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My MPG
Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2007 9:54 pm
by alanyboy
hi
joined the forum a while ago and iv just been reading really. quick question.
i filled my car up to the top (1.6 gl) the other day and now it is almost empty and i have got around 205 miles to the tank. im thinking that its not doing the mpg it should be even though i have mostly been going around town but also involved some country roads and dual carriageways.
is this about right or is it a bit s**t ?
cheers
Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2007 11:05 pm
by tattooroo
that is crap mines got a fuel leak an does better
Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2007 12:08 am
by JoeG07
lately mine seems to be doing sod all mpg, mite test it sometime, its also a 1.6 gl
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Posted: Sat Dec 22, 2007 9:05 am
by mr rugby
That sounds very poor, although you may be a foot to the floor driver for all we know.
Seriously though, when I had a period of high fuel consumption on my 1.4 it turned out to be the lambda sensor which is the gizmo fixed on the exhaust down pipe that monitors air/fuel mixture gases and adjusts these accordingly.
Get your fault codes read by a dealer or vw specialist.
I reckon you are getting about half the mpg's you should be getting .
Alternatively if you have a laptop, get the free vag software on the net and a lead from a well known auction site and read them yourself, however you still need knowledge to determine a solution.
mr rugby
Posted: Sat Dec 22, 2007 11:49 am
by david burton
I'd have thought a 1.6 around town will get about 280-320 to a tank. So MPG is down, but it's a bit vague - maybe it wasn't full when you filled up, or you filled it up when there was still 1/4 tank left.
and we all know the bottom 1/4 of a tank is actually more like 1/3 on a mk4 polo!
do a proper estimate - fill it right up, so XXX miles, fill it up again and work out how many miles you're doing per gallon or litre.