Renault 1.5 dCi engine

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Fri 10 Jun 2005 10:39
Renault 1.5 dCi engine - Xileno {P}
Has anyone else got this engine, maybe in a Renault or Nissan Micra? When I bought mine I was averaging 49mpg, it was quite an event getting it to 50mpg. Now after almost 12000 miles and an oil change, it is averaging 56mpg. I have done the brim to brim checks and it equates accurately with the digital display. My driving style and journeys are the same and I use the same brands of diesel. So I am not sure why it has increased. Not complaining though!

I was pleased with 49mpg but 56mpg is a real treat. What do you get in yours?
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Fri 10 Jun 2005 10:44
Renault 1.5 dCi engine - smokescreen
My 306 dturbo (old 1.9 xudte engine) does 50mpg+ motorway cruising at good speeds. I think its mid 50's but ive never really gone brim to brim so wouldnt know for sure. Mostly city + a bit of motorway brings it to low 40's.

From what i've discovered lately, its quite normal for the MPG to increase after some good milage - the engine slacks up.

This is the same explanation as to why my 306 dturbo has turned into a pocket rocket lately , accelerating from 0 to 60 in easily 8s~ .... according to allard turbosports, its absoutely fine and unlikely to have been modded. No black smoke so I guess they could be right.
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Fri 10 Jun 2005 14:20
Renault 1.5 dCi engine - David Horn
I've never got above 45mpg on my Xsara 1.9TD on motorways, averaging about 75mph. Only time I got low 50's was when I was driving to and from work down a fast twisty A-road (about 15 miles) and I gave it a good thrashing every day.
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Fri 10 Jun 2005 19:28
Renault 1.5 dCi engine - DavidHM
From a couple of hundred miles in a Clio 1.5, I would guesstimate 70 mpg (albeit not brim to brim, so that could be wildly inaccurate).

From my 1.9 406 td, about 40 mpg in fairly mixed use.
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Sat 11 Jun 2005 10:12
Renault 1.5 dCi engine - alan kearn
Polo 1.4 tdi pd

68 mpg Sheffield to Scarborough ( M18/A1/A64/
Average mpg over 8500 miles = 55mpg

Yes I know SAD keeping a check over this amount of miles But at least I can SMILE when paying my fuel bill.
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Sat 11 Jun 2005 12:40
Renault 1.5 dCi engine - andymc {P}
When I had a Clio dci from new, I regularly averaged in the high fifties/low sixties mpg, without really trying. On the few occasions I played the "how (s)low can you go" game, the trip meter would indicate that I had breached the 70 mpg mark. Not much fun doing that though ...
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