Just got a williams two is mpg supposed to be this low???

[simoncliowilliams]

Hi,
I have just bought a williams two and am loving it. However, as I have to use daily to and from work I am finding that i am getting about 200 miles to about 43-45 litres of fuel, which works out to be about 21 mpg.
Is this normal? if not what could be wrong?
Its a heavy right foot!!!
Appreciate any advise.
Cheers.
Simon.

[1fast6]

Depends mate,

I use mine as a daily driver and its only about a 15/20 min drive through traffic to work. But where it is being started on the choke to go to and from work each time i dumps more fuel in and generally does not run as efficient. Once it is up to temp it returns around 30+mpg i would say.

Short journeys will never return good mpg in these cars in my experience.

[simoncliowilliams]

Its not a short journey about 50 mile round trip.
And only about 4 miles in total per day stuck in traffic.
Have noticed though that i lose two bars of fuel in morning just on starting.
Any ideas?

[MAXIBOY]

are you actually filling the tank right up or going off the fuel gauge.

[simoncliowilliams]

Filling it right up and then running it down to empty. 209 miles last fill. £43.60!

[pat_986]

Have a look at your plugs, may be running rich. More likely its just you ragging it everywhere!

[simoncliowilliams]

Oh its def runinng rich just changed the plugs, leads and the engine temp coolant sensor and the old plugs were as a black as the ace of spades!
But still runnig really rich. how do you sort that out?

[bluenose]

I got more or less 209 miles out of £30 and its only been on the road a week so its had a fair few B-road blasts!

[Purple]

Clean the air filter and carb spray the TB. You might not be getting enough airflow to lean out out the mixture. 21 mpg is quite low mileage for the Williams.

[MAXIBOY]

maybe the lambda sensor is not working. where about are you in the country mate.