fuel economy

[DVR68U]

hey guys i just returned from a weekend blast down into vic did 2000kms in 2 and a half days, on the trip up from geelong to albury i got an amazing 8.9l per hundred. this it from a 2lt petrol manual '93. 3 ppl and a motorbike in the van. the 2l petrols are very good on fuel. the other tank i got 9.1l per 100.
both outstanding figures. and the whole time i was at the speed limit. and hopefully not over it , no tolerance speed cameras all over vic. good way to ruin a nice state
cheers brenton

[GoLfMan]

was this a transporter 2L?
would be gutless though wouldnt it?!

[DVR68U]

lol yeah a 2lt depends what you mean by gutless , would easy sit on 130 all day long. it can tow vr6 passats all the way from port mac down to sydney .
i dont think they at gutless. its a van anyway ?
cheers brenton

[Golf Loon]

Yeah I think its a load of hooey about em being gutless, you just rev em hard and they like it.

They pull hard with a load on or a trailer and I cane round in mine when its empty.

Reliable too. In 50,000kms I have changed a coil and the oil, thats it.
I have never run a tank of fuel through it without pulling a trailer either, so it works hard.

Still thinking TDI, but I love my T4 2L.

[BigWhiteT3]

Comparing economy to the older models, my '91 T3 (injected 2.1) gets about 11.5-12.0l per 100km on the open road and about 12.5 around town. That brick-like profile doesn't do much for you on a long trip I can tell you. Still, wouldn't swap it for anything.

Ash

[DVR68U]

hey bigwhite what speed do you sit at on the hwy ?
cheers brenton

[BigWhiteT3]

This is sitting at 110kmh mostly...

[Rebuild]

T5 2.5L TDI auto, best I've done is 8.3L/100km over a full tank.Have done 7.9L/100km over a short run

Around town 9.5-10

Most country runs about 8.5-9

[DVR68U]

wow so im getting down in the tdi fuel economy, thats pretty interesting, my van would weight less than a tdi, every day a like my van more. untill it breaks every other day lol.
cheers brenton

[baldy]

first tank of diesal in 128 swb 120kms to 72lt trip computer telling me ive got another 120ks left bit strange with only 8lt left in the tank.

let you know how far i get on the next tank the computer is telling me 10 to 10.5 lts per hundred with driving around town

[gregozedobe]

Don't believe the fuel consumption figures the trip computer tells you. Mine can indicate it is using anything up to 20% lower than what it actually did use (calculated with distance travelled and amount of diesel put in the tank).

Generally I get an actual 7.2 to 7.8 litres/100Km (mostly highway cruising at 100 to 110 Kmh) from a 128Kw manual T5 van. I can get much better economy at 80 Kmh but besides taking forever to get anywhere you are in constant danger of being mown down from behind

[baldy]

you must get well over 1000k's to tank being an 80 lt tank

[gregozedobe]

you must get well over 1000k's to tank being an 80 lt tank

The MFD often tells me I could, but I don't like to run diesels down to too low a fuel level in the tank. Most of my trips are Canberra-Sydney return, so I fill up when I get home after 6-700Km. Of course the last two trips to Sydney it has come home on a flat-top truck with oil in the coolant, so great fuel economy for the distance covered, but significantly less owner happiness

[BobD]

Nearly every tank my 128kw Multivan Auto gets between 650 and 700 km and takes between 76 and 80l in the 80l tank. I have twice put in 84l and the computer was telling me I had 30km to go to empty both times.

As I have said before I am extremely disappointed with this fuel consumption, especially when the T4 TDI manual was getting 850km to 900km and 65 to 70l out of every tank in the same conditions. Most of the driving is ferrying kids around town but I don't find much improvement driving at 120kmh in the country either.

With this sort of fuel consumption you may as well get a petrol. I am wondering whether the particulate filter is what causes this large increase in fuel consumption, especially as it uses diesel to burn off the carbon if it doesn't get hot enough around town. The torque converter is locked in nearly every gear at any speed and I can't imagine a more efficient auto so the extra consumption over the T4 seems extremely high. I can't understand how anyone can even get close to the 8.9l/100km that they are supposed to get but many of you seem to report that sort of consumption out of your T5's.

As someone else mentioned the computer's reported consumption is way lower than what it is actually getting based on the fuel put in and the milage travelled.

[BobR]

Hi all
Lots of 2.0 litre and diesel figures on economy, but not much in regard to 2.5 petrol vans.
Can some of you 2.5 petrol owners list their economy figures for comparison?
Still looking for a decent t4, and leaning towards a 2.5 manual. I tried a few 2.0 litre vans and found them a bit underpowered.
Thanks
Bob