[A4] 1.8T fuel consumption

[Stephen Lau]

I see about 22-24mpg city, and maybe 26 mixed city/highway.
When I do a long SF->LA drive that is all highway I occasionally see
29 or 30.  

Thanks for pointing out the UK gallons... that tripped me up ;)

cheers,
steve

On Mon, Jan 05, 2004 at 09:24:22AM -0600, Joel Landsverk wrote:
> Correct me if I'm wrong but you are using UK gallons, not US gallons,
> right?  So 28-29 Miles/UK gallon  =  24 Miles/US gallon.  1.2 US gallons
> = 1 UK gallon.
> 
> That sounds a little low for easy driving, but not unheard of.  We get
> about 25-27 very consistently with 50-50 mixed driving (city-highway). 
> Strictly highway may show 30mpg if we're lucky.  
> 
> Have you played around with different octanes?  We switched from 93
> octane to 89 octane and actually got better mileage (about 2 mpg).
> 
> Otherwise, i'd say you're not far off.  If it's any consolation, I was
> disappointed with the consumption as well.  I think the culprit here is
> vehicle weight.  These little buggers are pretty heavy for such small
> cars.
> 
> Joel
> 
> 
> >>> "Cooke, Shane" <CookeS at bsci.com> 1/5/2004 6:07:20 AM >>>
> Hello,
> 
> 	Perhaps someone can help me out. I have just bought a '99 A4
> 1.8T
> and I am very happy with it in every way except one.... its fuel
> consumption. Over the last 4 tanks I have got only 28-29MPG and this
> was
> with very easy driving, no major town work and no excessive cold
> starts. I
> had expected more like 35+, the car does not drive, idle or run with
> anything that would indicate a problem and the last test showed the CO2
> and
> PPM to be very good.
> 
> 	My question is:
> 
> 1) Is this normal for the car? and if so why so bad for such a small
> engine?
> 2) Are there any common faults that could be giving me this?
> 
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> Shane
> Ireland.
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