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27th February 2017, 09:56 AM
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Mpg
Hi all.
My D3 is never going to be a hypermiler, but I'm thinking my MPG is a little low, even for winter. The last tank has been say 45% motorway at 80-85 and the rest pretty short journies (when I've not been able to use the wife's Honda) driven conservatively. Maybe the car idled for an hour when I was updating the MMI. Should I be expecting more than ~27mpg? Was expecting a tad more... I have VCDS (eBay cable) and it can't communicate with the engine, all other modules are ok. When I've used VCDS' generic OBD scan on the engine no faults are registered. Annoyingly it scans other Audis just fine! Cheers. John.
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27th February 2017, 10:34 AM
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27th February 2017, 10:37 AM
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Quality of the fuel? Is that a Costco petrol station?
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27th February 2017, 10:38 AM
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27th February 2017, 06:32 PM
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Special thanks to Ray and his lovely wife, for today. Ray scanned my car with (genuine) VCDS. Turns out the old girl has no faults engine wise. She gets up to temperature as she should, brakes don't drag etc.
I presume she just likes a drink! A bit more in the cold too.
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27th February 2017, 08:05 PM
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I would expect around 35mpg based on your description of usage.
Might be worth having a look at the air filter, a fresh air filter can make a big difference. Sometimes the air filter box can also be full of leaves etc.
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27th February 2017, 08:25 PM
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On our first trip to the in-laws' place in France year before last I got 35mpg, last year I paid special attention to fuel consumption as there was a fuel shortage in France and we got 32mpg at ~85mph. I put this down to newly installed 19s, that replaced the 17s it came with. Was a little disappointing, I won't lie.
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2010 A8 SE Executive 4.2 FSI D4 2007 Mini Cooper S R56 2008 D3, gone, but not forgotten after 9 years and 90k. Last edited by Johnmed; 27th February 2017 at 08:29 PM.
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27th February 2017, 08:44 PM
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Might be worth a couple of shots of Red-Ex or Wynns. Perhaps poor injector spray pattern. For the relatively inexpensive cost, it's worth a try.
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