05 passat fuel economy questions

dhuddleson

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2012 Jetta Highline TDI sedan
For those comparing the fuel economy numbers, remember there are US gallons and Imperial gallons being compared! Or if you want to think in liters, that's about 3.8L to 4.5L comparison US/Imperial.
 

peiphil

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2005 passat GLS TDI and big old Dodge Cummins TDI
For those comparing the fuel economy numbers, remember there are US gallons and Imperial gallons being compared! Or if you want to think in liters, that's about 3.8L to 4.5L comparison US/Imperial.
I thought it was about 3.785 liters in a us gallon
4.55 liters in imperial or Canadian gallon.
For example my dodge diesel shows 9 liters /100 kilometers.
If I want to know canadian miles per gallon
100 likometers is 62 1/2 miles
my 9 liters is 1.98 of our gallons
62.5 miles divided by 1.98 is a little over 31 1/2 miles to the gallon
Now that same 9 liters would be 2.38 american gallons
62.5 miles divided by 2.38 would be only 26 1/4 miles per gallon american
My old truck does actually pull these numbers off hyway summertime just driving around here where the speed limits are low 90 kph or about 55 mph.
Wintertime different story:D but just a good example.
My Passat in summer seems to struggle to get down to 6 liters/ hundred klms
Winter i am lucky to see 7 lph which is a 62.5 divide 1.54 =40 miles /imp gallon or 33 3/4 mpg us.
This help?
 

50harleyrider

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2005 B5.5 TDI/geared BSM, BV43A turbo,stage 2 TDTUNING. 2005 5sp manual passat tdi stage 2 tdtuning,BSM delete. 2015 Passat TDI 6sp manual.
If you have stock cam you probably will not see much change in MPG by adjusting TV.
If you have a Franko6 cam, I have gone up to -4.0 TV and picked up 4 MPG. Still performed great.
Does the glitter car have the optimal tv setiing since you put a Franko6 cam in it? Got any tips on checking/setting it? That car definitely has more power than mine. BTW, to once again verify my endless ignorance, what does torsion value actually mean?
 
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RickyHus

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Chainless 05 passat tdi wagon auto, 05.5 jetta tdi
yeah that is correct where you find bsm for $1300 I need one set imidietly, I called bora parts today it is $1600 plus tax
 

oilhammer

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Torsion is measured in KW, or kurbelwinkel, which is German for crank angle. Kurbelwallen is crankshaft. My spelling may be wrong, so please a native German speaker correct this if needed! :p
 

Montezuma

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Can you adjust the torsion value through the vcds?
 

Montezuma

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