Wats your MPG?

[tokemk4gti.t]

lol dan you need to be gentle with that right foot mate to see 40 haha

[DMcK]

I've NEVER seen 40  Well had the car since start of Feb and been on motor way once.

[dan2252]

it was showing 13 the other day! haha, plus boost is too much fun

[1.6mk4GOLF16v]

my mates old 1.6 polo cl did about 28mpg he fitted a new coolant temp sender and did over 40 mpg after that so i would look to see if yours is ok as vw's seem to go through them alot

would a engine code come up if this was knackered? tell tale signs?

[rockmonkey69]

my mates old 1.6 polo cl did about 28mpg he fitted a new coolant temp sender and did over 40 mpg after that so i would look to see if yours is ok as vw's seem to go through them alot

would a engine code come up if this was knackered? tell tale signs?

It will do, but it's not only sensors that affect the economy of the engine, wear and tear will often deteriorate it too. My engine was on 150k miles and I was getting around 27-32mpg average around town driving very carefully but my compression was down a bit - albeit consistently down across all 4 cylinders with a lot of blow-by which can only have hurt my mpg before.


This was how my piston was looking before I cleaned it up!

Also found that 2 of my exhaust valves were not seated as nicely as it is now, so again losing compression there. All adds up, but with a fresh motor I am anticipating healthy mpg 

[1.6mk4GOLF16v]

my mates old 1.6 polo cl did about 28mpg he fitted a new coolant temp sender and did over 40 mpg after that so i would look to see if yours is ok as vw's seem to go through them alot

would a engine code come up if this was knackered? tell tale signs?

is there a how to guide for doing this?

[johnnyvr6]

what the coolant temp sensor? if so its a piece of piss to do on your engine

[milesgti]

99T 1.8 GTi about 34 mpg when it starts - !!!!!!!!!!!!!

[steve_mk4t]

im only getting abwt 23 out of my remaped 1.8 y agu  think i need a need thermo stat tho who this cause it to be so low?

[stfc_gti]

pretty sure the misus has a photo for rescenly getting 40.2 mpg. i'll try and find it