ADVICE ON FUEL CONSUMPTION - ASSISTANCE REQUIRED

[mike_smith]

I am thinking of buying a genuine low mileage 190e 2.6
which I have seen in the local paper, before I part with money can anyone give an estimation on fuel consumption for this car it is auto not manual?Is it 6 cylinder and is it acually 2.6 or a 2.3 as you can tell I do need help sad person I am.
Many thanks

 

[sunil sood]

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mike ,
you are buying a 6 cylinder 2.6 litre engine car-i think it is 16 valve as well( as opposed to standard 8 valve)-so a powerful engine!! .

the official figures from the owners manual for an auto are-12.4 l/100km--urban driving

8.2 l/100km--at 90kph=55mph

10.2l/100km--at 120kph=75mph,

you will have to work out the m.p.g. from these figures.
4.55 litres=1 gallon
1.6km=1mile.

hope this helps-i personally would love the power of a 6 cylinder,have a 4 cylinder 190e -1.8 auto-it is the wife's car.

i know you were disillusioned by your previous post=but sometimes the answers are not out here.

 

[steveperry]

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Hi Mike,

I got the following information from Parker's Guide.

All for the 190 Series (W201):

Performance & Consumption:

Model                         Cyl/CC   BHP  MPH  0-60   MPG

Mercedes 190D 2.0D     4/1997   72   99   17.1   43.5
Mercedes 190D 2.5D     4/2497   90   108  14.2   39.2
Mercedes 190E 1.8       4/1797   109  114  12.9   32.8
Mercedes 190E 2.0       4/1997   122  121  9.9    35.1
Mercedes 190E 2.5-16  4/2496   197  146  7.7    32.5
Mercedes 190E 2.6       4/2599   166  130  8.3    30.2

Hope this info helps.

S.

(Edited by steveperry at 4:29 pm on June 22, 2002)

 

[sunil sood]

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steve,

your figures for the 190e-2.6 and 2.6-16V state that they are both 4 cylinder when in fact they are 6 cylinder -maybe a misprint in parkers perhaps?

 

[steveperry]

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Sunil,

Could be,  I just did a copy and paste from the relevant page

Are they six pots? 'cos 16 valves into 6 cylinders doesn't go evenly does it?

Oh well maybe someone else can shed light on the mystery. But the figures  as quoted are from Parker's Guide.

S.

 

[sunil sood]

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steve,

i looked up the data from my merc owner's manual.
ther is a 2.5 diesel and turbo diesel-both 5 cylinder and 2497 cc.

and there is only i version of 2.6 litre=2597cc-mentioned-6cylinder

agree the 16v version has to be 4 pot=therfore must be special edn.

 

[steveperry]

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Looks like Parker's have made a few typos then

S.

 

[NickB2]

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The 2.5-16 is a four cylinder twin camshaft 16 valve model, seem to remember the 2.6 is a six cylinder single camshaft 8 valve model.

Can only speak of the fuel consumption for the 2.5-16 (manual) of which gives me 30ish mpg on my steady daily drive and will drop a low as 22-24 if a heavy right foot comes into play.  Only on long clear motorway trips below 70mph have I seen 31-32 mpg.

The 2.5-16 motor is quite docile for what it is and only in the mid to higher rpm range does its true form become apparent.

With the 2.6 being a six cylinder I suspect it's more docile and less dependent on rev's, a more relaxed drive possibly???

 

[Matt Crooke]

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The 2.6 attached to the autobox will be a nice combination actually, especially with the 2nd gear pullaway...that extra torque will make a lot of difference.

Sorry to throw something else in here, but didnt they make a 2.3 190 as well?

 

[sunil sood]

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indeed ,there is a 2.3 litre petrol engine-190e.

 

[NickB2]

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(Edited by NickB2 at 4:19 pm on June 24, 2002)

 

[NickB2]

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previous to the 190E 2.5-16 was the 2.3-16.  both were externally similar with subtle changes on the inside.

if my reading is correct......

for the 2.3-16 Merc had a venture with Cosworth, giving it a twin cam sixteen valve head plus other engine tweeks.  The later 2.5-16 being a in-house developement of the 2.3-16.  the single cam eight valve 2.3 unit was base engine used in this venture.

on the road performance between the two -16 models is very close with the 2.3 being a buzzier motor.  the only real performance difference is between lhd and rhd models, the rhd being down on power due to the re-routing of the exhaust manifold around the steering column.

There is plenty of sites on the web with a decent amount of info about these models and their evolutions.


(Edited by NickB2 at 4:21 pm on June 24, 2002)

 

[NickB2]

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(Edited by NickB2 at 4:22 pm on June 24, 2002)

 

[barbeast]

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I think they did a 2.3l 8v 190 in the US, as well as a 400E 4l V8 in a w124, they liked their bigger engines over there apparantly, base model 124 was the 2.6l straight 6

 

[Matt Crooke]

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There are a couple of reasons that they always seem to have bigger engines. A) Because of all the emmissions equipment strapped to a US engine, the power output is greatly reduced, for example a US 2.3 Litre W201 only has 1 or 2 BHP more than a UK 2.0 litre W201..all because of the strangling!! B) Petrol is about 1/16th of what we pay for it, so the classic american "What the h*ll
, ill have a 5.5 litre V8" is on everybodies lips!