fuel problems

[hayl1984]

hi all i think my car has a fuel problem 

its absolutely drinking fuel!!!!!!!! - i havnt filled it yet but i put £20 in and am only getting about 60mpg which is terrible 

does anyone have any clues on what it could be??? 

any ideas welcome as getting very desperate as cant afford to run it for much longer!!!!!!!

thanks 

[jamie16v]

if my car did 60mpg i would be very, and i mean VERY happy!
what engine do you have, get it scanned for faults would be your first step. that`ll lead to clues to if you have a problem!

[Nino]

60mpg!!! 

[Rockey5uk2001]

my diesel mg dosnt even do 60mpg! my golf does 37 in the city not taken on a run yet

[dom]

I hope that is a typo because any mk4 engine would be doing well to get 60mpg!

[Wayne]

More info needed, year, engine and spec would all help

[navmk4gti]

If your getting 60mpg ill buy your mk4 now 

[hayl1984]

hi thanks for the replies sorry i have just read my post as it was misleading it does 60 miles to £20.00 which is just under half a tank!!!! so not very good at all

its a 2.0l gti 8v on a 2000 plate, its been on the diagnostic iv had the lambda sensor replaced so my fuel is now slightly better

iv only had the car for 2 weeks and looking through the paperwork i found an invoice for a super chip so now im not sure what bhp it is? which im sure is not helping with my fuel

thanks all

[jamie16v]

super chip on a 2.0l 8v seems a bit pointless, i would see if you could obtain a second hand ecu from somewhere and see if someone is kind enough on here to code it in for you.
I reckon the "superchip" may be causing it to use excessive fuel for not alot of gain.
i could be totally wrong in saying that mind you. also i think the 2L8v engines are not the most economical of the bunch.

[Wayne]

I would get it scanned for fault codes as a 1st step, then look to replace the temp sender also as Jamie said it may be worth going back to a standard ecu.