get lambda checked, check for any air leaks, faulty cat? be good to get a diagnostic check on it then you can look at the parameters while the vehicle is running and hopefully something will stick out

 

hi m8 i drove 265 miles today from burton upon trent to scotland and i put £50 in my car and ive still got a quarter of a tank left i think you should change your fuel filter if you arent getting the correct mileage for your car theres something wrong with it m8 a service should have sorted this out .

 

any other suggestions would be brilliant.

Thanks

 

under inflated tyres. sticking front brakes? brake pads? handbrake not releasing properly? sticking.

aircon on all the time

 

rather than something electrical. i'll get brakes/handbrake checked out also. dont use aircon, rarely have heaters on, if i can get away with it.

cheers

 

A service isn't a magic fix unless the fuel filter was faulty but you'd find the car would suffer from fuel starvation, cutting out etc, get a diagnostic check done on it, regardless if the light is on or not, this will stop all be guess work and throwing money at it for no reason start with the basics. This if its an electrical problem ie lambda etc will get picked up on the Ecu memory

 

How much is a diagnostic test roughly?

 

i got a test done on a fiesta just before christmas and it only cost me £20

 

If you leave the car running on idle what happens? Does it idle smooth, rev normally, any smell of fuel etc?

Any oil, coolant or power loss?

 

idle's smooth, revs normally, cant say i can smell any fuel etc... maybe a little slower than it used to be (power loss)...

i'll be getting brakes and handbrake checked in few days, make sure there not sticking etc, and take it from there regarding diagnostic test. cheers

 

maybe someone else can confirm or just tell me to go sit back in my corner,

isn't there a pair of temperature sensors, one does the dial and the other does fan on/off and 'auto choke' for want of a better description.

if the car still thinks it is cold for some reason, it might be using extra fuel to save damage to the cylinders.