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i am looking at a 1990 diesil van. 1600 engine , pop top. what sort of mpg should i expect.

Hi,
We have a CS 1600 with a 4 speed box and get 38-45mpg, slow but cheap and who wants to rush
ATB Kris

Get 35-40mpg from mine, mainly on good A roads at 40-60mph. Engine isn't that well, so probably more if yours is a good one.

from 15 years of driving dweezils:

1.6 cs with little (standing room only) pop-top, full camping gear.
best 6.5 l/100 km worst 8.0 l/100 km

1.6 jx (turbo) with massive high roof and full camping gear
best 7.2 l/100 km worst 8.7 l/100 km

1.6 jx syncro tin top, pretty much nekkid inside
best 7.8 l/100 km worst so far 9.0 l/100 km (some off-roading was thrown in there)

You do your own imperial conversions

Cs 1600 non turbo

best 35mpg

worst 25mpg

regulay get 30mpg and i live in hilly hilly hilly cornwall. its very hilly!

dont expect better then 35mpg even on a long run from a camper of any kind.

camping vans wiegh near as makes no diffrence 2 tonnes. thats a lot of weight for a little 1.6 n/a diesel.

azz and deffantly direct injection engins get slightly better mpg.

Jon

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I gotta 1600 D Hi-top, twin slide..on the Somerset flats it will give me 38 mpg, but like "Otherpower" sez, if I got down to Exmoor or Cornwall I leave snail trials and the mpg will drop, I usaully keep my tank low & dump water otherwise those hills...I'm in 1st on some, with missus out back pushing...

My 2008 resolution is to sell the engine & go for something with more pull. Otherwise I will keep missing the events as they are over by the time ya get there.

I'm guessing being a 1990 1.6 it'll be a turbo? Mines a turbo and manages to nock 40mpg on a nice flat motorway motorway run at 60mph, about as fast as its happy with (its a tin top syncro so probubly not the best for economy but has about as higher top gear as possable for a stock diesel). Normal use is more like 35mpg but drops closer to 30 if its doing alot of hills/laneing/loadlugging - anything that gets the turbo really boosting alot.

Over 5 years - I always get between 30-32mpg. Mostly around town - never over 65mph. It does not change on a run. The only time I got more than this is when I incorreclty adjusted the throttle cable and was not getting full travel. So I travelled and accelerated even more slowly!
Steve

I am averaging about 37 mpg, on my 1600 TD JX.

Mind you I did get 158 mpg on the way back from the bonnie neet in November, most of them was on the back of a tow truck