Petrol consumption has dropped off a cliff.
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Petrol consumption has dropped off a cliff.
My mpg has nearly halved all of a sudden with no apparent reason... Can anyone help? I used to drive the gti every day but now i have a company car, i only get to drive the little beauty once a week. i'm only getting about 200 and the light will be on. HELPPPPPPPPPP!
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It may just be down to your driving style.
When I drove mine everyday back in Summer, my fuel consumption was decent.
But now, being in uni I only see it 1-2 weekends a month, and I now get alot less mpg. Purely because I can't get enough of driving it how I like to drive it.
When you drive it everyday you tend to think more about economic driving. When you drive it on occasion you drive how you like.
That's my view anyway. Could always be something wrong with alot of things already mentioned.
When I drove mine everyday back in Summer, my fuel consumption was decent.
But now, being in uni I only see it 1-2 weekends a month, and I now get alot less mpg. Purely because I can't get enough of driving it how I like to drive it.
When you drive it everyday you tend to think more about economic driving. When you drive it on occasion you drive how you like.
That's my view anyway. Could always be something wrong with alot of things already mentioned.
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With regards to driving - ragging it/lots of cold starts & short journeys/town driving/traffic jams do the worst for your fuel consumption. The rule is to get into as low a gear as possible without labouring the engine. I usually go around 1800rpm at the very lowest which is around 40mph (indicated) in 5th. It can pull up to 70 from there in around 7 or 8 seconds iirc
Re: Petrol consumption has dropped off a cliff.
Definitely sounds like the Lamda, mine went end of last year and was jsut getting 200 odd to the tank....worth checking
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