Gotta love Tdi economy

[vk]

You have been robbed!!!

Mk3 have 55lt fuel tanks. with 7lt being reserve.

I have a MK5 Gt Sport TDI
And driving from the mornington peninsula to the city on eastlink and monash, I can usually get this:


And here is my recent tank (including city driving and local driving)


I feel like my fuel economy might just be too good, maybe something is wrong with my car
The lowest I have seen it is 3.8 on the way to bendigo!

[gt_pumbz]

Far out, best i can get is 950 and that was travelling to n from rosebud to nothern suburbs in melb 4 times within a week. Guess alot of hill roads chewed up heaps. Ive got the same car as you, best out of a 1/4 from full was 360 then it juss binges, u got mods on your car??


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[vk]

Far out, best i can get is 950 and that was travelling to n from rosebud to nothern suburbs in melb 4 times within a week. Guess alot of hill roads chewed up heaps. Ive got the same car as you, best out of a 1/4 from full was 360 then it juss binges, u got mods on your car??


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No mods mate. Rns and Sub if that small battery drain counts for anything. This was from about 140km a day to city and back including traffic on monash :s

[stormshark]

Far out, best i can get is 950 and that was travelling to n from rosebud to nothern suburbs in melb 4 times within a week. Guess alot of hill roads chewed up heaps. Ive got the same car as you, best out of a 1/4 from full was 360 then it juss binges, u got mods on your car??


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Wow that's still pretty good,I'm normally around 8-850km although seems getting better with more km(98k now),mainly hwy driving although does get some stick!Are you last 2 gts manual.

[vk]

Wow that's still pretty good,I'm normally around 8-850km although seems getting better with more km(98k now),mainly hwy driving although does get some stick!Are you last 2 gts manual.

Nah mate I am DSG as well!

[gt_pumbz]

Im a dag unfortunately, its the only spec that was missing from my list,

[gt_pumbz]

Lol fat fingers... DSG


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[sparkie]

You have been robbed!!!

Mk3 have 55lt fuel tanks. with 7lt being reserve.

Wow, that's weird, I spent a good while rocking the car as I filled it to ensure there were no air bubbles. I'll just have to do another test run and run it right out!

[Gigitt]

Wow, that's weird, I spent a good while rocking the car as I filled it to ensure there were no air bubbles. I'll just have to do another test run and run it right out!

dont forget you can vent the tank to get more in... flick the little plastic button just inside the fill hole and it releases air out of the expansion return line - it can give you 4-5 lt more in the tank.

When I run the tank into the low red I can fill it about 53-56 lt vented to the brim.

[gt_pumbz]

I usually refill half into red, but i dont vent incase i overfill it lol. I always fill to the nearest litre. Eg 51.3 ill go to 52
Not enjoying the fact that the price never drops inline with fuel prices. Taxes upon taxes


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[Mysticality]

Due to work pay day, I fill up once a fortnight.
Averaging around 1,700km/f'night... 3 jerry cans in the garage and the 55ltr tank lasts. Just.
I think the most I put in it in total was 125ltrs; halfway into red.

Averaging around 6.7L/100km according to behind the dash.
Averaging around 6.7L/100km according to fuelly.

[gldgti]

Towing a tinny for 300km down the highway at 100-110km/h, I got 7.2l/100km yesterday. Also roofracks with fishing rods ontop and plenty of tools in the boot. The bloomin boat causes a lot of drag - barely notcied it at all around town or up hills, just makes lots of high speed drag!

PS - this was in the octavia of course

[owenvcox]

yep, love TDI economy.
Ive managed 6.7 for a 600km round trip in my Kombi Beach. The best thing is, the more gear you put in the fuel economy gets better as the T5 rolls as soon as the road points down hill, and its heavy to start with.
Ive found the Volkswagen specified combined average (8.2 per 100) is spot on for the Beach.

[gldgti]

yep, love TDI economy.
Ive managed 6.7 for a 600km round trip in my Kombi Beach. The best thing is, the more gear you put in the fuel economy gets better as the T5 rolls as soon as the road points down hill, and its heavy to start with.
Ive found the Volkswagen specified combined average (8.2 per 100) is spot on for the Beach.

I reckon too much weight in the octavia makes the economy a bit worse just because of the change in attitude..... some eibachs coming soon to fix that though!

I;ve noticed with all my diesels that they get better highway fuel economy after they have been lowered

[kaanage]

Driving home last night at 7pm (just past peak traffic), mainly on major roads

Even allowing for the worst case of recorded MFD optimism (going by refill/distance vs MFD mileage) of 10%, that's still better than 4l/100km

I;ve noticed with all my diesels that they get better highway fuel economy after they have been lowered

As well as the other changes, Bluemotion models are lowered vs normal ones.