MPG - 325i '92'

[JAMZ]

Hi Guys & Girls

just done my first full tank of fuel around the town...not had it long so ive been a bit heavy on the gas but i only got about 200 miles ( 12-15MPG )...does this seem right,i know there firsty in Urban traffic but geez,this is going to cost me a bomb to run..lol..it has a pipercross airfilter fitted which would make a SMALL difference,i have the stock Air filter here too but am leaving it off for the time being

i have another question:

Im used to driving a 2.0 Dturbo all day for work so im probably conparing them a bit but here we go..

when i put my foot down it doesnt seem to do much untill about 2.5-3000RPM then it goes like a rocket and has massive amount of Torque but like i said for the intial period,doesnt seem that quick..though i do realize it is a straight 6 and non turbo,non 16v etc etc so maybe im expecting too much?

any help or advice would be appreciated ( any 325 owners,please tell me,this seems about right)

cheers

Carl

[Davenotouring]

That all sounds about right to be fair.

Around town you'll see very small MPG due to pumping those 6 cyls all the time. Not the most efficient engine unfortunately.

Once you wind it up to about 3.5k it should start moving pretty quickly, if not somethings up with it!

[TOURINGDADDY]

If ur worried bout ur mpg then maby u should take a look at our lpg topic in e30 chat & group buys c what u think
p.s welcome to the zone

[JAMZ]

yea il do that..

see that your Pompey?...me too ..well Cowplain actually

[TOURINGDADDY]

I'm in paulsgrove mate here's a pic of me motor 4 ya. give us a toot if u c us arround im in waterlooville quite a bit





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[Turbo-Brown]

If I can get 29-30mpg around town from my 325i, anyone can!

It's got less to do with the efficiency of the engine than how efficient your driving is.

[JAMZ]

well i take my hat of to yer,cuz no one ive spoke to can get that outa a 325i..

congrats though

ive just bought it so ive been putting my foot down alot,had to check everything out you know!

im hoping i can squeeze 20 MPG at least outherwise dont know if i can even keep it TBH

cheers

[Andy_magic]

Theres a load of info on here about sorting your car to give decent MPG - someone even wrote a guide

Have a look on the search function and look for the words motronic & mpg

[Hammer1]

well i take my hat of to yer,cuz no one ive spoke to can get that outa a 325i..

congrats though

ive just bought it so ive been putting my foot down alot,had to check everything out you know!

im hoping i can squeeze 20 MPG at least outherwise dont know if i can even keep it TBH

cheers

Nobody i know can either.

Proper town/urban (major city) driving will give much less than 30mpg.

[LOOPYLEE1965]

im the same never seen my obc read over 17mpg am temted to take the bulbs out

[Andy_magic]

I think the lowest I've seen as an average is 25.6 M/G and I drive it pretty hard everywhere.

I guess that figure will plummet when the 2.7 is in... Can't have everything

[Turbo-Brown]

Aah, wouldn't go too much on the computer thing, if you fill 'er up and reset the trip thing, drive as normal for a week and then fill it up again (at the same pump if poss) then calculate it from that

I guess if you live somewhere majorly busy then it'll never be any good, but I used to drive 7 miles to work every day which took about 30mins. I cycle the same route in about the same time every day now which means I must've spent a fair amount of time going nowhere in the car....and still got 29-30 mpg.

Even used to get about 28mpg out of my old 205GTi!

[JAMZ]

Ive just put some Plasma Dials in my CAB as they were giving to me

ive knackered my MPG guage now...DOH!

not a bad thing though..lol

least i dont get to see it hovering around the 15 mark

[cooperflack]

Hello all...

only my 3rd postԚ….. Just a quick question. I canÔš't seem to get my OBC to work? It tells the time ok, and the stopwatch works but all the others just say PPPP mp/g. What does that mean? It is an original OBC as I have a 325i SE. Any ideas?

Ps. I worked out that I can get 27mpg from long motorway runs, round town I struggle to get 20mpg.

[Andy_magic]

Hi cooperflack, you will get a better responce if you start a thread asking that question.

Welcome to the zone

[cooperflack]

hi Andy, will do that! cheers.

[JoeP]

Ive just put some Plasma Dials in my CAB as they were giving to me
ive knackered my MPG guage now...DOH!
not a bad thing though..lol
least i dont get to see it hovering around the 15 mark

I'd get it fixed if I were you. I try and drive everywhere at '30 mpg', unless I'm going for a quick thrash, and generally manage to get that. My econometer broke for a while and my consumption dropped into the low 20's as I had no way of knowing how inefficiently I was driving. Admittedly I don't do much stop start town driving and when I do it noticeably affects consumption.
As someone else says you need to alter your driving style, difficult I know with all that power and noise asking to be unleashed, which is where I find the gauge comes in very handy.

[JAMZ]

I had a spare giving to em,went through all the hassle of fixing it and the thing was broke too..typical! ..though he warned me of that first


guess i can get a second hand cluster and have one outa that..