What MPG is everyone having??? mines 2.0 gti and its crap!

[AlanD]

We are talking average MPG here ? ?

Yeah, what do you get at around the same?

Give my car in for a service today and also getting the bush replaced so hopefully my car will be squeak free when i pick it up tonight!!

Ive put blue coolant in too but ive told him to get that drained and replace it with red, found out in the manual later that its not the blue one.

What do you think of 10-30w semi oil Alan? Uncle said itd be better for colder weather is this true?

Not even close to that ! I have never seen 40MPG on my average MPG ( let alone 50 !!). The highest I have ever seen on mine is 39 and that was when I was actively driving like a granny to see how high I could get it, got to the 39 and got bored so drove normally. I have no idea how you are getting 50, are you sure its on the average reading (the one with the circle and the line going through it, see attached pic) and that you actually have a 2.0 GTi lol.

With regards to oil I'm no expert on the properties of each rateing. I use 5w-40 Castrol oil as its fully synthetic and I am led to belive that this is better for the engine (cost a couple of quid more). I would just keep using what ever oil you have in there already as its not ideal you mix oils, If you dont know whats in there then try and get it replaced at the servce (all up to you and how much monnnies you want to spend). I can not stress how important it is you keep an eye on your oil levels and dont let it run low as the 2.0 can be oil thirsty.

Leeroy, attached is a pic of where the oil temp gage is on your dash.

[faisalgti]

We are talking average MPG here ? ?

Yeah, what do you get at around the same?

Give my car in for a service today and also getting the bush replaced so hopefully my car will be squeak free when i pick it up tonight!!

Ive put blue coolant in too but ive told him to get that drained and replace it with red, found out in the manual later that its not the blue one.

What do you think of 10-30w semi oil Alan? Uncle said itd be better for colder weather is this true?

Not even close to that ! I have never seen 40MPG on my average MPG ( let alone 50 !!). The highest I have ever seen on mine is 39 and that was when I was actively driving like a granny to see how high I could get it, got to the 39 and got bored so drove normally. I have no idea how you are getting 50, are you sure its on the average reading (the one with the circle and the line going through it, see attached pic) and that you actually have a 2.0 GTi lol.

With regards to oil I'm no expert on the properties of each rateing. I use 5w-40 Castrol oil as its fully synthetic and I am led to belive that this is better for the engine (cost a couple of quid more). I would just keep using what ever oil you have in there already as its not ideal you mix oils, If you dont know whats in there then try and get it replaced at the servce (all up to you and how much monnnies you want to spend). I can not stress how important it is you keep an eye on your oil levels and dont let it run low as the 2.0 can be oil thirsty.

Leeroy, attached is a pic of where the oil temp gage is on your dash.

Im pretty shocked at that Alan, im kinda sure its average mielage but ill double check when i bring it home tonight...yeah im always makin sure oil levels are ok but its just that for some reason unlce thinks 10-30w is better for winter so it confused me a bit. He said its fine to top up with any other oil as long as its 10-30w.Whats the dif between fully and semi?


My mate has a MG ZR 1.4 and he gets around 200-220 out of a full tank, with Shell Optimax i get 300 and normal fuell around 250. Id rather have my GTi than that piece of rubbish!!

[Lennon]

That is water temp not oil isn't it ?

[ub7rm]

Is that the three thick bars you're talking about?

[AlanD]

I'm going to look like a complete tool if it is, and well, come to think of it, it probably is.

 :embarassed:

[leeroy20vt]

i thought it was water too alan lol

[Rhyso]

I'm going to look like a complete tool if it is, and well, come to think of it, it probably is.

 :embarassed:

tool  it IS the coolant gauge 

[ub7rm]

In fairness you could argue that the three thick bars are an indicator of oil temp, you're not supposed to give it the beans till the needle has passed these.....

[gsn1978]

It is the water temp gadge.... defo no oil... and the advice not to gun her till its above the lines is what i do too, as for oil the thin oil as in 5w is the stuff you want, if you have a tdi or a higher milage motor then semi syn is prob the best stuff, its a little thicker, i user castrol RS in my wagon, but magnatex is the stuff i will start using once the milage starts to rise abit.

[fingermouse1911]

My V6 4mo averages 25.  I drove in traffic from York to Hull at 40mph a few weeks back, acheived 36 on average.  On the motorway doing 80-100 I get 25 average.  it averages about 20 round town. 

At a constant 140mph, about 11mpg.  If I cared, i'd have bought the TDI :-)