The MK6 Fuel Consumption (Most / Least per Tank) Thread

[RW1]

Wrong info posted.

C.

[Lima]

I wish VW/Audi handbooks were available online in PDF format like they are for MINI. Back in the day I'd read my MINI's manual a couple of times over before my car even built, haha.

I had to borrow manuals from the dealers before our GTI and S3 arrived.

Oh, to the OP if you're an iPhone user I would recommend the AccuFuel app which is great for recording consumption (if you're into that sort of thing). If you're not an iPhone user I'm guessing there's something similar for your phone/PC/whatever.

[MIRSAD]

For people not interesting in reading VW instructions
There is VW America website with videos explaining some of the topics ... select your car ... select topic - watch and listen

Link is:

http://www.ownerwelcome.com/

[Axis]

lol - that site was great. Took a while to load some of the vids but sweet to watch for a future VW owner...

I'd love to get my hands on a MKV GTI owner's manual...

[Corey_R]

I wish VW/Audi handbooks were available online in PDF format like they are for MINI. Back in the day I'd read my MINI's manual a couple of times over before my car even built, haha.

+1 to that!

Maybe we should start a campaign to all visit the VW Australia site and put in that feedback. Then we could all call our dealers and give them the feedback! lol

[cme2c]

There's heaps more interesting reading and features like this in the book in your glovebox. It's well worth taking the time to read it a few times

You can also find out the things your car DOESN'T have . We spent 10 minutes looking for the storage trays under the seats.

[Corey_R]

Well, as it says in the manual, not all cars will have all features, as some are options, and some are country specific.

Can't believe you took 10 minutes looking for storage trays though... a 1 second waving of the hand under the seat (even whilst your sitting in the seat driving) would tell you if you had them or not! If you can put your hand under the seat, then you don't have them! lol

[JonoB]

118TSI terrible fuel consumption

I've had my 118TSI DSG for 2 weeks and it really is sucking downing the juice.

There is no way it is acheiving anything near the claimed 6.4L/100km.

When I bought it, it was a touch under half a tank. It only achieved 240km before the warning light came on. It said I had 50km range remaining, I drove another 20km or so, and then refilled it all the way.

I put in 50.8L of Shell V-Power, and now 480km later, the warning light came on again telling me I had 50km remaining.

I've been doing a fair bit of city driving and been stuck in crawling traffic for 20 minutes every day, but still... this kind of fuel consumption seems REALLY poor for a car that is supposed to get 30-40% more range on a full tank.

I've read the forum where German VW Golf owners claim they get over 800km on a tank. I'm thinking of telling my dealership about it and complaining.

[POLARBEAR666]

Hang in there. Provided that you followed the Motoman run in procedure and thrashed it you should start to see improved economy as the motor "loosens" up a bit.

I used to get 550 in city traffic... then slowly I started seeing 600.. then 650.. now I get 700 easy. You will find that the car is hoarding about 5-6L of fuel even when it says it has 0 km range left. So that is another 80km range right there. So if you got to 600 and it said zero range.. you could probably drive another 60km easy and then fill up.

I have monitored my fuel using scan gauge 2 OBD2 reader and have gotten 750 from a tank once.

One tip is to drive faster off the mark so that you get the benefit of the charger to get you up to speed. If you slowly move off and then chug up to speed you chew the juice as the car loves to sit in higher gears with low revs and lots of boost which eats fuel. If you plant it, it uses revs more and your on boost for a shorter period to get to 60kph. Then you just cruise.

So try VROOOOOOM cruise cruise cruise crusie stop. VROOOOOM cruise stop. etc

Also, your throttle may be in SLEEPY stupid mode which causes you to have to constantly plant it to just get the car moving which causes high boost and load and eats fuel.
Reset your DSG throttle learning by turning key to ACC, hold foot on accel pedal (car still in park with handbrake on) for 10 seconds, then release and start car normally. This will reset the DSG and it will relearn. Drive hard and fast and your car will use less fuel as it will adopt an aggressive approach to get to 60 and then cruise.

[Hail]

It could be the way your driving your car. I own amk6 gti and drive it to work on the slowest road (proven) in Australia, Victoria Rd. BP Fuel gives some handy tips to save fuel.. one being traffic prediction. This is cut down on the stop/start and slow your approach to banked up traffic/lights etc.

I have 120kms range and I've already done 510 on my current tank... If you're opening your car up (throttle), constantly stop/starting, sitting idle etc you tend to get less range.

Or I could be completely wrong, you do the above and just dont get good mileage. In that case buzz the dealer and have a chat with them.

[GolfAtom]

If you are driving in city stop/start traffic with the A/C running you will never get those figures..they are for a mix of highway and city driving. The Urban fuel consumption is what you should be looking at, that is around 8 litres/100km. And as the other have pointed out, your car is still new.

You'll get nowhere complaining to your dealer about your fuel consumption since it is dependent on a number of factors.

[cktsi]

Far out jonob your car is still brand spanking new and the engine hasnt run in yet. Let it run in first. My engine only freed up after 2000km when consumption started falling.

In short distance high temp and high humidity weather i can easily do 9l/100km.

Just remember the adr is a combination cycle and probably not done under hot summer conditions. Stop start traffic chews up fuel no matter what petrol powered car you drive.

[Dave8878]

I thought bthe same thing when I first started driving the 118TSI but as you get used to it and the car wears in it should be no problem to get 700 to 800km per tank. Obviously as stated above it can vary greatly depending on how you drive. Volkswagen have a handy little brochure on fuel saving tips so if anyone wants a copy please email me at david.crofton@ccmg.com.au and i'll send one out to you.

Kind Regards

David Crofton

[brad]

my 1.8TSI showed a definate consumption improvement after 5000km and again after the 15,000km service.

AC will add ~0.7L/100km to the consumption.
Wet weather will add ~1.0/100km.
City/suburbs stop start will add ~1.5 - ~3.0L/100km.
Hot, humid Sydney weather will add ~0.5L/100km

The most I ever got out of a tank was 830km & it was running on fumes & it was all highway driving, no AC, fine (but cold) weather. I also have a very light right foot.

[alphabeatsco]

fuel consumption for gti mk6

what are some of the figures people getting in a full tank...
city driving preferably.