DeclanCorollaD-4D 3 Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 Hi all, New to the forum having only owned a Toyota for about 6 weeks now so please bare with :)As above, I purchased a 2003 Corolla estate 2.0 D4D (88bhp version) Although with 204,000 miles, (hence the price of £1000!) The car starts and Runs perfectly with plenty of pull behind it!Soon after buying I changed the Oil and filter, air filter, fuel filter and Cam-belt and had the two front anti roll bar linkages replaced as they were producing a clunking over bumps.The only problem with the car at the moment is the miles per gallon i'm managing to achieve, Urban is quoted around 39, combined around 46 i think and extra urban 59, however my car seems to achieve around 36 around town, (which is completely understandable as the quoted figures are hardly ever reproduce-able) but on the motorway, even without a load and sticking to no more than 70, the car only manages a maximum of 39-40mpg. these are all my own calculations and not relying on the on board computers poor estimates!Reading up on forums and having blanked my egr valve on a previous 1.6 petrol astra due to the same sort of issues, i thought this could be a worthwhile job. However any other suggestions as to why my miles per gallon is so low would be a great helpThanks in advance,Declan. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DeclanCorollaD-4D 3 Posted July 31, 2013 Author Share Posted July 31, 2013 Anyone? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dunc verso 0 Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 Not the best with cars m8 but I had same problem to find out the egr valve was not working it had to be changed and the system cleaned its been OK since hope you get yours sorted :) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DeclanCorollaD-4D 3 Posted July 31, 2013 Author Share Posted July 31, 2013 Hi Dunc, Thanks all the same:) will look into the egr then, i was pretty sure it could be related to that and was just looking for some advice, rather than paying a dealer or scamming mechanic to lie about the problem:DCheers mate, big help, will report back! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dunc verso 0 Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 Your welcome :) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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