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johnnyboy
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Post Fri Jan 27, 2006 8:38 pm

Full tank of petrol and 199 miles in my 316i tourer, whats going on??????????????????
dobbie82
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Post Fri Jan 27, 2006 10:18 pm

whats normal? hubby did stansted to windermere on Ԛ£32 of fuel..... as 60mph though!
DazzyA
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Post Fri Jan 27, 2006 10:22 pm

about 20ish miles to the gallon, can you smell petrol at all?
Pass me the spanner
dobbie82
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Post Fri Jan 27, 2006 10:42 pm

aaaargh my 318i does about 35mpg, my 320 tourer does about 25-30... methinks you have a fuel leak!

shouldnt smell petrol at all