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Offline polo6n222

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220 miles with full tank
« on: 15 May 2011, 19:46 »
i got 220 miles from a full tank in my 2.0 8v mostly town driving and a few short jounerys is this right or is something up
« Last Edit: 15 May 2011, 19:50 by polo6n222 »

Offline Wayne

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Re: 220 miles with full tank
« Reply #1 on: 15 May 2011, 19:52 »
Around town and short trips, yep sounds about right.

Offline polo6n222

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Re: 220 miles with full tank
« Reply #2 on: 15 May 2011, 19:55 »
just making sure not bad really seeing as my exhaust is blowing from where the cat joins the centre pipe

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Re: 220 miles with full tank
« Reply #3 on: 15 May 2011, 19:56 »
just making sure not bad really seeing as my exhaust is blowing from where the cat joins the centre pipe

That will not be helping :smiley:

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Offline vwscottie

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Re: 220 miles with full tank
« Reply #5 on: 15 May 2011, 21:54 »
I`ve just had 225 from just over half a tank which is normal for mine so i`m guess mine isnt to bad on the juice then :smiley:

Offline Dan_GTi8v

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Re: 220 miles with full tank
« Reply #6 on: 15 May 2011, 22:37 »
I used to get 250-280 from my 8v gti with a mix of motorway and town driving, but I do have a rather heavy foot  :lipsrsealed:
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Re: 220 miles with full tank
« Reply #7 on: 15 May 2011, 22:58 »
380 miles from a tank. Country roads, motorways, 99MPH, town driving, 60MPH long trips.

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Offline Jamin

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Re: 220 miles with full tank
« Reply #8 on: 16 May 2011, 00:22 »
After the first week of ownership of our mk3 gti 16v the missus and I have covered 230 miles and the needle is on the last white line before the red.

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Re: 220 miles with full tank
« Reply #9 on: 16 May 2011, 07:45 »
i think i will sort my blowing exhaust and change the fuel filter adn temp sender sohould improve it