Miles to a fiver lol

[trevor1234]

Any idea how many miles I should expect to get out of my 04 td4 2.0ltr ?..only seems to do bout 25 is this normal ..thanks for any info

 

[GrumpyGel]

On a run at legal speeds you should get about 40mpg. Around town, or booting it on country lanes, you should get no less than low 30's from a manual and mid 20's from an auto. You can do the maths depending on the price of petrol where you are.

 

[Nodge68]

Auto or manual?
My TD4 has cost me 19 pence per mile over the last 10K miles.
Which is £5 ÷ 0.19 = 26.31 miles for £5 of diesel.
I use at least one tank per month of Shell V Power, which is included in the above cost.
Mine averages 29 Mpg.

 

[teddywood1]

I do not count how much it costs any more I did it years ago and got fed up and stopped I only know I get a lot better performance and miles when I do fill up once or twice a month from shell V power , I have just come back from Ireland and the diesel over there is terrible in fact it got so bad at one point I went into the garage and got some additive to put in when I got back I went to shell and put some additive and shell v power in and now the car is running ok again.

 

[DevonGuy]

I get about 40mpg from my Td4 on basic Murco which has been OK for a few years. However, I just stuck a full tank of basic Esso in and I swear blind it's a tad more torquey. I'll continue the experiment including my practice of bunging in a bottle of Comma Diesel Magic every 3rd tank. Difficult for me to do a prolonged test of V-Power since I have about a 15 mile drive to get any.

 

[trevor1234]

flippen eck lol...wished it did do 40 mpg...think I need to get some of that comma diesel magic stuff then lol...

 

[Nodge68]

flippen eck lol...wished it did do 40 mpg...think I need to get some of that comma diesel magic stuff then lol...

Is yours an auto? You'll struggle to get anywhere near 40 Mpg if it is.
Comma Diesel Magic is a very good injector cleaner. But it won't increase Mpg unless your injectors are fouled. If you're only using supermarket fuel and not used a decent cleaner lately, then they are probably well crudded up.