vivithemage
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Which engines get the best MPG, or is it dependent on the year too?
Also, what kind of MPG can someone average going about 75~?
Also, what kind of MPG can someone average going about 75~?
Check the milage thread for your own reference. 2000- 2003 will be slightly best with the ALH engine and a manual tranny, driver will also have a lot to do with actual achieved. Going 75mph will not get you the best however.... you would need to slow down a bit 60-65mph to get average of those getting the best. 50-60 mph will do it best, hope this helps.Which engines get the best MPG, or is it dependent on the year too?
Also, what kind of MPG can someone average going about 75~?
i found my ALH was better in town, my PD better on the highway. I drive around 75 most of the time and the .658 5th gear was a great mod.
My findings were quite similar as well.I also have owned both and share your findings on ALH vs PD. The ALH was about 1.5-2 mpg better around town and the PD is about 1 mpg better highway.
Sure thing. First of all, I'm really going 77MPH at an indicated 80MPH as I said in the post. I was getting a consistent 50-51MPH tooling around at interstate speeds for the first few years I had the car, but in the past 2 years I've started to tinker to gain fuel economy. I have done a few mods, fuel-related or not, to gain either fuel economy and/or range in no particular order:"This time of year, at that speed, I get 54-55mpg. Winter/summer I get closer to 51-52mpg."
CStone, Could you please explain how you get 54-55 @ 80 mph. we drive the same car, but I can only achieve that with going 65 mph. I only drive about 80 miles per day, but only 10 of that is non-highway. what mods do you have, etc. thanks
Not as far as I know. They are introducing a couple of Diesel Electrics in Europe (the VW XL-1, 283mpg us on the NEDC cycle, and I think they are doing an Up! model as well) but I don't think these are going to be exported to the USA.Does anyone know if VW plans to bring to USA a Diesel /Electric Car,?
I don't think so. My understanding is that the LPG conversion works with petrol vehicles because it needs a spark ignition as does petrol, but doesn't like compression-ignition engines.Does anyone know if I can convert my TDI to LPG because it sells for 2.65
a gallon instead of 4.41 per gallon?
33mpg sounds plausible to me for a half-urban trip of that length with an auto box. I've never run an auto box myself so perhaps some of our 01M auto members could confirm / deny.Trip would be 12-17 miles one way.
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Those that simply disable the egr will tell you it hurts MPG, because it does.
Those that delete the EGR thru a tune will tel you it helps MPG, because it does.
The ASV closes when the computer calls for EGR. This creates a slight vacuum and helps the motor draw in the exhaust gas. This also throttles the engine, causing a pumping loss, like on a gas engine.
If you delete the EGR and don't disable the ASV then it will simply cutoff the fresh air coming and throttle the engine even more( now it doesn't even have the recirculated exhaust to pull in), hurting MPGs.
If the ASV is disabled, then the engine is never throttled and this leads to an increase in MPG.
Malone offers a dynamic EGR tune, where the EGR is enabled for quick warm up, but didabled once the car is warm.
Anther benifit of just deleteing the egr with a tune is the car appears stock.
__. Conditions where I am mean that I'm more likely to run around 60 MPH. The 0.658 isn't very good for me. I'm sorry that I installed it; I'd have been much better to keep the stock 5th.I have a 0.658 gear in the car in my sig. Drive 200 miles/day - all but 10 miles are interstate at 80mph indicated (really about 77mph). 242k+ on the clock. All original hardware except for head at 150k due to premature TB break. No visible damage due to TB break, but replaced the head just to be safe.
-Yep. The taller 5th only benefits you if you're running mostly interstate speeds.__. Conditions where I am mean that I'm more likely to run around 60 MPH. The 0.658 isn't very good for me. I'm sorry that I installed it; I'd have been much better to keep the stock 5th.
WOW. I wish I had the patience to run slow enough to see 60MPG tanks. I would imagine that if I could run 60MPH for a tank, given my long commute, I could. However, I would be a greasy spot beside I-40 or I-81 if I did so.__. I've averaged about 55MPG (overall) over about 250,000 miles; on my first sedan, I often saw long trip tanks of 61-62MPG but on my wagon, it's rare for them to be over 58MPG.