Audi 100q 91 5-cylinder - Poor gas mileage

[Mihnea Cotet]

At 07:08 6/04/2002 -0800, pasquale pilato wrote:
>hello all,
>I have a 1990 100q, same engine as Mr. rocco and my
>car has the same symptions.  In first gear there is
>nothing below 2400 rpm, and I think that for such a
>low-performance and small engine I'm at the pump often
>with the 93 octane in my hand, in CT now its close to
>1.75/gallon.  My problem is I do not have the trip
>computer, and my odometer is broken.  I use almost a
>1/3 of a tank to go to NYC and back, about 110 miles.
>And I would say I have more of an steel alloy right
>foot, rather than 100% lead.  I changed the entire
>exhaust including the cat but kept the same O2 sensor.
>  I was thinking about a tune up (its been 20k miles)
>but I learned with cars when you go messing around
>with things that work, you (me) make things worse.  I
>guess my question is the same as rocco, is the car
>heavy, old and inefficient, or does this sound like
>something (plugs, O2 sensor???) needs to be looked at,
>
>
>What is the group MPG for this car.  I heard of the
>turbo cars getting better mpg than mine.  thanks

IMHO, if your O2 seonsor is older that 60k miles you _should_change it ASAP.

Just my 0.02,


Mihnea