£45 to 155 miles ..

[motfree]

Had my s3 for about 2 weeks now and I think I've done about 300 miles and it's cost me not far off £100
Over yesterday and today I put £45 of fuel in and the light came on after 155 miles - mostly driving about 50 with the odd little blip .. Is this normal or is there something wrong ??
Also just filled up £62 and it's only showing as 3/4 tank my heads baffled it just doesn't seem right
Cheers

 

[finesse]

More info...

Is it mapped?

On average £20 the motorway should get you 150 if "sensible"

 

[[Dave B]]

Somethings's wrong, I get nearly 200 miles off £30's worth of VPower at around £1.25/litre.

 

[sportquattro]

£60 takes me about 375 miles on average, sounds like you have a problem, get it on VAG-COM and see whats amiss

 

[motfree]

Straight through system including decat
Remap
That's all I know off .. Mpg calculator was averaging 35 mpg that's what I don't get .. But fuel gauge was playing up the other day going from full tank to 0 then upto half and so on so was told the receiver was goosed but clearly it's actually using that much as £63 must fill the tank ??
No smell of fuel so definatly not a fuel leak

 

[motfree]

You mean get it pluged in on vag com ?

 

[AudiS3-Turbo]

£60 takes me about 375 miles on average, sounds like you have a problem, get it on VAG-COM and see whats amiss

really? what sort of driving do you do? motorway etc..?

I will average around the doors 80-90 miles to 20 quid!!

 

[motfree]

So mine isn't too far off then I guess .. That with you taking it easy ?

 

[AudiS3-Turbo]

yea steady away,give it beans every now and again,the cold weather has not helped and ive seen the mpg fall,but my s3 has revo stage 2 and all the usual,plus ive got no fault codes,new air mass,n75,plugs etc.....my mate does about similar mpg,but mine on the run can see far better as you would expect.

 

[S3KO4]

Check if you have 4 bar fuel presure regulator, this shows better mpg on the dash but in fact I would say it's up by 8-10mpg. so if you get 36mpg it's more like 26. Decat does not help at all.

 

[AudiS3-Turbo]

this directed at me? im running the stock 3.5 bar regulator as revo specified?

 

[S3KO4]

this directed at me? im running the stock 3.5 bar regulator as revo specified?

Well I would say to anyone who has a 4 bar. the standard one is 3 bars. but that's my little finding with the FPRs I have used.

 

[Kave]

Yeah this cold weather does make a noticeable difference in mpg, mines dropped to 48mpg! Only just getting 600 miles / tank now, ****** winter. On the plus side you s3 boys must be noticing a nice increase in power with the plentiful cold dense air?

 

[sportquattro]

really? what sort of driving do you do? motorway etc..?

I will average around the doors 80-90 miles to 20 quid!!

James, Thats a daily drive to work of 40 miles each way on the motorway at about 80, mixed in with few local journeys of around 5 miles or so, if out of the way fo the boys in blue and giving it beans it drops but not by much, a banzai trip halfway across Devon and on up to Guildford last August early on a Sunday morning returned 27 mpg and gave 305 miles out of a tankful. I've never ever had less than that from a tankful. Hope you get it sorted.

Nige

 

[AudiS3-Turbo]

i can but dream of getting 600 miles to a tank lol

 

[motfree]

I've filled the tank up to the brim couldn't get anymore in and it's only showing 3/4 tank ?? Maybe it is the sender ?? How much does it cost everyone else to fill an s3 from reserve ?

 

[S3KO4]

£70

 

[motfree]

Oh I don't know haha have to clean out the sender and go from there .. Fuel pressure regulator under the bonnet ?
So If a full tank is £70 that means I've definatly used £45 on 150 miles thought the tank might have been bigger Eg £80 so would have been the sender not working properly :-(

 

[fingermouse]

What size wheel have you got on ??? I know I get approx 30 miles less to a tank of fuel with 235/19. I get 300 to 330 on a full tank to empty.

 

[shanejess]

i have a A3 170tdi s-line Black edition remapped by giac to 195bhp, its a company car i do between 490 and 510 miles per tank, my 03 reg S3 does between 310 and 330 miles on a full tank.

 

[LiveWire]

So running 19's with wide tyres uses more fuel!! Surely not?

 

[motfree]

What could be up with mine then as my range on the dash is 160 miles and that's full ?? And ive filled it till I can't get no more in and its only showing 3/4 tank :-S !!

 

[fingermouse]

sounds like the sender, its under the back seat behind the driver, run the tank down then pull the pump to a angle to remove the circuit board like sender. I cleaned mine up a few weeks ago and its reading fine now.

 

[fingermouse]

So running 19's with wide tyres uses more fuel!! Surely not?

yup would you credit it who would have guessed ........................................

 

[LiveWire]

yup would you credit it who would have guessed ........................................

Please can you explain how? I am curious )

 

[JS1500]

Typically i've been getting 280 miles to a full tank of V-Power (£72+). DIS showed roughly 25mpg.
Last full tank got me 250 miles - DIS showing 22mpg.

I do a lot of short journeys, leave it to warm-up and cool-down, commuting in stop/start traffic and it's hilly around here to be fair.
Still getting it checked/possible replacement thermostat on Monday.

 

[motfree]

But If it was the sender it wouldn't use the fuel ... Did 20 ish miles today and the car took £10 to fill !!

 

[fingermouse]

Please can you explain how? I am curious )

wider tyre = greater resistance = less mpg

My brother in law fitted some stupidly wide wheels to a old corsa that killed the mpg totally.

 

[scoobyra]

I get 25 miles to a fiver and around 45 miles to a tenner (don't even criticise the maths as I know it doesn't add up lol) round town or on short journeys with my Revo (variable - it'll do what it wants) map in the Red car and about 340 miles to a full tank on the motorway.

The black car does about 15 miles to a fiver if I'm lucky!