800+ on a tank, whos with me.

[blownaway]

807 miles right now and my light has been on since 767 miles. i will fuel up tonight after work to see how I did.

 

[foobert]

Made 3 tanks >800 while on vacation. Sooo close to making the 900 club on the one. But at 17.1 gallons to fill up -- well, I'm glad I didn't try for it

Date Odo US Gal Miles MPG
7/ 4/2008 37223 15.997 812 50.76
7/ 8/2008 38113 17.136 890 51.94
7/11/2008 38978 16.437 865 52.63

Full spreadsheet here.

 

[meby]

If you've got a ventectomy, this should be no problem. :thumbup:

Sure do. I've just been to chicken to run past the empty mark very far.

 

[lapse]

Joined the 800 mile club (804) over 4 tanks driving to/from Nova Scotia and Ontario.

 

[Schwabe]

08/01/08
Miles: 816.2
Gallons: 15.19

 

[vanquishtech]

saw 812 the tank before the engine exploded....regularly saw 840's with my old B4 passat sedan...mind you, I am between 80 and 100 for 45 miles of an 86 mile commute, otherwise 55-65...I'm in the process of putting the 2001 Jetta bac together...got my new head and used pistons, got to get my injectors out to frank.....etc.

cheers,
Ray

 

[Dunhamjr]

I just got my first 800+ mile tank.

2003 Jetta Wagon... .205 injectors and some other minor stuff.
811.7 miles on 16.824 gals.

Pushing the tank to its limits with the venting techniques... very surprised I even got close to 800 miles... my previous best was only 762 miles on my bone stock 2001 Golf.

Unfortunately another milestone was reached on this tank as well. The fillup cost $80.07 I got the $4.75/gal blues.

 

[Johnny_come_lately]

Made it no problem, low fuel light came on at 725 miles, I knew I had it. I'll try no A/C when it get a little cooler and go for 900.

Awesome car, brilliant. I just acquired one and would like to thank the guy I bought it from (you know who you are) for taking such good care of "the Wiener".

'98 Jetta, 48+ mpg average so far for my 3,000+ miles. Dead stock, with a little EGR mod for good measure.

 

[LarryLymb]

Johnny, How much fuel did you put it? It might give someone a better idea of how far they can go. Did you vent?

 

[mrGutWrench]

Johnny, How much fuel did you put it? It might give someone a better idea of how far they can go. Did you vent?

__. Larry, his '98 is an A3 model body. Some parts are similar to our A4's ('98 NB to about '06, '99.5 Jetta to about '05.5, and '99.5 Golf to late '06 or so) but others are different.

__. On an A4, if the car is vented or ventectomied and carefully filled to the top of the filler neck (no foam), then the low-fuel warning should come on at about 15 or 15.1 gallons* used and the car should run out of fuel at about 17 gallons.

__. But there's a little variation, so it's not smart to run down to what you calculate as tenths of a gallon!

(* The low-fuel light/chime can be adjusted and it's often adjusted wrong but even the ones misadjusted are usually pretty close to that, but you have to get to know your own car.)

 

[White Crow]

Since I changed my driving habbits (slowing down) I get at least 800 miles every tank and once in awhile 900+ depends how brave I am 2002 Jetta 5 spd.

 

[dieselocity]

Made 845 miles two tanks ago....
I'd take 799 all day long if it meant my A/C was working.

Sweating in Michigan

 

[Johnny_come_lately]

My fillup was fully vented, and filled to about 3" below the brim.

The gauge looked pretty empty. The needle was in the black space between the white "empty" stripe and the last red "warning" stripe when I put 14.5 gal in it.
Are you saying I have another gallon or so in there?

Going by the fuel gauge I get about 100 miles per 1/8 tank, steady as clockwork. When the low-fuel light comes on I have about 1/8 tank, and the needle is just into the red. I've never filled up at this point soI can't say how many gallons it takes, but somewhere about 12.7 to 13.5 gal. I'll fill up again in a week or two and will report back.
-----------------------
UPDATE
13.2 gal. can be put into a fully-vented tank when the low-fuel light comes on, and the needle is barely into the red. Calculated range of 75 miles in the red zone agrees with observation.

 

[Variant TDI]

In my 145 fills, probably 15 of them have been within 5 miles of the light coming on. And I can be added to the list of folks who can confirm you should be able to put 15.1 gallons into the tank in that situation.

And that's filling until you see fuel (not foam) in the neck.

 

[LarryLymb]

I have put 17.38 gallons, after RUNNING OUT, in my 2003 Jetta Wagon.

 

[mrGutWrench]

I have put 17.38 gallons, after RUNNING OUT, in my 2003 Jetta Wagon.

__. Interesting, Larry. I recently put in 17.12 gallons (after about 980 miles) and I was sweating like a pig but it was still running when I eased into the station. Also, an '03 wagon.

__. Most people who have run A4 Jetta sedans and Golfs out have said that it took within a tenth or so of 17 gallons even (vented or ventectomied, liquid fuel to the brim). That adds to my suspicions that there's some difference between Jetta sedans and wagons (even though the Jetta sedan seems to be very similar to the Golf).

 

[mrGutWrench]

In my 145 fills, probably 15 of them have been within 5 miles of the light coming on. And I can be added to the list of folks who can confirm you should be able to put 15.1 gallons into the tank in that situation.

And that's filling until you see fuel (not foam) in the neck.

__. Var, I did about 5 or 6 fills within a mile of the light coming on. IIRC, all of them were 14.9 but one and that one was 15.0. I haven't had my wagon long enough to put too many fills in but I've had 2-3 at 15.3 and one or two at 15.4, all without the light being on -- I'm pretty careful about fuel (not foam) in the ventectomied neck. I think that I'd driven about 65 miles after the "bing" when I recently put 17.1 in my '03 wagon.

__. As I've often said in this and similar threads, the light/chime level can be adjusted and most things that can be adjusted are frequently mis-adjusted.

 

[L0o0ky]

Finally made it...
807.9 miles on B100. Won't know how many gallons until I top it off tomorrow although I'm guessing somewhere around a 50mpg average for the tank. Not too shabby for a 60(hwy)/40(city) split.
[edit]Filled up till I couldn't put any more in--16 gallons for a mileage of 50.5. Now that I hit the goal, I'm going to start using the AC again. It's close to 100F out there...[/edit]

On a side note, the scanguage was off by ~3 miles over the entire tank (showed 811). Not too shabby...

I have noticed that for B100, the mileage drops off fairly quickly above 50mph--at least according to the uncalibrated scanguage.

L0o0ky

 

[ChadMC]

I've been running on petroleum diesel to calibrate my scanguage (it's showing around 49MPG for the tank). I'll be going back to B100 after this tank. I'm curious to how much of a difference B100 will make on mileage.

 

[JettaJake]

I would assume you're going to compare your calibrated scangauge to
the pencil & paper calculation. Please report how they compare.

pssst, VATechTDI, could you please edit post #185 so this thread is not as wide as a semi-tractor trailer? Sticking a carriage return between each photo oughta do it.

[Thanks VATech - :thumbs up:]

 

[Variant TDI]

I'm currently at 600, and still a bit above the 3/8th mark.
I'll be at 847.9 when I ease into Mr. Fuel tomorrow afternoon for a crushing of my old record of 804.

At least I sure hope so.

 

[tSoG]

well, I didn't make 800, but my E light came on at 725, and at 776 I wussed out and filled up, Vented before and after, put in 15.18 gallons of premium diesel and 7 ounces of PS. 51+mpg... I could've made the 800 mile club, but I was scared. Now I know better.

 

[JettaJake]

A vented fill of 15.18 gals? Oh yea, you could have easily made it into the mid-800s.

Using 7 ounces is almost double my usual summer amount....usually angle for ~4 oz/tank in summer & ~8 oz during winter months, of course ymwv.

Last filled on 8/8/08: $73.93 for 15.502g and 820.2' --> a hair over 9 pennies per mile & 52.9 mpg....expect to make the 900 club someday, maybe next summer.

 

[97pssat04golfTDIs]

First Tank Over 800 in a PD Auto !!!

I just got 821.0 and filled 16.339 gallons for a 50.247 MPG this using the car just for my commute to work that is 18.0 miles one way with 26 stopping opportunities as I've seen it said. I'm really happy I finally broke the 50 MPG and 800 miles tank barrier and my car is a PD auto tranny!

I was wondering if anybody else with an PD or ALH auto tranny has completed 800 miles on a tank and or gone 50+ MPG on a tank.

Take care,

 

[n1das]

First 800 mile tank!

2002 Golf TDI:

• "only" 330k miles on it.
• 5-speed manual transmission.
• RC4 tuning and other mods.
• Always driven like I stole it, never babied or driven for MPGs.
• Always vented while fueling up to top of the filler neck.

It took 16.4 USgallons to top it off (vented) after 804.5 miles. 49 MPG(US). I wasn't driving it for MPGs on this tank. I came back to NH from VA earlier this week and then did 2 day's worth of commuting to work in MA with it. My co-workers are always blown away when I tell them I'm still driving around on the same tank of fuel I got down in Virginia.

804.5 miles on 16.4 USgallons on a car with "only" 330k miles on it while driving it like I stole it....PRICELESS.

 

[SilverGhost]

__. Interesting, Larry. I recently put in 17.12 gallons (after about 980 miles) and I was sweating like a pig but it was still running when I eased into the station. Also, an '03 wagon.

__. Most people who have run A4 Jetta sedans and Golfs out have said that it took within a tenth or so of 17 gallons even (vented or ventectomied, liquid fuel to the brim). That adds to my suspicions that there's some difference between Jetta sedans and wagons (even though the Jetta sedan seems to be very similar to the Golf).

I recently put 17.128 gallons in my 05 Golf. Funny thing is the gauge was still not at the bottom point at which I have run out on before.

897 miles on that one.

Jason

 

[BrianCT]

I just got 821.0 and filled 16.339 gallons for a 50.247 MPG this using the car just for my commute to work that is 18.0 miles one way with 26 stopping opportunities as I've seen it said. I'm really happy I finally broke the 50 MPG and 800 miles tank barrier and my car is a PD auto tranny!

I was wondering if anybody else with an PD or ALH auto tranny has completed 800 miles on a tank and or gone 50+ MPG on a tank.

Take care,

Wholie cow.

2002 Golf TDI:
804.5 miles on 16.4 USgallons on a car with "only" 330k miles on it while driving it like I stole it....PRICELESS.

Good going. I passed you while you were using your emergency flashers in the slow lane on the way back from VA.....

















Joking.

I recently put 17.128 gallons in my 05 Golf. Funny thing is the gauge was still not at the bottom point at which I have run out on before.

897 miles on that one.

Jason

In a PD no less. Wow. That's impressive.

 

[mrGutWrench]

__. Interesting, Larry. I recently put in 17.12 gallons (after about 980 miles) and I was sweating like a pig but it was still running when I eased into the station. Also, an '03 wagon.

__. Most people who have run A4 Jetta sedans and Golfs out have said that it took within a tenth or so of 17 gallons even (vented or ventectomied, liquid fuel to the brim). (snip)

I recently put 17.128 gallons in my 05 Golf. Funny thing is the gauge was still not at the bottom point at which I have run out on before.

897 miles on that one. Jason

__. I'm firmly of the conviction that we were both about to be pedestrians.

 

[Stevestyle67]

I just got back from a road trip... It took 4 fill-ups (one right before I got home) and here are the 3 tanks of fuel burned. I drove 10 mph over the speed limit everywhere and ran the A/C about 60-70% of the time.

Driver: Stevestyle67
Miles: 776
Gallons: 15.399
Model Year: 2003
Model: Jetta
Tranny: 5M
Fuel Type: D2 ULSD - Wilco Hess
MPG: 50.4

Driver: Stevestyle67
Miles: 809
Gallons: 15.434
Model Year: 2003
Model: Jetta
Tranny: 5M
Fuel Type: D2 ULSD - Pilot
MPG: 52.4

Driver: Stevestyle67
Miles: 779
Gallons: 15.950
Model Year: 2003
Model: Jetta
Tranny: 5M
Fuel Type: ULSD containing 5-20% Biodiesel (per the pump label) - Shell
MPG: 48.8

Total Trip: 2364
Total Gallons: 46.783
MPG: 50.5

I got 800 on my second tank. First time. I could have gotten 800 on the other two tanks, but I filled up out of convenience.

 

[Ike T]

First time through the 800 barrier. 815 miles on 15.4 gals (vented tank).

A 900 mile tank was possibile, but I couldn't afford the alternative that day.