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£10 and only 30 miles
« on: 07 March 2008, 19:51 »
rite i put £10 in today and only got 30 miles i was keeping to the speed limit didnt put my foot down once,
i had it remapped  2 wks ago now,and put 18" wheels on,not really noticed it till i put that £10 in today.
is that bad and if so what is wrong with it,because i think i should be getting better consumption than that i hope so anyway :sick:

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Re: £10 and only 30 miles
« Reply #1 on: 07 March 2008, 19:57 »
rite i put £10 in today and only got 30 miles i was keeping to the speed limit didnt put my foot down once,
i had it remapped  2 wks ago now,and put 18" wheels on,not really noticed it till i put that £10 in today.
is that bad and if so what is wrong with it,because i think i should be getting better consumption than that i hope so anyway :sick:

Seems that somthing is very wrong TBH. You should be getting double that!! Get it plugged into vag com asap - Could be a number of things.

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Re: £10 and only 30 miles
« Reply #2 on: 07 March 2008, 20:32 »
rite i put £10 in today and only got 30 miles i was keeping to the speed limit didnt put my foot down once,
i had it remapped  2 wks ago now,and put 18" wheels on,not really noticed it till i put that £10 in today.
is that bad and if so what is wrong with it,because i think i should be getting better consumption than that i hope so anyway :sick:

Seems that somthing is very wrong TBH. You should be getting double that!! Get it plugged into vag com asap - Could be a number of things.
you say a number of thing like what thow how bad can it be.

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Re: £10 and only 30 miles
« Reply #3 on: 07 March 2008, 20:36 »
rite i put £10 in today and only got 30 miles i was keeping to the speed limit didnt put my foot down once,
i had it remapped  2 wks ago now,and put 18" wheels on,not really noticed it till i put that £10 in today.
is that bad and if so what is wrong with it,because i think i should be getting better consumption than that i hope so anyway :sick:

Seems that somthing is very wrong TBH. You should be getting double that!! Get it plugged into vag com asap - Could be a number of things.
you say a number of thing like what thow how bad can it be.

Maf sensor? O2 sensor? Throttle body dirty? Temp sender?  When was it last serviced?

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Re: £10 and only 30 miles
« Reply #4 on: 07 March 2008, 20:46 »
rite i put £10 in today and only got 30 miles i was keeping to the speed limit didnt put my foot down once,
i had it remapped  2 wks ago now,and put 18" wheels on,not really noticed it till i put that £10 in today.
is that bad and if so what is wrong with it,because i think i should be getting better consumption than that i hope so anyway :sick:

Seems that somthing is very wrong TBH. You should be getting double that!! Get it plugged into vag com asap - Could be a number of things.
you say a number of thing like what thow how bad can it be.

Maf sensor? O2 sensor? Throttle body dirty? Temp sender?  When was it last serviced?
i done it myself about 500 miles

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Re: £10 and only 30 miles
« Reply #5 on: 07 March 2008, 20:51 »
rite i put £10 in today and only got 30 miles i was keeping to the speed limit didnt put my foot down once,
i had it remapped  2 wks ago now,and put 18" wheels on,not really noticed it till i put that £10 in today.
is that bad and if so what is wrong with it,because i think i should be getting better consumption than that i hope so anyway :sick:

Seems that somthing is very wrong TBH. You should be getting double that!! Get it plugged into vag com asap - Could be a number of things.
you say a number of thing like what thow how bad can it be.

Maf sensor? O2 sensor? Throttle body dirty? Temp sender?  When was it last serviced?
i done it myself about 500 miles

Sounds like your maf sensor to me. But as i say you really need to get it plugged in to know.

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Re: £10 and only 30 miles
« Reply #6 on: 07 March 2008, 20:54 »
rite i put £10 in today and only got 30 miles i was keeping to the speed limit didnt put my foot down once,
i had it remapped  2 wks ago now,and put 18" wheels on,not really noticed it till i put that £10 in today.
is that bad and if so what is wrong with it,because i think i should be getting better consumption than that i hope so anyway :sick:

Seems that somthing is very wrong TBH. You should be getting double that!! Get it plugged into vag com asap - Could be a number of things.
you say a number of thing like what thow how bad can it be.

Maf sensor? O2 sensor? Throttle body dirty? Temp sender?  When was it last serviced?
i done it myself about 500 miles

Sounds like your maf sensor to me. But as i say you really need to get it plugged in to know.
ok tar mt8 wil go see my mt8 tomorrow,where can i download vagcom software off so i can learn to do it myself.

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Re: £10 and only 30 miles
« Reply #7 on: 07 March 2008, 20:57 »
rite i put £10 in today and only got 30 miles i was keeping to the speed limit didnt put my foot down once,
i had it remapped  2 wks ago now,and put 18" wheels on,not really noticed it till i put that £10 in today.
is that bad and if so what is wrong with it,because i think i should be getting better consumption than that i hope so anyway :sick:

Seems that somthing is very wrong TBH. You should be getting double that!! Get it plugged into vag com asap - Could be a number of things.
you say a number of thing like what thow how bad can it be.

Maf sensor? O2 sensor? Throttle body dirty? Temp sender?  When was it last serviced?
i done it myself about 500 miles

Sounds like your maf sensor to me. But as i say you really need to get it plugged in to know.
ok tar mt8 wil go see my mt8 tomorrow,where can i download vagcom software off so i can learn to do it myself.

http://www.ross-tech.com/
 You can download a free version here. You will need a lead - You will also have limited functions with the free one tho.
HTH

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Re: £10 and only 30 miles
« Reply #8 on: 07 March 2008, 20:58 »
my maf went and thats the sort of return i was getting . rich is right in saying that you should be getting double that

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Re: £10 and only 30 miles
« Reply #9 on: 07 March 2008, 21:02 »
my maf went and thats the sort of return i was getting . rich is right in saying that you should be getting double that
if it was the maf how much am i lookin at for a new one.