Gas mileage
 

I have a 99.5 A4 1.8TQ

Anyone else getting ridiculously low gas mileage?
I was at the shop, and they checked everything out and my car is "running as it should", but then I get such low kms per tank. I get 350 kms on a full tank on a good week. I've tried changing my driving habits, optimizing tire pressure, etc etc... anything I can think of, but nothing seems to be working.

I'm starting to think 350 kms is normal on this car... any thoughts?

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wow, thats terible!!!!

i have a 2004 1.8t 6speed, and im getting about 600 city and 700 hwy.
benifit of the doubt i take it pretty easy but for me to get only 350 i would have to beat the hit out of it none stop...and my cars chipped!

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2004 a4 1.8T Triptonic
I get 500-550kms on a full tank (80% highway, 20% city)... lets all share what does everyone get and may be we can benefit from members who are getting good mileage on their cars

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Yeah, it'd be interesting to know what everyone else is getting too...

But, I was more looking for ideas on what's wrong with my car. What are common things that cause low gas mileage?

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350km per tank is poor: I could do better than that with my 3.0 B6 (heavier car, thirstier engine) while I lived in Vancouver. Have you checked if something is dragging on your car, eg, the brakes?

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It's funny you ask that actually, haha... I was just talking to my performance shop mechanic, and asked him about my gas mileage thing, and he asked the same thing... if I had the handbrake up. But sadly, no.. it doesn't seem like it's something as simple as my brakes. I just had brake work done.

Does a worn clutch affect gas mileage by much?

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do you smell a slight aroma of gas? for what ever reason you could be leaking gas. On my old car my O rings around the injectors went and i got half the gas milage.

i didnt smell gas all the time, but it would be as if i just drove by a gas station yet there was no gas station anywhere...

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Hmm... I didn't notice any, but wasn't really looking for it either. I'll give my car a sniff in a bit.

I do notice a slight burning smell when I open my hood after driving a bit. I heard it's the small amounts of oil burning, which is normal on turbo cars... ? Dunno how true this is though.

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well you definitly will lose oil over time with a turbo car more so then a N/A car. There has to be something for you to get half the Km that i able to get.....

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I havea 2006 A4 2.0TQ and I have horrible gas milage too. I get 480 km's when I drive normally. I drive like a maniac most of the time though so I usually end up only going about 440 km's on a tank and sometimes less.