37.5 mpg

[WLJayne]

Sup guys,

On my journey of 153.4 miles from Derby to Abergavenny via Leominster I got 37.5 MPG in my 1.8 - not bad! I brimmed it in Ilkeston, then again when I got to Aber and it had used 18.5 ltrs.

I was between 50-56 the whole time sitting behind trucks. Pretty pleased wif dat.

Will.

 

[SnowmanV8]

So the equivalent of a v8 on lpg.

 

[WLJayne]

So the equivalent of a v8 on lpg.

Yep . That's what I worked out too when I was toying with the idea of getting a V8. Mightily impressive I must say, and probably alot nicer to drive in hill country than the Hippo. Credit where credit is due.

 

[SnowmanV8]

Yep . That's what I worked out too when I was toying with the idea of getting a V8. Mightily impressive I must say, and probably alot nicer to drive in hill country than the Hippo. Credit where credit is due.

It's impressive considering the hippo does have a huge face hitting the wind. it goes to show that you can get good mpg by driving well you don't need a hybrid.

 

[englishbullterrier]

Sup guys,

On my journey of 153.4 miles from Derby to Abergavenny via Leominster I got 37.5 MPG in my 1.8 - not bad! I brimmed it in Ilkeston, then again when I got to Aber and it had used 18.5 ltrs.

I was between 50-56 the whole time sitting behind trucks. Pretty pleased wif dat.

Will.

Yep, you should defo be pleased, my HSE used to give me about 35. However, the car I have now gives a true 63mpg motorway cruising and 42 around town.....

 

[WLJayne]

Yep, you should defo be pleased, my HSE used to give me about 35. However, the car I have now gives a true 63mpg motorway cruising and 42 around town.....

Yeh I'm pretty sure it's ****e around town, 25 mpg or so. The EWP does allow more power to the wheels that would normally be eaten by the belt driven water pump. I also run it quite hot, about 98 degrees - up from 90 or so with the PRT setup.Thing is it's fooking unpleasant driving at above 60 in my Hippo, noisy as fook as the engine bushes are going (got some new ones just no time to fit 'em.) I've got a ****ty aftermarket eggsauce aswell.

Plus the thrice cursed head gasket still isn't sealed properly, I got the mother of all airlocks outside Monmouth and had to spend about 30 mins bleeding a disgusting amount of air out of the system. Had the blower on full heat all the way back as the first sign of trouble is a lock in the heater matrix.

I'm pretty sure the torque settings from LR are bollix. I'm going to tighten the **** out of the head bolts as soonas I can and if that doesn't help then I might have to get rid of it.

 

[Freelaner]

Sup guys,

On my journey of 153.4 miles from Derby to Abergavenny via Leominster I got 37.5 MPG in my 1.8 - not bad! I brimmed it in Ilkeston, then again when I got to Aber and it had used 18.5 ltrs.

I was between 50-56 the whole time sitting behind trucks. Pretty pleased wif dat.

Will.

 

[englishbullterrier]

Yeh I'm pretty sure it's ****e around town, 25 mpg or so. The EWP does allow more power to the wheels that would normally be eaten by the belt driven water pump. I also run it quite hot, about 98 degrees - up from 90 or so with the PRT setup.Thing is it's fooking unpleasant driving at above 60 in my Hippo, noisy as fook as the engine bushes are going (got some new ones just no time to fit 'em.) I've got a ****ty aftermarket eggsauce aswell.

Plus the thrice cursed head gasket still isn't sealed properly, I got the mother of all airlocks outside Monmouth and had to spend about 30 mins bleeding a disgusting amount of air out of the system. Had the blower on full heat all the way back as the first sign of trouble is a lock in the heater matrix.

I'm pretty sure the torque settings from LR are bollix. I'm going to tighten the **** out of the head bolts as soonas I can and if that doesn't help then I might have to get rid of it.

For Gods sake, don't snap any !!!

 

[Nodge68]

You might be better fitting new bolts to a higher initial setting. You should be ok if you do on at a time in the correct sequence.
I'm not a fan of stretch bolts, they only help the manufacturers assemble the engine easier on the production line. The actual clamping loads are less than HT bolts by a Huge margin.

 

[WLJayne]

For Gods sake, don't snap any !!!

The engine is fecked if this dunt work anyway. If this fails to correct the problem I'm going to push forward with the turbo 1.8 conversion and get a R75 engine to put in it - I think my engine is a lemon and that's all there is to it.

You might be better fitting new bolts to a higher initial setting. You should be ok if you do on at a time in the correct sequence.
I'm not a fan of stretch bolts, they only help the manufacturers assemble the engine easier on the production line. The actual clamping loads are less than HT bolts by a Huge margin.

Can ewe still buy HT bolts? Where from? I aggree new bolts would be preferrable.

 

[Nodge68]

The engine is fecked if this dunt work anyway. If this fails to correct the problem I'm going to push forward with the turbo 1.8 conversion and get a R75 engine to put in it - I think my engine is a lemon and that's all there is to it.



Can ewe still buy HT bolts? Where from? I aggree new bolts would be preferrable.

HT bolts in the length needed might be a struggle to get and with the engine being developed with the use of stretch bolts in mind the effect of HT bolts in the K would be unknown. Although it would be worth trying.

 

[WLJayne]

HT bolts in the length needed might be a struggle to get and with the engine being developed with the use of stretch bolts in mind the effect of HT bolts in the K would be unknown. Although it would be worth trying.

Probably easier to tighten the existing bolts to begin with. They really didn't feel very tight when we did the tightening as per workshop bulletin specs. All that's happening is that a very small amount of exhaust gasses are escaping into the coolant at a seemingly constant rate - I have to bleed every 50 miles or so or I get an airlock that if left unchecked can stall the whole system as it did yesterday. To me that sounds like a bad seal rather than HGF.