golf fuel economy

[Crasher]

Air Mass Meter but often (incorrectly) referred to as a MAF for Mass Air Flow which is what they do but not the VAG description.

[HOS]

Air Mass Meter but often (incorrectly) referred to as a MAF for Mass Air Flow which is what they do but not the VAG description.

Cheers for that

[maisbitt]

I have a Golf GT Sport 170 TDI and generally get 46-47mpg around the doors and 51-53mpg on long motorway journeys at around 80mph. It wasn't always like that though. I used to have 10% less economy and regularly had the Diesel Particulate filter clog. After VW dealership replaced the cylinder head for a minor internal mark, nothing changed. Eventually VW Germany made the dealer aware of a software update which fixed everything!

On the 1.9TDIs such as yours you should expect 45mpg ave if you thrash it or up to 55mpg driven sensibly (based upon courtesy car experience).

[hongkongstuey]

the car is only just getting going at 1800 revs, i tend to not take it past 3 while accelerating and if im driving this way i see the figure in my pic. i genrally stick to the speed limits on a roads and see 55-60 every single day on way to work and back which is 30 miles of a roads, i never ever see less than 50mpg, go on, use that turbo of yours

[Golf_TDI]

the car is only just getting going at 1800 revs, i tend to not take it past 3 while accelerating and if im driving this way i see the figure in my pic. i genrally stick to the speed limits on a roads and see 55-60 every single day on way to work and back which is 30 miles of a roads, i never ever see less than 50mpg, go on, use that turbo of yours

Wow are you being serious? then why do I get crappy figures of 25-45mpg? that just isnt fair.. How the heck did you manage to see 77mpg? thats amazing!

[Crasher]

Where “somewhere” in the East of the Midlands be thee like?

[HOS]

Car been into garage today for diagnostic check, no faults found, computer is reading is 37 mpg (ave) I get this to be about 17 mpg short of offical figures (I realise these figure are not exact). Will now refill and calculate mpg again, watch this space.

[Pickle]

good luck with it

I've been getting 43-47mpg mixed use, and 47 - 55mpg on motorway. Not sure if thats normal or not, but it beats the 17mpg my vectra does

[Golf_TDI]

Where “somewhere” in the East of the Midlands be thee like?

One resides in the lovely surroundings of Leicestershire, where roses are red and violets are violet, after a few drinks, the lads get violent!

Ive been driving now in first second and third gear, basically whilst im changing gears and picking up speed it gives me like 15mpg but then when Im driving along the main road, gently accelerating and going at 30mph I can get around 40-50mpg.. is this okay?

[Crasher]

I don’t pay much attention to the instantaneous consumption; I tend to go by the average.