toyota lucidia

dennycluckie

well now lets see can this gr8 site help me out againas the last 1 worked super .I have a toyota lucidia and am getting about 25 to28miles to the gallon does anyone know of a way to increase this as the car is a good car to drive its just a bit thirsty due toit being constant four wheel drive and as far as i know i cant remove a driveshaft and make it two wheel as it damages the diff car is a manual

sassy_one

Always drive downhill

Is the car manual or automatic??

Lum

Petrol or diesel?

anewman

Second last question. If petrol that's about right, if diesel it's somewhat disappointing.

As for the best thing you can do, keep it well serviced. If it hasn't had a new air filter, spark plugs (petrol), in a while these are worth replacing, and don't forget to change the oil and filter regularly (take a look at MFR's recommendations for your engine, but every 5000 miles or year whichever first is a good figure) to keep the engine in good condition.

bigjl

These aren't that good on fuel, as suggested try a good service, including fuel and air filters. Haven't had much dealing with these as I never rated them to be honest but if it is a bit smoky it could be the EGR, if fitted. Also check that the brakes aren't sticking , bad don't forget that a 2.4 petrol version would have been lucky to break 25mpg in normal running about maybe getting 30mpg on a run. But I have never heard of anybody getting what I would call good fuel consumption from one, if you want to improve fuel consumption then buy a manual Ford Galaxy with a diesel engine.
Your car is an old design, with the extra transmission losses that are caused by fourwheel drive, I think 28mpg isn't too bad for one of these, especially if that is in general running about rather than on a long run.