Reply With Quotewhat speed? continuous? hilly terrain?
Big Time Poster
what are you guys getting for MPG in your 525i?
On the highway, I can get no more than 400 miles FLAT out of my 1995 525i. Is that pretty low? It translates to around 20 miles per gallon.
What could cause poor gas mileage? I know there is a rip in the air filter.
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Yeah.. I get about 23 - 24 and I have a heavy footOriginally Posted by sirius_GTO
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I just took a road trip over the weekend from Pittsburgh, PA to Washington, DC and back. I reset everything when I started and AVG 1 was 27 MPG and AVG 2 was 23 MPG. My average on the highway was about 75 MPH. I thought that was pretty good. Although, I don't know what the difference between the two are. Does anyone know?
-cP
Present: Black 1995 525i | Past: Red 1989 535i; Black 1985 535i
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Are you askig what the difference between Consumption 1 (Mpg 1) and Consumption 2 (Mpg 2)? If so, they do the same thing. Having two allows you to keep a long-term average going, while still allowing you to track mileage over shorter trips. Why yours are different IF you reset both before your trip to Tittsburgh is beyond me. You have to hit the button to show Mpg 1, press reset, hit the button again to get Mpg 2, then hit reset again (if you want them both to record the same trip stats.
As for your mileage, 27 Mpg sounds good for reasonable highway speeds. When I watch my foot and flow with traffic, I’ll get 28-30+ Mpg.
Dave M
10/90 Build 525im, 630,000+km, Eibach/Sachs, Engine Rebuild
*RIP Oskar the DOG*
Big, Big Time Poster
Ah yes, I only reset AVG 1. Thanks for that info.
Present: Black 1995 525i | Past: Red 1989 535i; Black 1985 535i
Big, Big Time Poster
cruising around 80mph, no significant wind, or weather, AC off, relativly level terrain, not too much traffic, i can get a little over 500 miles out of my 95 525. and thats running ethanol enriched fuel which increases consumption (screws mpg)
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Depends on the traffic
no traffic, open roads 20 to 24 MPG
Heavy rush hour traffic with the A/C on 18.7
and thats with the E 10 stuff.
Vee ave vays of dealing vid your kind...........
Major Contributor
Depends on the right foot....
... doing 80mph it's down around 24mpg (gets into vanos RPM range)
... doing around 70mph its around 26-28mpg...
... doing 55-60mph it's around 30-32mpg...
around town about 22-23mpg if I'm easy on it...
1993 / 525ia / M50TU / EAT / Sachs / Infiniti Kappa & Basslink / super clean / Style 5s wearing Pilots / Mobil 1 everywhere / long road ahead
Older 525i
All around mine gets 21.6 but if I baby it on the highway, I can get as high as 26. These older ones do not do as good as the newer ones
TasMan
1990 525i 190,000 miles
Savannah, Georgia
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