Ford Scorpio Forum - Print Page


    
      
        Ford Scorpio Forum
        (https://www.fordscorpio.co.uk/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl)
      

        General >> Give/Need advice to/from others >> 24 valve MPG
        
(Message started by: Nunnspoet on Aug 24^th, 2010, 8:19am)

Title: 24 valve MPG
Post by Nunnspoet on Aug 24^th, 2010, 8:19am

About a month ago I detailed the probs. I had fitting a new pre Cat Sensor on my 24 valve Cossie Estate, and an estimate of the MPG based on a shortish journey. Since then I have been down to Cornwall and back: On the journey to Truro, 120miles I got 28mpg driving within the National Limits, similarly on the return Journey. I recon on about 23mpg "mixed" driving. So I am a happy bunny.

;D Mike

Title: Re: 24 valve MPG
Post by tonyboy on Aug 24^th, 2010, 5:48pm

I went to Wales the other week and in total during that week i did around 650 mile, and according to the computer it was doing around 26 mpg, since then i have fitted new HT leads ( splitfire ) and i did a trip down to Brighton and back, around 160 mile and the computer was reading 29mpg

Title: Re: 24 valve MPG
Post by Nunnspoet on Aug 25^th, 2010, 9:43am

Good stuff. It pays to keep the basics up to scratch.

Mike 8)

Title: Re: 24 valve MPG
Post by Matt63 on Sep 11^th, 2010, 4:56pm

I can "regularly" get over 30mpg on my 24v on motorway journeys, and can therefore do 400 miles between fill ups. I don't try to do it very often though as the "miles to go" reading falls dramatically when you come off the motorway leading to some rather hairy moments when looking for a petrol station!

Title: Re: 24 valve MPG
Post by Matt on Sep 12^th, 2010, 3:05pm

my manual converted 24v get 30 in town and arround 40 mpg on the motorway, however its better on fuel at 80 then at 70 at least thats my excuse ;D, however when that 10 miles warning beeps it really is panic stations as it guzzels it lol

Title: Re: 24 valve MPG
Post by tonyboy on Sep 12^th, 2010, 3:57pm

on 09/12/10 at 15:05:56, Matt wrote:

however when that 10 miles warning beeps it really is panic stations as it guzzels it lol

Matt when you get down to the 10 mile warning beep do you find that it stalls. I've never been down to the 10 mile mark but when it reaches the 25 mile warning, it tends to stall a bit

Title: Re: 24 valve MPG
Post by Matt on Sep 12^th, 2010, 5:54pm

didn't stall but coughed / miss fired a bit, but from saying 10 miles left it said 0 miles in about 1 mile. not sure what the reserve is on the tank but didnt fancy pushing the scorpio to the next garage after finding out it wasnt very much lol

however i do know of a few cosworths that run badly on super market fuel, either being hard to start or cutting out straight after starting when cold then there's the one that doesnt kick down when its running on supermarket fuel, and from my own experience i found i used more fuel when on supermarket fuel then branded stuff over the same distance

Title: Re: 24 valve MPG
Post by Matt63 on Sep 12^th, 2010, 6:14pm

No, never had a stall because of low fuel conditions. Can also confirm that "0 miles to go" doesn't actually mean you are out of fuel, but I have never tested this for more than a mile or so on those rare occasions when I could not find a petrol station as quickly as I hoped.

Title: Re: 24 valve MPG
Post by 3drzetec on Sep 12^th, 2010, 7:41pm

if my 24v gets down to 15/20 miles left in the tank it shuts down, will start and run but wont rev at all even in neutral

Title: Re: 24 valve MPG
Post by Stixy on Sep 12^th, 2010, 8:14pm

on 09/12/10 at 19:41:58, 3drzetec wrote:

if my 24v gets down to 15/20 miles left in the tank it shuts down, will start and run but wont rev at all even in neutral

Must be a cosworth thing mine doesnt do that

Title: Re: 24 valve MPG
Post by Highlander on Sep 13^th, 2010, 10:07am

on 09/12/10 at 19:41:58, 3drzetec wrote:

if my 24v gets down to 15/20 miles left in the tank it shuts down, will start and run but wont rev at all even in neutral

never heard of that at all and i've run a few empty ;)

They will show 0 fuel and 0 miles range left and still do 20 miles plus though ;)