VW 2.0 115bhp.... Fuel Consumption / MPG

VW 2.0 115bhp.... Fuel Consumption / MPG

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vwbora

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3 posts

253 months

Friday 3rd October 2003
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Owned a VW Bora 2.0 for past 6 months.... if you own a VW 2.0 from around the same age bracket 99-03)appreciate any advise on :-
- Your av. MPG and under what driving conditiions ?
- or/and what mileage you getting from a full tank, and again under what driving conditions ?
- Also does it use oil ??
Appreciate any response.

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Oil consumption appear to be 1 litre per 1k-->1.5k miles or so, which I know is OK, but on revving engine appear to have black deposits on the ground even when engine hot...(like vapour deposits). Is this normal ?

Problem is Ive never been able to get my combined average fuel consumption over 21-22 MPG although this is comprised of motorway and short town stop-start runs, at very best it has been 26-28 purely comprising of motorway only 60-70 MPH changing gear at 2k revs on the way to get there.

Two visits have been made to garage, where car been rigged up to machines / computers and both nothing can be found to be wrong. Been serviced, and since changed the air filer.... only suggestion so far is in changing the lambda sensor.



>>> Edited by vwbora on Friday 3rd October 02:12

>>> Edited by vwbora on Friday 3rd October 02:16

iguana

7,055 posts

267 months

Friday 3rd October 2003
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That is terrible MPG you should be into the 40mpg when you dive like a saint & mid to low 30's in normal fast driving.

Other than replace the lamba & see if if does the job I'd suggest ya air mass meter is buggered esp if it feels down on power also, the trouble is its not easy to check & a rollimg road session can be the only solution.

vwbora

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3 posts

253 months

Friday 3rd October 2003
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OK thanks !

Would the Lambda sensor be causing the black vapour out of the exhaust which drys to a fine back soot ?

Gren

1,978 posts

259 months

Tuesday 7th October 2003
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Get mid 30s in our Golf, high 30s motorway cruising.

Not good above 85-90

Fat Audi 80

2,403 posts

258 months

Wednesday 8th October 2003
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I drive an Audi 80 with a 2.0 8v 115bhp engine and regularly get 32mpg "caning" it and 34 - 38 driving sensibly. Sounds like you have a problem there. Get it to AMD on the rolling road. They will sort it out.

www.auto-amd.com

HTH

Steve

>> Edited by Fat Audi 80 on Wednesday 8th October 13:11