Wrong average mpg reported.

hugetoon

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cayc
Greetings fellow TDI users.
Mine is a 1.6 CAYC, 2011.
Having changed all 4 injectors after 2 successive failures of the original ones (lasted 250.000+ kms). I now have a suspiciously good (too good to be true) average mpg reported.
Used to have at best 4.5l/100km, now the numbers have dropped to around 3.9-4.3l/100.
While the reported remaining fuel amount in the tank vs traveled distance indicates something around 5.2l/100.
Also when idle, the engine used to burn 0.4-0.7l/h, same as I used to see on a much newer specimen of the same model. Now it claims 0.2-0.3l/h, again, too good to be true.
Any feedback on this?
TIA
 

borninabus

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-2013 JSW 6MT- -2012 Touareg Sport- -2015 Jetta 6MT-
greetings fellow TDI user.
what is your location?
 

borninabus

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Arizona
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-2013 JSW 6MT- -2012 Touareg Sport- -2015 Jetta 6MT-
have you tried hand calculating the mileage when filling up?
the consumption is adjustable using VCDS should you find a significant variation
 

hugetoon

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cayc
I am yet to do that since I had only once the opportunity to fill up and reset the km counter since injectors replacement. Next time I fill up l, I will have the exact real mpg.
Can you advise me where in VCDS the consumption can be adjusted?
I also ponder the necessity run the IDE06141 procedure but am hesitating: after few hundred of km the idle is now smooth and, except suspicious reported mpg, the engine seems to run fine.
 
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