T25 high top 1.9 fuel consumption

Post by **davesarge** » 26 Mar 2007, 20:06

Hi,

Got a 1.9 petrol high top transporter autosleeper conversion which seems to drink fuel quicker than Oliver Reed sank the good stuff. I appreciate on occasion I only travel 5 miles in to work and obviously the return home. From this it delivers 75 miles to 23ltrs which would appear to be 15 -17 mpg?? the plugs are a little black (before I changed them) I am happy to take it to be tuned etc but thought I would ask if anyone has an idea what I should be seeing round town or on a run? not used to the flat 4 engine so cannot tell if its idling high or not? i.e whether the choke is staying on too long. New to the VW game but loving it

thanks

Post by **_wendy_** » 26 Mar 2007, 20:22

our 1.9 petrol seems to do around 20mpg

Post by **davesarge** » 26 Mar 2007, 20:25

Cheers feel better now
Dave

Post by **Bowton Lad** » 26 Mar 2007, 20:47

If you only doing 5 miles each way to work you shouldn't expect much bettet than 20mpg. For the first couple of miles each way the engine will be running on choke.

A tune up will obviously help a little. I would say that you will be lucky to ever get more than 25mpg & if you travel at more than about 65mph on the motorway make sure that you are towing your own personal fuel bowser!

Post by **kevtherev** » 26 Mar 2007, 20:48

mine does about 50mpg....oops that's on gas

yes on petrolium around 20 to 25 on a run and much less for cold short hops

Post by **Bowton Lad** » 26 Mar 2007, 20:51

kevtherev wrote:mine does about 50mpg....oops that's on gas

Stop gloating Reverend!

Post by **kevtherev** » 26 Mar 2007, 20:54

sorry.....

but at 32p a litre who cares about consumption eh?

Post by **_wendy_** » 26 Mar 2007, 20:56

kevtherev wrote:sorry.....

but at 32p a litre who cares about consumption eh?

where have u found it that cheap? everywhere we have seen has been over 40p/litre and some up towards 50

Including your 2 closest stations: Tcs Awsworth (Total), and Morrisons Eastwood (notts) (Morrisons).
Unleaded Diesel LRP Super LPG
The Highest price in this area: 94.9p 100p n/a 100.9p 49.9p
The Average price in this area: 89.8p 92.8p n/a 95.9p 49.2p
The Lowest price in this area: 86.9p 89.9p n/a 88.9p 47.9p

Post by **kevtherev** » 26 Mar 2007, 21:00

local gas supplier in Wolverhampton called Carvers...taxi drivers only pay 30p

there's three round here that sell it for under 40p

I guess we're just lucky

wholesale gas price is 19p then add the road fuel tax and VAT + profit

Post by **kevtherev** » 26 Mar 2007, 21:02

The van actually does around 18 mpg on gas to be on topic

Post by **Bowton Lad** » 26 Mar 2007, 21:10

kevtherev wrote:sorry.....

but at 32p a litre who cares about consumption eh?

Good point he replies (crying over the keyboard)

Doesn't our friend Mr.Spread pay 47p per litre for lpg? (but that is darn sarf).

Post by **kevtherev** » 26 Mar 2007, 21:27

He does and if he sees this I'm for it

I've seen petrol differ by 10p to be fair...

Post by **"WEAZLECHIN"** » 26 Mar 2007, 21:40

45-50 mpg "diesel" all day long...

Post by **HarryMann** » 26 Mar 2007, 22:38

45-50 mpg "diesel" all day long...

Blimey that's good, Diesel Golfs struggle to get that

Post by **Ivor Brownun** » 26 Mar 2007, 22:55

if mine wasn't lpg'd i would be a pauper