Creeeg
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Anyone else every experienced this?
My Td4 had to have an injector replaced a couple of weeks ago. It was done in an indy garage and they popped a recon Bosch in (thankfully without hassle).
Prior to the replacement I was getting about 35mpg. Visually the fuel gauge would just start to drop from a brimmed tank after about 120 miles (yes, I know you can't trust it, but it's always been like that). Post-replacement, the gauge started dropping after only 90 miles.
I'll do the proper mileage checks after I next fill up, but, currently, it looks like my MPG figure has dropped, which is a bit annoying. Naturally I'm now well happy the vehicle's starting better than it has done for months, but I'm hoping the new injector just needs to "bed in" and normal service will be resumed soon.
The original injector was leaking back badly. The only thing I can think is that some of the fuel I'm now burning with the new one was just going back to the tank with the old one. The only thing that goes against that is that I'd have expected performance to be down as it was, but it wasn't. Once it fired-up (eventually...) it ran smoothly. It feels slightly more torquey with the new injector, but that's about it.
Ideas where my missing MPG has gone anyone?
My Td4 had to have an injector replaced a couple of weeks ago. It was done in an indy garage and they popped a recon Bosch in (thankfully without hassle).
Prior to the replacement I was getting about 35mpg. Visually the fuel gauge would just start to drop from a brimmed tank after about 120 miles (yes, I know you can't trust it, but it's always been like that). Post-replacement, the gauge started dropping after only 90 miles.
I'll do the proper mileage checks after I next fill up, but, currently, it looks like my MPG figure has dropped, which is a bit annoying. Naturally I'm now well happy the vehicle's starting better than it has done for months, but I'm hoping the new injector just needs to "bed in" and normal service will be resumed soon.
The original injector was leaking back badly. The only thing I can think is that some of the fuel I'm now burning with the new one was just going back to the tank with the old one. The only thing that goes against that is that I'd have expected performance to be down as it was, but it wasn't. Once it fired-up (eventually...) it ran smoothly. It feels slightly more torquey with the new injector, but that's about it.
Ideas where my missing MPG has gone anyone?
