[justa]

so mixed reviews for v power then - mine certainly doesn't seem to like it mpg wise.

I put a bottle of Forte diesel treatment in this week - I've seen good things about it on here and know that my local SEAT garage use it and rate it.

I never know whether its psychological or not but the engine seems to be a bit smoother and pulls better from low down - it spun its wheels in 3rd today (in the wet!)

[andyp74199]

m 320d loves v power, more mpg and more ooomph. definitely more sluggish when i revert to std derv

[ALF_E90]

A friend of mine used to work in fuel distribution - the company he worked for supplied a lot of supermarket fuel (mostly to a supermarket that since then has gone over to BP supply).

The actual chemical composition of fuel varies massively - it is blended from all sorts of different chemicals like Toluene and while it must meet the minimum standards some shipments may we well over them and the exact chemical make-up of the stuff will never be the same. Especially with diesel which needs a different make-up in the winter.

When he had this job (handful of years ago) all the fuel companies were using the same storage facilities (in SE England) - so basically all the trucks with different badging turned up to the same tank and downloaded the same stuff. Some of them had the drivers add additives in the tanker.

I have since been told that V Power has a different chemical composition and is kept separate but I have no way of verifying that... But it seems very likely that the fuel you put in your car can be very different in actual composition wherever you buy it from.

[satish_141]

Originally Posted by CarAbuser

I don't understand how some people are getting such low mpg with the 320d, I reset my counter after my last fill and its sitting at 47mpg, that's about 400 miles of country roads with a heavy foot.

Hi, What is the total range you get from a full tank of 61 lites? I get aroung 550 if I drive hard and if I am nice and slow then I get aroung 600 to 650 on tank full....btw mine is 163 HP 320D

[SteveF1]

Using V power religiously for the past 12 months I average between 400-450 per tank and I fill top to bottom. I drive 60% town, 40% motorway and do around 30 miles per day driving 'normally' meaning I neither baby it nor thrash it but I've tried to baby it and MPG didn't change.

I personally think thats shocking for a 2.0 diesel.

[satish_141]

Originally Posted by SteveF1

Using V power religiously for the past 12 months I average between 400-450 per tank and I fill top to bottom. I drive 60% town, 40% motorway and do around 30 miles per day driving 'normally' meaning I neither baby it nor thrash it but I've tried to baby it and MPG didn't change.

I personally think thats shocking for a 2.0 diesel.

400-450 on full talk for a 320D is less...better to get the EGR and the main starts checked...

[the_rangdo]

I was getting 400-450 in my auto 320i

[ALF_E90]

I get an indicated range of 450-500+ from a 330i estate except when really on it... Must be something wrong with this 320d surely...

[justa]

running around at the moment I'm only getting about 34-35 mpg

thats at an average speed of 19.4 though so I don't expect a lot more..

SteveF1 - whats your average speed ?