mike2909
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- Location
- Rathillet , Scotland
- Your Mercedes
- C220 CDI Sport 2008 , Vito 639 2013, ML 270CDI 2005
Once again I am late to the party. I have really enjoyed reading this thread and take my hat off to the mechanical knowledge you guys have. I love working and doing the basic maintenance on my cars and vans but have limits to what I will try,Did some tank to tank around town mpg's and got 22mph, just did 300miles on motorway tank to tankfull got 28mpg, any thoughts on whether 28mpg is ok , was only doing between 55-65 mph was expecting more mpg, still think I may have injector problem as I see more grey smoke than I expect on tickover etc..... next job swap 2 recon injectors from spare car and make a start on repairing spare front bumper, Happy new year ,looking forward to it !!
I bought my ML in Spalding and went down on the train to collect and drive back to Fife where I live. Just under a 400 mile drive. I filled up at the garage where I bought her and similar to Vincentfishing drove her back up with the cruise control set between 65-70. I had 378mile on the trip when I filled her up again close to home, tank was still above a 1/4 . Filled her up with 46 liters approx. 10 gallons. I think 335 miles of that was motorway. Its a 2005 ML270 has done 98k.
When I have to use for commuting I think I get less than half that consumption.