poor mpg on my 1.8T

[dunzo]

hi all,

just bought my 1.8T and love the car  . i am getting very poor mpg on my average mpg reading . it is below 20mpg when cold and when warmed up it only reaches 26mpg.

is this due to the cold weather? or could the reading be inaccurate?

thanks in advance.

[JBH]

I've only had my 1.8T a week and I get better readings than that. Unless your not out of 2nd gear I'd reckon readings must be wrong, but I ain't no mechanic!

Cheers
JBH

[samy_1800_turbo]

it depends how you drive it i have a 1.8T 1999 and round town i get 20-24mpg but on the motor way from bounmoth to london i get 35 mpg, but i did this journy today and trying realy hard to save fuel i got 43 mpg. so if you get that low mpg on the motor way i think you have a problem

[posicarl returns]

I reckon check your air intake for blockages and see if you have any splits in any of your breather hoses, I had a tear in one and it was well hidden away but when I found it and replaced the pipe I was getting much better mpg.

[gilesy]

check the lambda sensor usually a culprit where fuel consumption is concerned. if you know someone who has a krypton diagnostic machine they'll be able to compare the reading to manufacturers data, if its kaput there pretty easy to replace, but quite expensive.

I know they caused a lot of fuel consumption irregularities amongst the bmw e36 communtiy

[dsl55]

How many miles you gettin gon a full tank? Only had mine just over a week but not sure what to expect, done 260 so far and still got a couple of notches left in there, combined mpg thing reading around 27-28mpg