keithvmx1200 Posted December 14, 2014 Posted December 14, 2014 I am only getting 20mpg around town and wondered if I cleaned the MAF it might help with the mpg.I wondered if its easy to do and has anyone on here done it themselves and do I need any special tools.. Regards keieh Quote
Dicky Posted December 14, 2014 Posted December 14, 2014 I've had my car 10 yrs now and took the MAF out to clean it earlier this yr. It looked spotless to me but cleaned it anyway and it didn't seem to make any differance in any respect. Cleaned the throttle valve a few months ago which did make a big differance in the cars performance as it appeared to pull much harder etc. But no fuel economy gains in either case. I would have thought that 20 mpg around town is normal anyway. Quote
GMballistic Posted December 14, 2014 Posted December 14, 2014 I would have thought that 20 mpg around town is normal anyway. Would agree with that, ..in fact if that's start/stop traffic the whole way it's a pretty good MPG for town driving. I used to get around 17-19MPG at times in the worst of the stop/start traffic. Quote
Tricky-Ricky Posted December 14, 2014 Posted December 14, 2014 (edited) 20 mpg around town is good, mine only got 17! Edited December 14, 2014 by Tricky-Ricky Quote
keithvmx1200 Posted December 14, 2014 Author Posted December 14, 2014 Thanks for the info if 20mpg is normal then I will leave well alone and I am happy with getting 38mpg on a long run with the cruise control on. Regards Keith Quote
GMballistic Posted December 14, 2014 Posted December 14, 2014 Enjoy the Zed Keith. With petrol prices slightly lowering as well MPG should be less of a concern. Quote
keithvmx1200 Posted December 15, 2014 Author Posted December 15, 2014 With petrol prices down and shopping at Tesco for my weekly shop which gets me another 12p a ltr off I can afford to put my foot to the floor at least for a few seconds anyway. Regards keith 1 Quote
GMballistic Posted December 15, 2014 Posted December 15, 2014 With petrol prices down and shopping at Tesco for my weekly shop which gets me another 12p a ltr off I can afford to put my foot to the floor at least for a few seconds anyway. Regards keith Sounds good Keith. Remember though the Zed should only be run on Super Unleaded so make sure it's the Momentum99 you're using if getting fuel at Tescos. Quote
keithvmx1200 Posted December 16, 2014 Author Posted December 16, 2014 Its the only fuel I have used since I bought the car. Regards Keith Quote
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