How many miles to a full tank ?

[dervpower]

i used to have stupid traction issues, i then found the inside of the tyres were badly worn lol

 

[nvidia]

I have now decided that my gage is faulty. or at least that is what i'm going to tell myself... Now way can i be bothered to take it to a garage, fork out a load of money for them to come back and say my car is fine...

in terms of calculation, i dun think we get less mpg..... i fill up about 35ltrs, and i get 350-360 miles out of it. but just no idea y fuel light come on so quick with trip computer telling me i only got 50 miles left

 

[danl88]

Normally i fill up about £40 which atm gets me less than 39 litres and i get about 340 miles...... have a standard 53 plate 1.4s

 

[dervpower]

Simple calculation is that mine is usually around 9.7p a mile. On average that is.

 

[Lazy Jack]

I get 435 miles before the red light comes on in mine.

I've had it up to 450-460 with some motorway mileage involved.

 

[Veyron]

Mine is really bad, i put £10 in and red light was back after 45 miles (town driving)

 

[Veyron]

Mine is really bad, i put £10 in and red light was back after 45 miles (town driving)

It seems to be improving! I put £20 in when the light came up and have got 105 miles with quarter of a tank still to burn, is that OK for a 1.2?

 

[nvidia]

just filled up 34ltrs (it clicked), cost me £39... and done 398 miles.....fuel light is already on about 390miles :S where is the 10ltr gone?

 

[thePHILosipher]

you must have a smaller tank installed in the car, have you tried venting it to see if you can squeeze any more in??

 

[nvidia]

you must have a smaller tank installed in the car, have you tried venting it to see if you can squeeze any more in??

how do i do that?

at first i was worry about my fuel economy, but i calculated i usually get around 52mpg...driving town and few miles of A roads which is gd imo

 

[thePHILosipher]

when you unscrew the cap on the right hand side you'll see a little black nipple, push that down with the nozzle whilst filling and hey presto, one vented tank. Be careful not to overfill. It works a treat, when i filled uptoday i managed to squeeze 54 litres into it

 

[dervpower]

how do i do that?

at first i was worry about my fuel economy, but i calculated i usually get around 52mpg...driving town and few miles of A roads which is gd imo

Looks like you and me get the same results mate.

I'm also hoping I have a smaller fuel tank, as that would explain the frankly piss poor mileage we get.

I did try venting, but think I only managed to get £40 worth of fluid in her

 

[nvidia]

how can i make sure not to overfill.. don't wanna be embrassing :S

It has to be smaller fuel tank. as i said, had full tank of fuel, drove about 395miles, fuel light on about 392miles, refill, only can get 34ltrs in

 

[Veyron]

Just let it click three times then it will stop letting you filling it.

 

[mazzerati]

how do they vent a fuel tank? what does it do? lol all i hear is more miles from a tank and im interested after achieving poor numbers like 240

 

[cupra.al]

how do they vent a fuel tank? what does it do? lol all i hear is more miles from a tank and im interested after achieving poor numbers like 240

read the comment above from philharris68 and your know.
it probally says how on every page of this thread because and what it does but i will tell you it allows extra fuel into the tank.

 

[thealienfromura]

I can get about 450 on a run with millers in the tank. Thats in my Fabia vrs

 

[uzi_cupra]

i got 200 miles out a full 50 litres fill up...my fuel pipe was burst wasted almost half tank. fixed now and hopefully it will go back to normal 350 - 400 ish (cupra tdi)

 

[ScottHmk4]

rite well another rant about fuel, £34 got me 3/4 of a full tank and this was superunleaded and look at the miles i got,

oh look 175.3 miles to 3/4's of a tank, i honeslty give up, thats standard airbox and panel filter

under 60 miles per quarter tank.....thats worse than a petrol cupra

 

[nvidia]

rite well another rant about fuel, £34 got me 3/4 of a full tank and this was superunleaded and look at the miles i got,

oh look 175.3 miles to 3/4's of a tank, i honeslty give up, thats standard airbox and panel filter

under 60 miles per quarter tank.....thats worse than a petrol cupra

how hard did u drive? :S

just found out my tyres pressure was SOOO wrong, only has 21.0 psi on the bk, 28psi in the front, haven't been bother checking them since the summer, but still got average 50mpg in a tank from my fr tdi... guess i can improve alot now with tyres bk to 33psi ish