Discovery 300tdi auto mpg?

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Paul

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• Mar 18, 2005

• #1

what sort of mpg should i expect from a 300tdi with an automatic box fitted?

 

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Peter Seddon

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• Mar 18, 2005

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"Paul" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> what sort of mpg should i expect from a 300tdi with an automatic box
> fitted?
>
depends on the toys fitted e.g. air con etc. About 24.

Peter
96 300TDi ES with EDC

 

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Martin Coombs

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• Mar 19, 2005

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I used to get about 24mpg around town and 28-30mpg on a run being gentle
from my 95 tdi.
My TD5 auto is about the same, but the performance is in a different class.
Don't expect much performance from the 300tdi, especially from a standing
start, put your foot down, read a book and time you finished reading it
should statrt to move.

Martin

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> what sort of mpg should i expect from a 300tdi with an automatic box
> fitted?
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t.jonson

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• Mar 19, 2005

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"Martin Coombs" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>I used to get about 24mpg around town and 28-30mpg on a run being gentle
>from my 95 tdi.
> My TD5 auto is about the same, but the performance is in a different
> class.
> Don't expect much performance from the 300tdi, especially from a standing
> start, put your foot down, read a book and time you finished reading it
> should statrt to move.
>
> Martin
>
> "Paul" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> what sort of mpg should i expect from a 300tdi with an automatic box
>> fitted?
>>
> try the TD5 with the chip....now it becomes fun......
over 15000 miles mixture of off road/motorway/urban etc.
26.5mpg-460 per tank
p.s does anyone know whtat the tank holds?

>

 

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Austin Shackles

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• Mar 19, 2005

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On or around Sat, 19 Mar 2005 11:49:38 GMT, "Martin Coombs"
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:

>I used to get about 24mpg around town and 28-30mpg on a run being gentle
>from my 95 tdi.
>My TD5 auto is about the same, but the performance is in a different class.
>Don't expect much performance from the 300tdi, especially from a standing
>start, put your foot down, read a book and time you finished reading it
>should statrt to move.

I dunno if there's scope for tuning it better - there probably is on a
standard injection pump - achieved considerable improvement in take-off on
our manual TDi by a bit of tweaking.

EDC ones can, I assume, be chipped, if you find someone who knows how.

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Paul

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• Mar 19, 2005

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"Martin Coombs" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>I used to get about 24mpg around town and 28-30mpg on a run being gentle
>from my 95 tdi.


Thanks for the replies, i was expecting a little more mpg, i thought they
averaged about 28 on average or is there a difference of around 4 mpg
between manual and automatic ?

 

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Peter Seddon

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• Mar 19, 2005

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"Paul" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "Martin Coombs" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>>I used to get about 24mpg around town and 28-30mpg on a run being gentle
>>from my 95 tdi.
>
>
> Thanks for the replies, i was expecting a little more mpg, i thought they
> averaged about 28 on average or is there a difference of around 4 mpg
> between manual and automatic ?
>
Don't believe all you read in th blurb. I've had three disco's a 200 manual,
a 300 manual and a 300 ES auto with EDC and the auto is by far the best
vehicle, but the toys on my ES add to the fuel consumption. The EDC does ad
a little bit of get up and go but not until the turbo cuts in. It's not a
problem if you know about it and compensate for it. Also it complains about
starting fist time unless you give it heat. The other two discos didn't
bother.

Peter.

 

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Austin Shackles

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• Mar 20, 2005

• #8

On or around Sat, 19 Mar 2005 23:09:02 -0000, "Peter Seddon"
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:

>>
>Don't believe all you read in th blurb. I've had three disco's a 200 manual,
>a 300 manual and a 300 ES auto with EDC and the auto is by far the best
>vehicle, but the toys on my ES add to the fuel consumption. The EDC does ad
>a little bit of get up and go but not until the turbo cuts in. It's not a
>problem if you know about it and compensate for it. Also it complains about
>starting fist time unless you give it heat. The other two discos didn't
>bother.

the EDC probably doesn't over-fuel when starting.

the most noticeable improvement to ours was advancing the pump timing a bit.
can't say exactly how much, probably about 6 degrees - I didn't measure it,
just moved it a bit and tried it.


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