Millers Ecomax

PTM30

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thats the one that is saying 42.5. I thought it would be higher than that as i don't boot it all the time, i travel 10miles each way to work (maybe too short a journey?) and it is all duel carrageway
 

PTM30

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Have you reset it recently? It sounds like you have your MFD set to "set 2" which is the long term data set (only resets manually). If you push the button on the end of your wiper stalk then it should change to set 1 which is the "single trip" set, this resets after the engine has been off for two hours. If you've never reset the long term data then you might find it's across multiple tanks even from before you owned the car, but the single trip readout will give you results just from your commute home and may be higher.

O i see, i'll try that in a bit but that does sound like the problem to me.
Cheers Gavin
 

PTM30

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so whats the best millers to go for? i had a quick look in Halfords the other day but there are quite a few to choose from
 

waylander

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Also 42mpg on a 10 mile trip isn't awful,

Deisels do take a good bit longer to warm nicely compared to a petrol :s)
 

conkerman

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Agreed. My Exeo is awful on round town stuff. 30mpg for really short stuff. All that emissions kit needs to be warmed up by squirting in some more fuel.

The PD150 can give >50mpg on a run, but your economy sounds about right.

Conks
 

PTM30

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Cheers Conkerman and Waylander. Got my trip working now and i got up to 45mpg on my 10mile trip home. At least i know now that there's nothing wrong with my MPG.

Would getting some Millers increase this at all? Would it do any harm to the engine?
 

conkerman

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Shouldn't do any harm if used properly.

May not make a huge difference.

As stated, I'm not a fan of aftermarket additives. I'd try a premium diesel first if I was that bothered, which i'm not :).

Some peeps see a difference, some don't.

Conks
 

PTM30

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Shouldn't do any harm if used properly.

May not make a huge difference.

As stated, I'm not a fan of aftermarket additives. I'd try a premium diesel first if I was that bothered, which i'm not :).

Some peeps see a difference, some don't.

Conks

I've been using premium diesel and trying to work out which is best. Filled with the Optimax one the other week but didn't do as well as the one Total do. Where do you normally fill?
 

conkerman

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I tend to stick to the oil majors. I'm not that fussy about where I fill. Generally Esso or BP as its on the way to work!

If you are on a serious economy drive, you can generally get bigger gains by adjusting your driving style rather than buggering about with fuel :)

From what you have said though, your economy on short hops seems OK. Get it on a good motorway run or flowing country drive and you will see nice numbers on the display as long as you don't go mad with the throttle(?) :)

I get 52mpg on the display from my 140Bhp Exeo. Best on my 38 mile commute was just over 60mpg. I drove like a proper shandy drinker though.

Conks
 

andyspencer

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just going back to the point about noticing the effect of millers or premium.. If your cars highly tuned, then you need to put it in. End of...as damage can be done internally. but the debate is on with std, mid powered diesels. If i put std diesel in mine, the power is noticeably different within a few dozen miles or so of the new untreated tank :(
 

PTM30

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I tend to stick to the oil majors. I'm not that fussy about where I fill. Generally Esso or BP as its on the way to work!

If you are on a serious economy drive, you can generally get bigger gains by adjusting your driving style rather than buggering about with fuel :)

From what you have said though, your economy on short hops seems OK. Get it on a good motorway run or flowing country drive and you will see nice numbers on the display as long as you don't go mad with the throttle(?) :)

I get 52mpg on the display from my 140Bhp Exeo. Best on my 38 mile commute was just over 60mpg. I drove like a proper shandy drinker though.

Conks

Cheers Conks

Yeah i've got a massive wide choice of Garage's in and around Guildford so just messing around with each one to see what i think is best. (Probably nothing in it like you said) I don't drive it hard all the time but i do like to give it a bit of welly sometimes on the route home depending what mood i'm in lol
 

PTM30

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just going back to the point about noticing the effect of millers or premium.. If your cars highly tuned, then you need to put it in. End of...as damage can be done internally. but the debate is on with std, mid powered diesels. If i put std diesel in mine, the power is noticeably different within a few dozen miles or so of the new untreated tank :(

I only have an FR TDI 150 completly standard. Would you say it was worth trying millers?
 

tommyp

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i've just put millers in my 150 cupra tdi, will report results in a week or so when i next have to fill up!
 
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some may say lala land....
put some in mine before a 500mile run to isle of skye.
didn't notice anything different.

filled up whilst there on random 128.9 stuff with none

filled up with morrison on way back and added a dose at 1/2 full this morning.
not noticed anything on a run this afternoon.
perhaps it is perhaps it isn't, who knows....
 

conkerman

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just going back to the point about noticing the effect of millers or premium.. If your cars highly tuned, then you need to put it in. End of...as damage can be done internally. but the debate is on with std, mid powered diesels. If i put std diesel in mine, the power is noticeably different within a few dozen miles or so of the new untreated tank :(

Can you explain how a tuned diesel will eat itself on standard EN590 Diesel??

I have never heard of it, but that means it can't happen!

COnks
 

andyspencer

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im not saying it will defo happen.. but it all depends on the set up of the car... The culprit of internal damage though is detonation. Which is caused by lean running, which is caused by inbalance of fuel / air mix. Its a long winded thing.. but in short, higher cetane for diesel and higher octane for petrol offers more resistance to detonation.
Thats why i was on about highly tunes cars. In standard set ups, this problem shouldnt occur.
 
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