My MY07 T5, auto is just about to hit 200,000km and the average over this distance has been 10.4L/100km. My van can go from loaded, say 800kg in the van and a trailer 500kg tare with load so trailer grossing at 1600kg. Can get to 13.3L/100km with this load heading out from factory and then drops as the load is delivered (like a milk run). Should add my van empty has a kerb weight of about 2100kg.
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T5 Multivan owners, whats you range per tank and L/100km range?
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I've just cracked 100,000 in my 2007 2.5 TDI Auto. According to my log, I've averaged 10.93 litres/100 km, with a best of 8.55 & a worst of around 15, the latter driving between Cobar & Broken Hill in a dust storm locked in second & third & so damned worried I couldn't chance looking at the radio to turn off the CD. Checking the figures, it seems like my economy has been getting a tad worse recently, since I lost an iforget sensor & went exclusively onto BP & Caltax diesel at the admonition of my mechanic. Could that sulphury Shell really have been giving me better economy?
Interestingly, running down the Newell on the cruse control has cost me a full liter/100k since they kicked the speed back up to 110 from 100.
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hello there,
recently went on a long trip to melbourne from brisbane in our 2007 128kw Highline 2.5 TDI.
Brisbane to Melbourne was the best economy at 925kms out of a full tank. Was brave/stupid enough to run it down to 1ltr left in the tank as i had a jerrycan to save me. So thats 8,6/100kms. Around town i average 620 to 650kms. Will be getting a remap done so hopefully looking forward to seeing economy get better.
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You're doing quite well, and 8.6/100 is very good for auto.
You should see some improvement with the tune. If you're into the fuel economy, Viezu has the Economy tune, which should give you more fuel saving than the Performance tune. I see you're in Brisbane, contact Greg Roles (Carformance) the forum sponsor look at his details in the Sponsors section of the forum.Performance Tunes from $850Wrecking RS OCTAVIA 2 Link
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I just finished our first big trip in our new van (5 weeks old), and it went like a dream. I would go so far as to say this is the best vehicle I have ever driven for a long distance trip.
We went from Sydney to Pambula (via Canberra and Cooma) return, to visit family.
Results were pretty good.
2014 103kw Multivan with wife, three kids and related paraphernalia for 4 days away.
(a) 850km per tank (70ltr refill)
(b) 8.5L/100km
(c) 8.48L/100km
The leg back from Canberra to Sydney (@320km) our consumption dropped to 8.0lts/100Km indicated on the MFD.
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Fuelly: Mrs Hawk's Dexter (Volkswagen Kombi) | Fuelly
103kW/340TDI
Best: 936km @ 7.81L/100km (73.08L)
Worst: 598km @ 12.97L/100km (77.54L)
Running Average over 210k: 10L/100km
I find that *THE* best fuel economy in these is cruising around at about 90km/h, speeding up to 100, 110, 120 sees the fuel use increase pretty quickly thanks to the aerodynamics of a slightly rounded brickLast edited by The_Hawk; 10-06-2020, 08:12 AM.
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Originally posted by Foxpuppet View PostQuestion: what’s the biggest fill you have managed to put in the vehicle when running to empty.... without running out?
T5.2 Tank size is listed as 80L
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That exact same thing happened to me afew years back on a drive up to the Sunshine Coast , like you contacted the department of weights and measures to lodge a complaint as I had never managed to get more than 80- litres into the tank , and also the gauge was still registering fuel in the tank so it was weird .
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