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Fiesta 1.25 MPG

  • 04-02-2009 10:53AM
    #1
    Notch000
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,473 ✭✭✭


    does anyone know the mpg for one of these ? circa 97-2000 model.
    Im looking for a tieover runaround and this car seem the best for me


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  • #2
    3ps
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    late 30s to early 40's in mixed driving.


  • #3
    martydunf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 403 ✭✭martydunf


    40 mpg


    http://www.parkers.co.uk/cars/specs/Detail.aspx?deriv=17818 (99-02 model)

    http://www.parkers.co.uk/cars/specs/Detail.aspx?deriv=11022 (95-99 model)


  • #4
    gyppo
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    3ps wrote: »
    late 30s to early 40's in mixed driving.

    +1. Thats what our one is returning.


  • #5
    tred
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    Notch000 wrote: »
    does anyone know the mpg for one of these ? circa 97-2000 model.
    Im looking for a tieover runaround and this car seem the best for me

    a great engine. My wife had a 00 one for a few years. she was easily getting over 40 on it, but she drove easy enough. a little flier it was.


  • #6
    Notch000
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    what about the 1.3 ones, are they as nippy ? MPG, which one has a timing chain ?


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  • #7
    zilog_jones
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    The 1.3 is a pushrod engine so it has a chain, but that also means it sounds like a bag of nails. I get about 30MPG or less around town, 35-40 on long journeys. I don't think mine's a particularly good example - they don't take well to a lack of oil changes and mine had about 5 years of unknown service history.

    1.25 has a timing belt, supposed to be changed every 100,000 miles according to Ford.


  • #8
    Notch000
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,473 ✭✭✭Notch000


    Does the mazada 121, 1.3 have the same engine, suspension etc as the ford
    or just the same body


  • #9
    Rovi
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    Did anyone else think this thread was about a Fiesta getting 1.25MPG?

    :D


    Carry on...


  • #10
    Dave147
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    Rovi wrote: »
    Did anyone else think this thread was about a Fiesta getting 1.25MPG?

    :D


    Carry on...

    Yep that makes two of us :)


  • #11
    zilog_jones
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,723 ✭✭✭zilog_jones


    Notch000 wrote: »
    Does the mazada 121, 1.3 have the same engine, suspension etc as the ford
    or just the same body

    Exact same car, just with some different plastic.


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  • #12
    klaus23
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    zilog_jones wrote: »
    The 1.3 is a pushrod engine so it has a chain, but that also means it sounds like a bag of nails.

    No, that's because the tappets aren't adjusted correctly. It's normally caused by neglect and infrequent oil changes because all these cars ever do is short runs, but is actually relatively easy to adjust manually.

    For a 40-year old+ engine design it's actually not bad at all, I had one as a runaround about six months ago and it was a great banger. Sure, the 1.25 16v is a nicer engine but if you can convince someone their engine is fecked when buying ye olde HCS/Kent block isn't that bad at all.


  • #13
    Green Hornet
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    Dave147 wrote: »
    Yep that makes two of us :)
    Three now! :D


  • #14
    zilog_jones
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    klaus23 wrote: »
    No, that's because the tappets aren't adjusted correctly. It's normally caused by neglect and infrequent oil changes because all these cars ever do is short runs, but is actually relatively easy to adjust manually.
    Mine is a lot quieter than most, especially any Mk. III's I hear, but it's still pretty harsh sounding compared to the Zetec-SE or any other modern twin-cam engine and idling makes the gearstick and everything shake just like an old diesel. I've driven my friend's '05 1.25 Fiesta and the engine's so quiet in comparison I wouldn't know I'd do without the rev counter - my own car doesn't have one nor does it need one :)


  • #15
    DanGerMus
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    Rovi wrote: »
    Did anyone else think this thread was about a Fiesta getting 1.25MPG?

    :D


    Carry on...
    Dave147 wrote: »
    Yep that makes two of us :)
    Green Hornet wrote: »
    Three now! :D

    4 :o:p


  • #16
    Max_Damage
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,460 ✭✭✭Max_Damage


    Notch000 wrote: »
    what about the 1.3 ones, are they as nippy ? MPG, which one has a timing chain ?

    I've a 1.3L Escort (same engine), and I get around 45mpg I reckon out of it.


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