Poor fuel consumption....

[detchibe]

Hi there,

My MINI One is currently returning 23mpg - and that's with no hooning, just careful driving! Has anyone ever had this problem? Could it be a problem with the oxygen/lambda sensor? A site I was reading suggested this, with symptoms of poor fuel consumption and erratic idle - funnily enough, I did think my car sounded a bit odd when idling.

Forgive my novice-ness, but if it is the sensor - where are they located? Easy to replace? Or should I take it back to the dealer for the umpteenth time.....

Cheers,

Nik

[von stig]

hmmmm i dont even get as low as that in cooper even when i hooooon it could it be just a fault on the OBC or is it drinking far far more fuel than it should could defo be time for another trip to the delaer if you can sometimes it good to take it to another dealer as a fresh prespective can help

[detchibe]

Yeah looks like it's the dealers again. Was going to take it to a different place because of bad history with the local main BMW place - mainly due to the fact it failed it's MOT because of these...



...which were apparently checked by them in a service 2 months before the MOT. Whatever!!

Nik

[von stig]

its always worth looking at other dealers i changed my main dealer recntly cos they didnt listen to a complaint of mine with the car and told me i was imagining it