Milage stats

[Sapperbmet]

Just a quick poll.

How far do you average per fuel up?

What is your average MPG?

What kind of driveing d you use your car for?



I seem to be averaging 450miles/tank. About 25mpg.
I drive 40 miles round trip per day, almost completely on highway at 65mph or 55mph.

[Kuhlrover]

1985 MB 300DT - 301900 Miles on original engine .

1. 400 miles
2. 29 mpg
3. Daily driver to work. Stop and Go, Freeway and City. 80 miles round trip.

TimK

[spark3542]

83 300SD 263k miles

250 miles when I refill

25 mpg

city/hwy, 2k miles per month

all on WVO/RUG blend

[bhahl]

I filled up the other day with 350 miles on the trip OD and the car took over 18 gallons. I was shocked as I consistently get 25 mpg. I figured I had some issue I needed to figure out... well my 15 mile trip from work to home last night ended up only being 5 miles. Issue diagnosed, are there any simple problems with the OD that I can check first?

[Chad300tdt]

Originally Posted by bhahl

I filled up the other day with 350 miles on the trip OD and the car took over 18 gallons. I was shocked as I consistently get 25 mpg. I figured I had some issue I needed to figure out... well my 15 mile trip from work to home last night ended up only being 5 miles. Issue diagnosed, are there any simple problems with the OD that I can check first?

1985 300tdt getting 40mpg!!!?

Check post #24. His suggestion in my post might help you. Others replied with their mileage stats also.

I hope you get it figured out.

[vstech]

Originally Posted by bhahl

I filled up the other day with 350 miles on the trip OD and the car took over 18 gallons. I was shocked as I consistently get 25 mpg. I figured I had some issue I needed to figure out... well my 15 mile trip from work to home last night ended up only being 5 miles. Issue diagnosed, are there any simple problems with the OD that I can check first?

well, I doubt that a 75% discrepancy would come from gear/speedo changes... plus THAT you would notice in the speedo! I would go to www.dieselgiant.com and look at his pictorial about odometer repair. if you have a D, if you have a SD, the odo usually fails due to the chinzy plastic gears disintegrating.

[Douglas.Sherida]

Originally Posted by bhahl

I filled up the other day with 350 miles on the trip OD and the car took over 18 gallons. I was shocked as I consistently get 25 mpg. I figured I had some issue I needed to figure out... well my 15 mile trip from work to home last night ended up only being 5 miles. Issue diagnosed, are there any simple problems with the OD that I can check first?

It depends on the model.

On the 123s slipping odometer repair is really easy. http://dieselgiant.com/repairyourodometer.htm

[bhahl]

Thanks for the replies and the link to DieselGiant, I have been there plenty but never looked at that DIY. The car in question is a 76' 300d (115.) Today I noticed the spedometer was pretty erratic when driving at higer speeds (50-60mph.) When I get some time I will inspect the odometer. Until then I will just have to watch the jumpy fuel gauge instead of the mileage.

[ajohnson1]

1982 300SD - 166k Miles on original engine .

1. 400-420 miles
2. 26-27 mpg
3. Daily driver to work. Stop and Go, Freeway and City. 20 miles round trip.

Chandler AZ, 112F today, too dang hot for the A/C not to be working!!

[TMAllison]

1 - 570-610 miles per tank
2 - 31mpg
3 - daily driver, 110mi day, 80% @78mph, 20% stop-n-go

This is in the 99 E300 which has a 21.1 gal tank and a reserve light (10L) that works.

[pitansk]

my 190, the daily driver, gets 600 miles out of 14 gallons or so. usually always above 40mpg. mixed driving, but not alot of stop and go city stuff. i live in rural colorado.

someone buy it. it's on ebay