... get more out of my car..

scheming_gypsy

cheers Tony.. that's the one i was thinking of.. almost sure i've got some kicking about..




Savvy (i think) i've forgotten my password to honest johns

Jeryth

to be honest i've fallen out with supermarkert fuel..

On Thursday i put £20 in from Asda and had half a tank yesterday morning.
Yesterday i travelled from
my house to bargain boozer (cash point) - under a mile
bargain boozer to BP (cash point not working) - 100 yards
BP to Natwest (another cash point not working) - 1 mile
Natwest to the post office - 100 yards
post office to the barbers - 200 yards.  
Barbers to home - 1 mile tops.

Then i had to pop out later and it had dropped an 8th of a tank just while being parked up.

Today i went to my mums and in the space of 1 mile dropped 8th of a tank, could have been a problem with the gauge but it didn't gradually go from a - b but in the blink of an eye it just went

Scheming Gypsy - please don't think me rude, but......

could you not have parked your car legally and walked between the Natwest, the post office, and the barber's?

I humbly apologize if you have mobility problems.

scheming_gypsy

only mobility problem is i'm !!!!!! lazy. Also it isn't a town centre where i was so the parking isn't too clever, i 'had' ( ::)) to park on double yellows to go the Natwest and the parcel was a microwave oven box, so not the easiest to carry.

Walking isn't really the issue but it's the amount of petrol the car decided to use is my grumble.

Jay-Jay_4

Think these are the same kind of thing (Eco Tabs)

scheming_gypsy

if it blows my car up Poochie then i'm coming after you !!

Jay-Jay_4

if it blows my car up Poochie then i'm coming after you !!

:'(

Savvy_Sue

Savvy (i think) i've forgotten my password to honest johns

It's Savvy Sue, but I'll answer to most things ...
Can't you re-register as someone else or ask them to send you a reminder? ???

Walking isn't really the issue but it's the amount of petrol the car decided to use is my grumble.

If you are going to make journies of 100 yards you can't really grumble if the car is not running very economically. And if the gauge is dropping while it's parked up it sounds to my girlie mind as if there's something wrong with the gauge. Or a petrol leak. I presume you've looked underneath where it's parked?

scheming_gypsy

Savvy Sue (that better)
I'm too lazy to re-register but i'm going to let the old mechanic give it a service and change all the filters and what not and have a look. Plus ordered some of those eco tabs and i'll dig out my redex.

I can grumble as much as i want if a full tank goes down an 8th in the space of 2 miles and then drops another 8th in the space of 15 seconds.
I'm blaming ASDA petrol as i've filled her up again and she's behaving now so doubt there's a leak or faulty gauge.

carly

Dont laugh, but QVC sell a magnetic type gadget called "Pilot Green " which you attach to the fuel inlet pipe. They claim it improves combustion efficiency by doing something to the fuel molecules. Well, my partner fitted one one his car, and over the next few months definitely saw a rise in mpg. Around 7 to 10 %. It comes in two sizes ( for engines above and below 1600cc )and costs around £20. Only downside I can see
1. you have to invest £20
2. If used with lots of other fuel saving methods as described in other posts, then the actual savings might not be acheived. If the benefits of all the systems could be added together, then we would all be driving around using only air as fuel.

Nile

I used to be a driver in a panel/group to test drive a pool of cars. The cars were under test, assessing oil additive performance in 'stop-start town driving' conditions. The car pool was called 'sludge test cars'.

What SG has decribed is typical of 'stop-start town driving' conditions. He will see his mpg improve when he drives on A roads or motorways.

I agree with the previous poster who recommends having the car regularly serviced. A build of (carbon deposits) sludge could be your problem.

You get what you pay for, which brand of multigrade oil do you use?