Car is behaving strange

[Tom]

Yesterday

Round town driving =21.6mpg

Short motorway trip =16.8mpg

Today

Round town 36.1mpg

Same route = 38.6mpg

i was driving in the same way, i reset the computer in the same place.

 

[stan*]

looks like the computer was playin up yesterday.....

 

[jimmy_mac]

182 eh lol i think that explains your problem http://www.cliosport.net/forum/smileys/smiley9.gifhehe

 

[telford_mike]

Its a union member - demands double fuel to work on a Sunday.

 

[Tom]

Fair enough.

On the plus side the range is currently showing 420miles remaining

ah well back it goes..........

 

[matt the cat]

was the reading from 1st backed up by the fuel gauge? if not then deffo seems like the calculations have been messed up somehow...i would wait and see how it goes rather than have reno mess with the electrics!!

 

[Has]

ini mini mo........lets chop the red wire and let the car go

*renault mechanics view*

hehehehe

 

[David]

if u reset the computer...it takes an average of whatever u were doing so if u rag it ur mpg will plummet....if u leave the counter doest it just drawn an average of ur mpg and thus doesnt vary as much as when u jyuts reset it? i reset mine once na dthe actuall mpg was going up and down depending on if i uput my foot down or not..now after a month it doesnt go up or down that much....resting at around 32-34mpg.

 

[JAY172]

not sure why you got different readings maybe a fuel level sensor problem. the trip does take a fair few miles before it gets accurate though.