I filled my car up the other day with £30 of diesel. Which ended up being about 27 litres I think. The needle was on 3/4 of a tank when I filled it up yesterday. I vented the tank (not fully - could've vented it more but was getting bored 
) and I got another £30 in! 
The £30 before took it from 1/4 of a tank to 3/4 of tank. So basically by venting the tank I've got another half a tank in the space where 1/4 of a tank should be.
Last night I drove from Somerset (where I live) to North Lincs (Humber Bridge to be precise) on the vented tank. I did 80 mph pretty much all the way (apart from M1 roadworks and Birmingham average speed check zone where it was both 50 mph) and I AVERAGED 57.9mpg. I thought by venting the tank that I'd knackered the fuel gauge somehow cos it just was not moving!
Anyway - I got here and overall managed to average 57.6mpg (`A' roads and a few blasts knocked it down a bit).
But I managed to do the 250 mile journey on a needles width UNDER a full tank. So used about 30 litres of fuel? I'm guessing.
I took pictures on my phone last night and I will post pictures when I get back to Somerset. I just wanted to brag tbh cos I thought it was amazing how I managed to do the 250 mile treck with the needle moving literally 1-2mm.
Does anyone else want to challenge me and beat it?
) and I got another £30 in! The £30 before took it from 1/4 of a tank to 3/4 of tank. So basically by venting the tank I've got another half a tank in the space where 1/4 of a tank should be.
Last night I drove from Somerset (where I live) to North Lincs (Humber Bridge to be precise) on the vented tank. I did 80 mph pretty much all the way (apart from M1 roadworks and Birmingham average speed check zone where it was both 50 mph) and I AVERAGED 57.9mpg. I thought by venting the tank that I'd knackered the fuel gauge somehow cos it just was not moving!
Anyway - I got here and overall managed to average 57.6mpg (`A' roads and a few blasts knocked it down a bit).
But I managed to do the 250 mile journey on a needles width UNDER a full tank. So used about 30 litres of fuel? I'm guessing.
I took pictures on my phone last night and I will post pictures when I get back to Somerset. I just wanted to brag tbh cos I thought it was amazing how I managed to do the 250 mile treck with the needle moving literally 1-2mm.
Does anyone else want to challenge me and beat it?
