Member Since: 16 Jan 2019
Location: Hampshire
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Dscovery 4 TDV6 fuel economy
The fuel economy on my 2010 Disco 4 TDV6 has suddenly worsened. It has dropped by 5-6mpg for no apparent reason.
The car was connected to diagnostics and no fault codes appeared and the air filter and fuel filter were only changed 3k miles ago.
I did remove the air cleaner to inspect it and it was fine. There were some feathers present in the air filter box. Can the inlet become blocked.
Also, the noise of the engine on tickover has changed to a deeper note - similar to an old carb engine being rich.
Any ideas?
16th Jan 2019 11:32 am
plocker
Member Since: 14 Mar 2016
Location: Preston
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16th Jan 2019 11:35 am
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
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Check carefully for binding brake calipers, could easily explain the drop in mpg.
Plus don’t assume you haven’t got 2 problems. Could be binding brakes and suicidal chucks in the air box.
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16th Jan 2019 11:36 am
Davethegeo
Member Since: 01 Oct 2015
Location: Edinburgh
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That happens every winter to me. It will improve again when the weather warms up.D1 300Tdi - gone
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16th Jan 2019 11:36 am
Gareth Site Moderator
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Whats the total mileage?
Post a video of it idling to Youtube and link it to here so we can hear?
16th Jan 2019 11:37 am
Tylney15
Member Since: 16 Jan 2019
Location: Hampshire
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I've had the car since new.
It has done 44,000 miles only
16th Jan 2019 11:46 am
latnutgub
Member Since: 25 Aug 2011
Location: Huddersfield
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I may be teaching you to suck eggs, in which case I apologise.
How are you calculating the MPG. The figure calculated by the car is notoriously unreliable & optimistic.
Probably the best method is to top-up the tank every time you refill, and calculate "from full to full". This still does not allow for the speedometer/trip "error", which you can check for your car & tyres with a decent GPS.
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16th Jan 2019 12:03 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
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20+% is still a pretty big drop, assuming no change in measure of mpg. I usually saw ~10% drop in winter when everything was working OK.
16th Jan 2019 12:11 pm
dgardel
Member Since: 03 Nov 2009
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Davethegeo wrote:
That happens every winter to me. It will improve again when the weather warms up.
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This is the case for all cars to which it is fitted.
If you are "pre-heating" the car once or twice a day then this can be significant as I have found out. It's difficult to calculate quite how much, but I have hear that it is of the order of 0.6 litres of diesel per hour - say 0.1L per 10 minutes.
If you are not doing many miles per day, but pre-heating twice this adds up.
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2016 Discovery 4 Landmark
2011 Mercedes Benz SL350 (R230)
1973 MG B GT V8 - 3.9L John Eales engine, 5 speed R380 gearbox, since 1975.
1959 MGA roadster - 1.9L Peter Burgess Engine - 5 speed gearbox
Past LRs - Multiple FFRs, Discos & a Series I - some petrol, some diesel,
none Electric or H2 fuel cell - yet.
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