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120D fuel consumption
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Nastaliq
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I have a 320d, that i drive fairly hard, and i get consumption of about 8.2l/100km to 8.5l/100km.
It all depends on how you drive, ride the clutch, take off, brake and so on.
consumption is determined largely by driving style. you will find that on a long run, the diesel is frighteningly frugal, but on spirited driving in traffic, it still beats the petrols, fuel wise that is.
Also, check if you are filling 500ppm of 50ppm, i have heard that 50ppm gives you much better consumption as compared to 500ppm, but have not ready any scientifically based studies that can proves this, so at the moment it is all conjecture.
any way, thats my 2c worth.
It all depends on how you drive, ride the clutch, take off, brake and so on.
consumption is determined largely by driving style. you will find that on a long run, the diesel is frighteningly frugal, but on spirited driving in traffic, it still beats the petrols, fuel wise that is.
Also, check if you are filling 500ppm of 50ppm, i have heard that 50ppm gives you much better consumption as compared to 500ppm, but have not ready any scientifically based studies that can proves this, so at the moment it is all conjecture.
any way, thats my 2c worth.
SO took the car in to BMW on Wednesday to get the fuel consumption checked. They did a diagnostics on the car and it come out perfect so they just reset the driving adaptive learnings and say it should get better.
Well I have done 100km and so far they are right, average consumption is down to 7.7 from 8.5. will see how much I get to a tank now and report back...:thumbsup:
Well I have done 100km and so far they are right, average consumption is down to 7.7 from 8.5. will see how much I get to a tank now and report back...:thumbsup:
Mishta_Silva
New member
how much do you guys get on tank?
Philip Foglar
///Member
Town driving has a bit too many variables to consider - is it just basic town driving with lots of stops/starts or sitting in bumper to bumper non moving traffic? Lots of hills? But, a diesel typically uses a lot less fuel when idling than a petrol does, so less of an effect on fuel consumption. My 330i sips fuel when it's moving, but the moment it's sitting idling and not actually going anywhere it's gobbling down fuel. So basically the difference between bad town driving and nice open road driving realistically, roughly 12 l/100 km versus 7.5 l/100 km. So combined typical works out to 10 - 11 l/100 km for my car, not bad for a 3.0l I6 NA. On the other hand, my diesel bakkie uses roughly 10.5 l/100 km regardless of town or open road driving...
Hope you get this sorted out. :thumbs:
Hope you get this sorted out. :thumbs:
Yusuf Dinath
New member
Gary57 said:
I did the same thing to my 120d auto. Reset the computer. It's now down from 11s to 7.7 currently. That's also due to alot of long distance driving.
I would imagine the consumption should be even less???
I used to get 450kms to 550kms on a tank.
On the last tank I got 700kms after the computer was reset and with frugal long distance driving.
