Miles per tank

[Stevebarns]

Hi,

First post - be gentle.

I'm curious about how many miles per tank people are getting on their 140BHP diesel passats - new model. I've got a 2.0TDI Sport which was regularly getting 675-700 miles per tank, then dropped (for a period of about 5 months) to doing 630ish, now it's getting better again. The dealers tell me theres nothing wrong with the engine, but I've read a few posts about cambelt timings.

Any ideas. In theory, should be able to get much more than 700 miles out of a 70litre tank.

Steve

[AndrewT]

I have a Tdi 140 Sport with the DSG box. My consumption has increased - I was getting around 44 mpg in mixed driving - now down to about 38-39mpg. A friend has a manual A4 with the 140 engine and in 13,000 miles has averaged 53 mpg - Passat I'm guessing is heavier and I know that the DSG uses more fuel. My car was in for a service last week and I asked them to look into it - as far as I know they found nothing.

[Stevebarns]

Thanks for the info. Perhaps I'm not doing too badly after all if I can get .

Still VW says the car can do 56 mpg out of town. If I only do out of town driving (which I do during the week - up and down the Fosse way), why don't I get anywhere near 15.4 x 56 mpg = 862 miles/tank.

[AndrewT]

I thought that the tank capacity was 60 litres - I haven't checked and I may be mistaken.

[AndrewT]

Checked and it is 70 litres - sorry for the confusion!

[RickT]

one thing to add.... im not sure if here in the UK does it... but Winter Diesel is provided in the winter months which you tend to lose a little MPG off it...

I know in the states this was the reason for the lost of MPG..

Any one confirm if the UK does it?

RicKT