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Model specific boards => Golf mk4 => Topic started by: Pobby2005 on 20 December 2005, 15:52
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Afternoon all, can any one help me out with some fuel consumption figures as I'm seem to be going trough a lot a petrol. I know a lot of it's down to the way you drive and the terrain but I'm only getting about 180 to 200 miles from £40 of fuel, my driving is spent 50/50 between around town and on the ring roads + I don't drive in lead boots! I have a 1999 MK4 2.0 GTi ( 115BHP) 3Dr thats covered 88K.... does this seem about right or should I get it looked at?
I appreciate any help you can offer.
Happy Christmas :santa:
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doesnt sound very good to me i have a slightly modified 2000 mk4 1.8t with 68000 on the clock and i get over 300 miles to £40 thats givin it some right foot now and again id get it looked at if i were you
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i have a 99 2.0 gti, mine has 103k on the clock, mine LOVES to drink that petrol also, mine averages on 32mpg on motorways, and depending on where iam driving i can useally get 280miles on £40..
but i have found out that using crap petrol makes it drink it faster than it should do, i used to put normal unleaded in it for the last 2 years and it drank it like it was going out of fashion, but recently i have been putting shell optimax in, yes its more expensive but i seem to get more miles out of a tank, and the needle doesnt seem to go down as quick, i had to put sainsburys super unleaded in last week, just a tenners worth as the light came on, and it drank that very quickly, and yesterday i had to put tesco 99 ron in as the shell had no optimax and it drank that quick as well, there is something strange but good about shell optimax me thinks lol :smug:
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Thanks for that... I'll give the Optimax a go and see if it's any better.
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Check the exhaust for holes or bad joins, as leaks will drink the petrol no end!
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I get about 300miles to £40 in my 1.8t too
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ps I get about 240 to a tank on average, but I've got a fuel card so don't drive the most, erm, 'economically'! :laugh:
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Feck me, 240 to a tank you must be holding it in 3rd on the m/ways. lol :grin:
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Feck me, 240 to a tank you must be holding it in 3rd on the m/ways. lol :grin:
:grin: LOL You'd think so, wouldn't you!!!
Fill it up once a week. 40 mins to work & back with some spirited A & B road drives, not much traffic, tho...... And then some pottering about when the missus is in the car at weekends etc. :grin:
Best ever, was 11 MPG when I was a bit late for work one morning! :whistle: :laugh:
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I average 34-36mpg in my 1.8t. Usually about 350 miles when the light comes on. If I'm just 'trundling' along in traffic at 30-60 it will easily return 40mpg on a trip.
The 2.0 is less economical than the 1.8t though, but your economy sounds pants...
BTW it is usual to be worse when the weather gets colder, as cold start drinks fuel..
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I had a 2.0 GTI and found that the fuel economy could go a bit poor sometimes, this was usually followed by the ECU light coming on and the stealer telling me that the lambda probe or maf was knackered. When fixed it returned to doing about 290-340 ish on a tank with 50/50 urban/m way driving, with a slightly heavy foot.
I found that I could 'reset' it and it would turn to normal without any garage work. This was done by getting in the car and trying turning the key to start it really fast. I know it sounds wierd but if I did this it wouldnt start as it was as if I had tryed to start b4 either the fuel pump or immobiliser where ready. I would then start it as normal and the ecu light would go out and the car would be back to normal. Does this make any sense.....probably not!!
Cheers
Merry Christmas to all GTI nuts
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slightly off topic but does anyone else with a 2.0 feel sometimes there car feels lazy, and then other times is extremely quick??
if ive done alot of miles in a day, by the end of the day my car feels lazy as if its tired, the powers there but you can just tell that its happy just to plod along.
then other times i can pull away hard say at a junction, and it can throw me back in my seat and the whole front lifts off and it accelerates so quickly, feels more like 200bhp than just 115bhp sometimes...
i think my car has mood swings lol :grin:
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Yep! I know what you mean... I sometimes get little busts of power and it feels like I'm back in the FTO, well almost!
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Hello all, Thanks for the advise, here's the results... I've tried 'Super Unleaded' and on two £40 fills and I've managed 270 and 280 miles which is a huge improvement. I still can't work out why, it's more expensive so you get less fuel for your money but the car goes further on tank. :laugh:
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i just got 280 in my 1999 v reg 2.0 with 90k. just hit 90k so needs seriving. thats out of a £40 fill. with 80% driving around town
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if anyone knows the M20 in kent, my car just drank the whole reserve tank climbing up a hill at 70mph near wrotham :angry: left me with no fuel to get to the next exit, had to coast down hills and every thing just so i could try save the last fumes to get me to the next exit and petrol station :sad:
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Out of my last tank full on my 2003 2.0 GTI, i got 325 miles which is good i think.
I was coasting a bit at the end though, :grin:!