Multijet2 Euro 6 engine 230/130HP

[Millsy's]

Hello All,
I will be picking up our new Carado T447 at the end of the month and it has the new Euro 6 engine 230/130HP fitted and I was wondering if any of you Funsters have the same motor,if so what are your views on the performance /fuel consumption ?, the Carado will be around 3.500 ton loaded and I am hoping that 130HP is up to the job.
Thanks
Mike

 

[Blue Knight]

Mike, you'll have no issues at that weight. The 130 is more than up to the job.

Nice van BTW

Andrew

 

[Bart]

Mike looks like a similar sized MH to our 7.1 mtr Bessacarr E560 which has the older Multijet 1 - 130 bhp engine and it usually runs full at 3500kg and the only place i would like more power is on long drawn out hills , other than that it does the job well.

 

[Blue Knight]

Mike, one thing you asked about was fuel consumption.

Our first van (130bhp) was only 6.5m long and ran at 3.6T but the fuel economy suffered because we had a 3.1m hi-line front pod which in all honesty did reduce the mpg figures over a low profile van such as yours.

We achieved 25mpg but I'm sure this would have got better if we had kept the van and had allowed the engine to run-in.

I would suspect that your initial reading will be 26-27mpg to start with before improving once the engine has been used a bit more.

All the best,

Andrew