How much???? Motorhome MPG

LongdogCymru

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I have never really looked at the fuel consumption on my motorhomes, I am a relative rookie having only discovered motorhoming 2 years ago and enjoyed several holidays and weekends in the 2001 Hymer Swing with a Fiat 2.8 JTD that I bought to test the water.

I always thought that was a bit heavy on the juice but I put it down to being relatively old technology, so when I bought a low profile 56 reg CI Cipro 55 on a Mercedes Sprinter chassis I was expecting an improvement......!!!

Well we have just had a long weekend in Hertford on the Balls Park Camping and Caravan Club site there, (highly recommended, they are not called the friendly club for nothing ), I drove over 450 miles and logged my fuel usage on a full-to-full basis. What a shock I had when I found I had averged 20mpg and that was me driving like a nun for goodness sake!!!

Where do people get these 30mpg figures from? When they are parked up with the engine ticking over perhaps? 20mpg is not really acceptable so I am thinking of cutting my losses and selling the CI and getting another older van now
 
I did about 400 miles over the weekend, most of it on Dual Carriageway doing about 60mph, and averaged over 34mpg, but that's in a 2.2 Citroen Relay conversion. I've found it fairly consistent, 33 - 35 mpg, over the last 3 years. :)
 
I'm not sure I'd sell a nice van for the sake of a couple of mpg. I mentioned on the recent similar thread that I managed nearly 24 mpg in our 416 Sprinter, so perhaps your vehicle needs attention?

I hear lots of fairy tales about mpg. A chap told me last week that he bought a little box with two battery leads on it from a man in Blythe. He just connected the leads to the battery terminals and placed the box on top of the engine of his Fiat Hymer. Hey Presto! Achieved 37mpg instantly!
Bullshine.....
John
 
I get around 24/25 too on a panel van. Although if i try really hard I can get less then 15MPG
 
my lt35 gets 30 mpg and I'm heavy footed.that was worked out over 3000 miles
 
Interestingly the last 2 times I picked up the van from storage this year, the hand brake seemed to stick on after release. A couple of shunts forward and backward released this.

So I had the brakes inspected and the pads needed to be replaced on the rear axles. One pad was down to the metal, sticky cylinder. So after replacement of the pads, there is no surprise then that the mpg imrpoved by 2mpg over the 400 miles covered last week, resulting in 26mpg average on mixed roads.

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LongdogCymru said:
I drove over 450 miles and logged my fuel usage on a full-to-full basis. What a shock I had when I found I had averged 20mpg and that was me driving like a nun for goodness sake!!!
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And I moan about my 25mpg! That is an approx, because I did not completely empty the tank, but filled once the reserve light came on.
I do have a Tunit box fitted, and my vehicle is a 6 wheel 4.5t(max) A class Fiat 2.8JTD m/h.
 
My Renault Master conversion has averaged 36mpg over 4000 miles in the past 9 months
 
2006 Peugeot Boxer 2.8 HDi running at 4.100 Tonne with a TurboTune DT Tuning Module set at Medium & Medium.

I`ve had it since new and it is averaging 29.76 M.P.G. according to my spreadsheet on brim to brim fills every time and resetting the trip.

The best i`ve had was 32.48 M.P.G. on an excellent run from Preston, Lancashire to Alness just north of Inverness.

The worst i`ve had was 23.88 M.P.G. on an awful journey ( terrible congestion ) from Preston down to Crystal Palace.
 
I have a 2,3 hpi iveco, I am very heavy footed and it gets 30 mpg hard driving, Steady away and im getting 34mpg as someone else has already stated so many varibles on this subject wind drag sticky brakes fuel type even the tyre pattern will have an effect
 
MPG nearly 30 properly calculated

I Get nearly 30 mpg Lunar H622 3.5 ton 6 forward gears
Just keep between 50 and 55
Also saves on Tyres
Light right foot
Look ahead calm down !
On motorway can go faster get same MPG but more tyre wear.
Aim of Motorhoming is to enjoy so "Drive easily"
 
I have a panel van conversion, with a 2.2 120bhp, get roughly 37 to 40 mpg, and over 500 miles per tank, don't really go over 60, but will easily hit 100 if me and the Mrs have had words..Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr......


jt
 
30-32mpg Toyota Hiace 2.8 normally aspirated automatic gearbox 2.2 ton's fully loaded with 2 people.
 
I have a VW Crafter SWB bluemotion , on a motorway run about 60 with cruise control on I will average 37mpg

about town average is around 30mpg
 
I put an app on my phone when I got the van two years ago and have religiously kept track of fuel and mileage. Over the whole period my '95 ford Transit 2.5 diesel coachbuilt has returned 24.7mpg, but with fuel prices coming down the the cost per mile is reducing. Compared to an old MoD Landrover I once owned at 17mph it is damned good
 
A while ago someone posted a link for converting litres to mpg (not the one I posted lol) anyone got the link again please. Or, better still is there an iphone app
 
jennyp19 said:
A while ago someone posted a link for converting litres to mpg (not the one I posted lol) anyone got the link again please. Or, better still is there an iphone app
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4.546 Litres = 1 Gallon.

Then divide the Total Miles by the amount of Gallons and that gives you the M.P.G.
 
My calculated average over 6000 miles is 23mpg however I do normally drive over 60 in a 5000kg 3 litre Fiat which seems ok to me. When I'm trying 26 is achievable.
 
Wooie1958 said:
4.546 Litres = 1 Gallon.

Then divide the Total Miles by the amount of Gallons and that gives you the M.P.G.
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Or you can do Miles divided by Litres divided by 0.22 - slightly easier on a calculator because you don't have to remember the number of gallons.
 
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