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Model specific boards => Golf mk6 => Golf mk6 GTD/TDI => Topic started by: ajmoir36 on 16 October 2011, 21:42
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Interesting this one, any ideas how much fuel the GTD uses at idle? I have some lights that I get to at some roadworks and the lights last for 3 and half minutes, so I turn the engine off. Just wondering how much fuel I would waste leaving it on?
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At the most a few mg/stroke if that.
There are various maps an engine will drop in to when at different states, so there will be a idle map that will allow the engine to tick over using minimal fuel.
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Well you can watch the MFD fuel con drop while you are sitting in traffic 3-6mpg depending how long your there but it soon goes back up once your moving.
If you switch yours off you must be tight I bet you wish you had the stop/start system? :grin:
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Yeah its an interesting thought really but for three and half minutes is a long time. Maybe a remapper knows like doc? I wondered if Vagcom could tell me fuel usage, it must know as it decreases the mpg as you suggested. I think it would lose more than 3-6mpg, but i suppose it depends on how long and distance for the average to drop. It certainly goes fast from 58mpg in only a 20 mile journey.
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Yeah its an interesting thought really but for three and half minutes is a long time. Maybe a remapper knows like doc? I wondered if Vagcom could tell me fuel usage, it must know as it decreases the mpg as you suggested. I think it would lose more than 3-6mpg, but i suppose it depends on how long and distance for the average to drop. It certainly goes fast from 58mpg in only a 20 mile journey.
I'll work it out for you just not today :kiss:
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Thanks it will be interesting to know.