950 Morris Engine , How Many Km work from 1L fule

[Sandun]

Hi friends , ur 950/948 Engine how many Km work from 1L fule ? Last week i run 40km from 5L fule - Not AC unit - Thank u

[liammonty]

I get between 30-40 mpg, which is between 10 and 14 km/L. So it seems like yours is OK.

[myoldjalopy]

948cc. Between 39 and 44 mpg. Don't know what that is in km/l though........

[bmcecosse]

Never even approached 40 mpg - check your odometer.. So - 40 miles is 64 Km, and a gallon of fuel is 4,54 Litres. So 40 mpg is near enough 14 Km/litre. So your 8 Km/litre is heavy Sandun!! Your consumption is more like 23 mpg - which even I could better, on a modified 1098 driven 'enthusiastically'. You must be very 'rich' on the mixture - what colour the plugs ? Or it's leaking somewhere,....

[myoldjalopy]

Original tests on the 1000 reported 46.5mpg on 'steady speed figures'. I go steady I can report around 36 - 38 mpg previously. Current improvement I put down to timing adjustment, plus Distributor Doctor points and running on 30psi in tyres.

[bmcecosse]

And a very optimistic odometer! I never beat 30 mpg - but then never 'steady'. I do know how to drive 'steady' without being slow - getting 59.5 from my modern diesel -and that mostly on fairly short journeys.

[amgrave]

Did the London - Brighton this year and took readings from fill up to fill up and if the odo is correct returned 42.5 mpg with very mixed driving. I am good at economy driving though. The mpg surprised me I must admit. It's a 1963 1098.

[Sandun]

Yes Mr. Roy - i think , the plugs are black , and more carbon diposit - but i remember that trip i run 2 km in trafick, had to use 2nd gear more and hils on the way

[liammonty]

And a very optimistic odometer! I never beat 30 mpg - but then never 'steady'. I do know how to drive 'steady' without being slow - getting 59.5 from my modern diesel -and that mostly on fairly short journeys.

I'm surprised - both my 948 saloon and my 1098 Traveller get driven fairly hard, cruising at 60 mph (genuine, not indicated!) and I return around 38 mpg from both of them - this is on journeys of around 20 miles, but admittedly out of town.

[ManyMinors]

It is relatively easy to obtain 40mpg+ from a Morris Minor. I always found my 948cc car slightly more economical than the 1098 one I have now. When I commuted daily (more than a 20mile journey on main roads out of town) I always averaged around 41 to 43mpg and could get even more on longer runs - once getting just about 300miles from a tankful of fuel. It will always depend a bit on how the car is set up and how it is driven of course as well as length and type of journeys and even the weather and temperature.

[myoldjalopy]

Hi Sandun,
Maybe you are running a bit rich, with black plugs.....? And driving in heavy traffic and lots of hills to climb will increase petrol consumption.......

[chickenjohn]

You should be getting in the high 30's mpg in mixed driving and up to 44/46mpg on a long run.

If not either the car needs setting up or you have lead boots! ;-)

[Sandun]

Bottel 1 = 750 ml
Bottel 6 = gallon 1
1L = 1000ml
Gallon 1= 4.5L
Then..
1Km = 0.621milee
If u Run 40 mpg it same to 9Km run 1L So 1 Gallon run 40 Km

[MarkyB]

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