. shocking
    By dj1 in forum Suspension, Wheels & Brakes
    Replies: 0
    Last Post: 21st June 2009, 23:32
  3. Shocking!!!
    By thegoldenbullet in forum Games Room
    Replies: 12
    Last Post: 16th January 2009, 12:47
  4. Shocking!!
    By dave16v in forum Vectra C / Signum Car Chat
    Replies: 22
    Last Post: 24th May 2008, 16:59
  5. Shocking!
    By Big Sig in forum General Chat
    Replies: 18
    Last Post: 2nd April 2008, 20:11

Visitors found this page by searching for:

Nobody landed on this page from a search engine, yet!

Bookmarks

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •