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Full tank of fuel, how many miles.........

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Re: Full tank of fuel, how many miles.........

Post by Don Coffey » Thu Mar 07, 2013 8:03 am

I'm also limited to less than £100 per fill due to auto matter station.  As a rule I tend to fill up at and around 470 miles.  Using road Road Trip, my best range would have been 649 with a 34.69 mpg.

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Re: Full tank of fuel, how many miles.........

Post by Chompers » Thu Mar 07, 2013 8:57 am

I used to get between 400-450 miles in my face lift e53 V8 tank cost around £110 at the time IIRC. Now getting 650+ for circa £85 a fill up  :) miss the V8 though  >:D
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Post by Y13HYA » Thu Mar 07, 2013 8:59 am

Full tank of LPG priced @ 73.9/litre - £50 200-250 miles depending on how i drive.
Full tank of Petrol (when i first bought the car) was £120 - Cant remember the price but i got around 275 - 300 miles......
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Re: Full tank of fuel, how many miles.........

Post by Si » Thu Mar 07, 2013 10:59 am

Wow that is good, mine seems crap compared to this  :(
And i am driving nicely  O:-)
Think maybe a good service and new filters everywhere may help a little.........+ a remap.
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3.0D sport - 783 miles and then filled up as it showed 19 miles range left (almost exclusively motorway driving and being 'economical' with it. Full tank of fuel lus driver and one passenger

That's circa 40mpg

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Post by Smeeagain » Thu Mar 07, 2013 11:40 am

Yep I get all the servicing done, use correct spec oil, got the vortex breather fitted etc . I haven't had it remapped unless the previous owner has but I wouldn't know how to check that myself.
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Re: Full tank of fuel, how many miles.........

Post by Smeeagain » Thu Mar 07, 2013 11:54 am

What app is that in the screen shot ?

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I don't run mine empty (fill up at Asda and their pumps are unmanned so I can only put £99 in at a time) but do far too much town driving. Last 2 fills on this screenshot had some A road runs so much better (if you can call 20mpg better). I never bought the car for economy and only record out of interest.


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Post by X5Sport » Thu Mar 07, 2013 11:57 am

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Post by Steamyrotter » Thu Mar 07, 2013 1:18 pm

Wish i could afford to fill up a tank..

Or keep my car on the road long enough to warrant it........ O:-) :))
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Re: Full tank of fuel, how many miles.........

Post by Si » Thu Mar 07, 2013 4:35 pm

I keep seeing this Vortex breather popping up on threads on here. Is this the filter that helps with the smoke screen i leave other cars sitting in ?

So if i want to do an on drive quick service what will i need ?

My X5 is a 2005 3.0 D sport.

I want to change all of the accessible filters and breathers, Oil and anything else that i shouldn't overlook.

Really gotta get rid of this heavy smoking issue when the hammer goes down.

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Post by gobiman » Thu Mar 07, 2013 5:53 pm

Well, back from skiing last week, I did my usual fill to brim at Verdun services prior to hoofing it to the tunnel and then back to London. That was 315 miles and had light on with 40 mile range showing as I got home.
However was driving 85-100mph with a roofbox and the OBC showed about 20 mpg which I was pretty pleased with.
I had a 80 mile stretch of A-road through the Black Forest which I cruised in a long convoy keeping to speed limits (lots of 100 or 80 kph). Zeroed the OBC and an hour or so later it was showing 33 mpg -  highest I've seen.
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Re: Full tank of fuel, how many miles.........

Post by Y13HYA » Fri Mar 08, 2013 9:43 am

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I keep seeing this Vortex breather popping up on threads on here. Is this the filter that helps with the smoke screen i leave other cars sitting in ?

So if i want to do an on drive quick service what will i need ?

My X5 is a 2005 3.0 D sport.

I want to change all of the accessible filters and breathers, Oil and anything else that i shouldn't overlook.

Really gotta get rid of this heavy smoking issue when the hammer goes down.
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I have a feeling that the facelift should have vortex oil breather filter fitted as standard but i maybe wrong. The normal type filter gets clogged up and this can aid early turbo failure (due to lack of lubrication for the turbo)
Maybe worth cleaning your intake manifold and EGR to see if that help your 'black smoke' on heavy acceleration. Is your X5 remapped? What fuel do you use?
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