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by simon8201 - 09/09/26 01:46 PM
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by Joske Vermeule, September 1
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I'm on Neilda's wave length, when the fuel gauge says put some fuel in, I do. I suppose if I have to guess my consumption it would be around a bottle of red every other day, oh sorry I mean't around 40mpg. 
Here for a good time not a long time!!
Reg
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I must admit none of my Mogs have had a fuel gauge I trust.
The roadster is a novelty as when full it shows full not 3/4s.
It is then very lazy in moving for the first 100-150 miles.
Then it gets a bit faster & hits half and after that it is like Usain Bolt heading for empty.
I do what I have always done on a Morgan filled at 1/2 or 200 miles whatever comes first.
JohnV6
2022 CX Plus Four
2025 Renault Scenic Alpine etech "Yvette"
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Never check just fill it and drive
Very much in the dog house, could be up for rehoming
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I must admit none of my Mogs have had a fuel gauge I trust. Likewise, John. My Morgan's fuel gauge is such a great work of fiction it really ought to be awarded the Booker prize. For about the first 10 miles after filling, it shows Full. Then it switches to Empty, and stays that way until I start threatening to do something about it. Then it shows half full for a while until it thinks I'm not looking any more, at which point it goes back to Empty. Fortunately the trip meter works fine, so I just fill up every 250 miles or so, knowing I have a safe range of 300 miles.
Tim H.
1986 4/4 VVTi Sport, 2002 LR Defender, 2022 Mini Cooper SE
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Does anyone ever actually buy a Morgan for the mpg? My 4.6 plus 8 does around 21 to the gallon I think, it's the Bain of the Friday pie club who all reckon they're going to chip in to the rob heap petrol fund!
as a poor pensioner I have to save up for outings, believe that and you'll believe anything.
It ran like clockwork to LM last summer, and it only took about four tanks of juice to get their and back.
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I came back from Somerset last week, last 50 miles gauge banging on empty. Only took 36 litres ! All that worrying for nowt 
Keith
2013 narrow bodied + 4 Ruby.
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I came back from Somerset last week, last 50 miles gauge banging on empty. Only took 36 litres ! All that worrying for nowt Even given the frankly appalling aerodynamics of a Morgan, the Ford Duratecs seem to be capable of delivering extraordinary fuel consumption figures, don't they?
Tim H.
1986 4/4 VVTi Sport, 2002 LR Defender, 2022 Mini Cooper SE
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You don't truly know your Morgan until you know exactly how far you can go AFTER the gauge reads 'Empty'
Doug
2011 Plus 4 in Rich Maroon
1972 750 “ComDom” sprinter
1958 Triton 650
1992 Triumph Trophy 900
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I had a '93 cvh efi, not carbs and was getting 35 on decent runs. Less when in a hurry! K&N filter, no other mods. Nice stright through exhaust. Often driven with a smile chasing Plus8's! mpg did drop! My current Rover Plus8 is giving 30mpg but this often drops  depending on who else is on the run!
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You don't truly know your Morgan until you know exactly how far you can go AFTER the gauge reads 'Empty' There are Morgans out there where one has to be content with knowing what the gauge actually reads when the petrol stops flowing.
Paul
Costock, UK
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