vauxhall vectra dti - fuel consumption

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Sat 12 Nov 2011 20:17
vauxhall vectra dti - fuel consumption - frogmarch

hi got vectra diesel on 53 plate and it seems to be using alot of diesel , i have put £10 of diesel in and only getting about 53 miles out of it also getting spanner light on and fault code reader says fan control relay , but clip holding wiring loom is broken and cant undo any help would begrateful thanks

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Sat 12 Nov 2011 23:11
vauxhall vectra dti - fuel consumption - Peter.N.

You really need to do a tank brim to brim test to be accurate, unless you have a fuel computer, going by the fuel gauge is notoriously unreliable. You consumption will vary wildly depending on your driving style and sort of journeys. Your figure of less than 25 mpg is highly unlikely unless you have black smoke pouring from the exhaust or the engine is running stone cold.

Edited by Peter.N. on 12/11/2011 at 23:12

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Sun 13 Nov 2011 19:44
vauxhall vectra dti - fuel consumption - frogmarch

only getting black smoke first thing on start up and when accelerating hard , i know on startup this is glowplug problem

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