[s-cars] Poor gas mileage

Thu Dec 8 20:18:21 EST 2005

Hey Sean,
  We might as well be on opposite sides of the world!!  I live in  Moncton, NewBrunswick.  You might remember me a bit better  now.  Dave Forgie responded to a question I had about what I  should be looking for when I was shopping for a vaccum/boost gauge and  he got you involved when he realized we both had 97's. (BTW I went with  an Autometer Phantom 30mmHg/30PSI gauge and pillar mount)
  I'll have to check with the dealer on the O2 sensor. Maybe it has been done but just not recorded in the records I have.  
  The car I bought was a local car and all service was done at either  Dieppe auto (local) or the Audi dealer in Boston, Mass.  The guy  that owned it runs a couple of kitchen cabinet manufacturing plants and  travelled monthly into the States to one of his shops (roughly a 10-12  hour drive)  That's why the mileage is so high, but honestly it  rides like a brand new car - 100% dealer maintained, stock, and owned  by a 66 year old businessman.  His new car is a silver 4.2 A6 w/  sport package.
  I may have to look into the t'stat though.  The car might take  5-10 minutes to reach 90 deg.  I'm suprised that the dealer didn't  "offer" to tack that on to the t-belt service though.  The did the  accessory belt, tensioner, water pump, idler and t-belt but never  mentioned the thermastat.

Sean Douglas <quattro20v at telus.net> wrote:  Yes, this is correct, BTDT. What I meant to say is that its easier to do
at the t-belt time and it might as well be done then.

Sean

> -----Original Message-----
> From: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com 
> [mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of Evan Levine
> Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2005 5:07 AM
> To: S-CAR-List at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] Poor gas mileage
> 
> 
> The T-stat is not hard to get to without doing an entire 
> timing belt! This is maybe a 1 hour job including a coolant 
> flush afterwards, starting with nothing taken apart. If you 
> look down under the front area of the intake manifold you'll 
> see the 2 bolts that have to come out.
> 
> Evan
> 
> 
> On 12/8/05, Sean Douglas  wrote:
> >
> > Howdy Graham!
> >
> > I'm from Canada (Vancouver) and have a 1997 S6 too with 
> 178,000 km on 
> > it. What city are you from?
> >
> > 170,000 miles on an original O2 sensor is way too long. O2 sensors 
> > should be changed every 100,000 km and the t-stat is 
> normally done at 
> > the t-belt/water pump change as its easily accessible. Does 
> your car 
> > take a long time to heat up or is it always cold. Mine gets to 90 
> > celcius pretty quickly.
> >
> > Also, I get pretty much 500 km on 60 litres, that's 75% hwy 
> / 25% city 
> > driving. That's even with the RS2 stuff!
> >
> > Sean Douglas
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com 
> > > [mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of Graham Hicks
> > > Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2005 8:30 PM
> > > To: Mark Strangways; Alvin Labonite; S-CAR-List at audifans.com
> > > Subject: Re: [s-cars] Poor gas mileage
> > >
> > >
> > > Tell me more about the thermostat.
> > >   I live in Canada but my '97 S6 (we Canadians got the C4 chassis 
> > > until  1997) is getting about the same mileage (~430kms/60litres).
> > >   I am hoping to change the O2 sensor in the spring but my
> > > car has over  170,xxxmiles on the original one so I thinks
> > > it's due.  The timing  belt and wate pump were changed last
> > > month but no mention of the  t'stat. Is it burried down 
> in there too?
> > >   Thanks,
> > >   Graham
> > >
> > > Mark Strangways  wrote:  What's the temp 
> > > gauge say ?
> > >
> > > Bad T/Stat has fouled many's fuel economy.
> > > Ask me how I know :-)
> > >
> > > Mark S
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Alvin Labonite"
> > > To:
> > > Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2005 10:07 PM
> > > Subject: [s-cars] Poor gas mileage
> > >
> > >
> > > >I am only averaging between 260-270 miles per fill up of 
> about 16 
> > > >gallons. My commute going to and from work is pretty 
> much a crawl 
> > > >for
> > > about 45
> > > >minutes or more. I'm thinking that's where the problem is.
> > > The car hardly
> > > >get to see 4th gear on the freeway but I used to see higher
> > > numbers than
> > > >that a while back. I wonder where the culprit is. Oxygen
> > > sensor maybe? But
> > > >that was replaced by the PO a year or two ago. hmmm..
> > > >
> > > > Other than that, the car is running strong. Suggestions?
> > > >
> > > > TIA
> > > >
> > > > Alvin
> > > > 95 Avant
> > > >
> > > >
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