Multivan Fuel Economy

[thevwbug]

Hey Vanners,

Just like to know what economy you are getting on you vans.

On my 2008 Auto 128kw TDI with 8,000 kms i am getting around 15L/100 around town.

I think that this is excessive ??

Thanks the bug

[BobD]

I seem to get around 11l/100km around town calculated from the fuel purchased. The longer the time spent driving, the better the consumption becomes so very short trips seem to leave you with much higher consumption. The trip computer also seems to tell you that the fuel consumption is slightly lower than it really is. If I manage to get a run on a highway as well as town running I get as low as 8.9 on the computer.

When towing my 18 foot, 1700kg loaded Geist caravan, the computer tells me I am getting as low as 13.5l/100km if I stay below about 90 or 14.5 if I stay on 100 to 110 kph by the GPS. This is pretty good but the real consupmtion is slightly worse.

[shogun2]

I'm around the 10l/100Km on trips, and about 11 around town, but ours is a 4Motion, which is a bit thirstier.

[4wheels]

Hey Bug,

I don't think I've ever seen worse than 12.5L/100Km (calculated on a tank to tank basis), even on my trip to Cape Yorke. Generally it is just under 10 for mixed urban/ highway use. This is in a nice heavy Trakkadu camper (128Kw with DPF, LWB, 6speed manual 4 Motion), and I generally don't hang about. The notoriously optomistic trip computer has been known to drift into the 6's (average) on slow convoys with the VW club.

Yours may be still freeing up, but 15 sounds pretty excessive.

Brian

[Floorshow]

I carry around about 700kg of tools and supplies all day everyday, drive it hard around town, 7000ks on the clock, 4motion, uses 13L per 100Km

[Transporter]

I carry around about 700kg of tools and supplies all day everyday, drive it hard around town, 7000ks on the clock, 4motion, uses 13L per 100Km

Are you using 4th and 5th gear at all? It seems to high to me.
I do very short trips in my and am fully loaded and I get under 10L/100km almost always (calculated from the fuel docket).
I drive it hard too, after the engine is warmed up to 80deg.

[Ivo]

I get about 0.6-0.9 liter actual economy worse than the trip computer says when I fill the tank up and do my calculations.

On a recent trip from Newcastle to Wentworth falls in the Blue mountains I had 8.1 on the trip computer sitting on 118km/h (GPS) 2 adults, 2 kids, 2 mountain bikes and enough junk for a few days at the inlaws.

My weekly average urban driving with an hour or so of 90-100 km/h driving mixed in gets me an actual consumption figure of about 10.2/100.

Shorter trips around home to the local shops, with some small hills in between and it blows out to 12-14lts/100 on the trip computer. But my overall average lowers that down for the week. I think if you live in a hilly area you will get worse figures and if you do short trips you will as well.

[Floorshow]

Are you using 4th and 5th gear at all? It seems to high to me.
I do very short trips in my and am fully loaded and I get under 10L/100km almost always (calculated from the fuel docket).
I drive it hard too, after the engine is warmed up to 80deg.

Nah, mine only came with a 3 speed box, maybe you should have suggested I release the handbrake and take my foot off the brake too

[Transporter]

Nah, mine only came with a 3 speed box, maybe you should have suggested I release the handbrake and take my foot off the brake too

I wouldn't suggest that. VW knew that one day you would buy the T5 and they put the beeper on the handbrake lever, so if you don't release it it will beep on you.
Have a nice day.

[Silver Caravelle]

I average 9.3 l/100kms for my 2008 128K 6 sp auto. City and Highway mix.

Regards,

Scott

[gregozedobe]

My (very optimistic) MFD tries to tell me I get 6.3-7.2 l/100km for my highway cruising (actual 100-110Kmh, depending on speed limits), but my fill to fill calculations suggests the real consumption is closer to 7.5-8.5 l/100km.

LWB 128Kw 6sp manual, stock as a rock mechanically, nothing external to add wind drag, med load.

I notice that short trips with cold starts really chews through the diesel, as do cross winds (worse than head winds, strangely enough). Cold weather and wet roads increase consumption, but air con doesn't seem to make much of a difference (less than 0.5 l/100km ).

I drive gently most of the time, with the odd burst of accleration here and there to alleviate the boredom eg gave an unsuspecting motorcyclist quite a surprise at the 100kmh sign at the bottom of the steep hill just north of Buledelah on Friday, I'm sure he didn't expect my big white box on wheels to stay in front of him up to 140 or so. Just as well speed traps aren't set up on uphills very often )

[Zanza]

I average 13l/100 with my gasoline 92 Westfalia full camper....
And it's a mix of small trajets in town, some low speed on paths during holydays, some winter in mountains trips for skiing and sustained 110-130 km/h long travels on highways.

Click on my signature (I've used the Imp/MPG icon because it seems you use this in Australia)

[Seano]

IClick on my signature (I've used the Imp/MPG icon because it seems you use this in Australia)

No....we don't. Well there's a few old blokes that do but nobody understands them....we only nod, smile and pretend we do just so they don't feel left out.

As for fuel economy....my 2001 double cab syncro TDI manages about 8.5 L/100km around town but blows out to 11 to 13 L/100km on the open road depending on cruise speed (typically 105-110km/h), load weight and wind speed & direction.

This mismatch (typically most cars have fuel consumption on the open road that is better than city) is all down to the final drive gearing and too many revs (2600?) at Australian cruising speeds.

[Zanza]

OK, I have changed my consumption icon by the more understandable L/100

[Ivo]

I just did a trip to the ACT from Newcastle with 3 mates, 4 mountain bikes, and all our gear. Sat on 119km/h(110zone) or 108(100zone)(GPS speed) , 3 days running around Canberra area and the trip computer said 9.2 but was an actual 9.6l/100. I'm happy with those numbers!