terrible gas mileage.
10-08-2003, 05:00 PM
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terrible gas mileage.
so i have a 99 1.8tqt and i get like 200 miles per tank. i do mostly city driving but i am by no means an agressive driver, sometimes i lay into it, but i'd say for the most part i try to conserve gas(esspecially with CA gas prices these days). what are some things that might be causeing my bad gas mileage?
10-08-2003, 05:07 PM
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Re: terrible gas mileage.
Take it into the dealer to check for leaks. Try reserving your gears in higher values. I noticed on my 2001 a4 1.8t there is a huge difference on the display of my current mpg between 3rd gear and 5th. I am just saying try staying in higher gears when on the highway and such.
10-09-2003, 09:23 AM
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Re: terrible gas mileage.
Are you using at least 91 octane gas? A Chevron near me got their tanks messed up and I got a load of 87 octane. It pinged and knocked like crazy. And I got HORRIBLE milage with the computer retarding the timing.
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