Took delivery of 2000 audi a6 1.9 tdi over the weekend and I'm getting
20mpg!!! Even though I've been driving it REALLY carefully. What the hell could be wrong with it. Anybody know what could compromise fuel consumption *that* much? Any ideas?
On the few occasions I have had to put my foot down to overtake it didn't appear to be sluggish.
It's due its 80k service so filters haven't been replaced yet. Is replacing these likely double my mpg though? The reason I bought a diesel was fuel economy. I was expecting 40 - 45 mpg not the 20 or even less that I am getting. Its got a months warranty from the garage but they're being less and less helpful and I'm not expecting them to do anything about it. If it does land on me to fix it I'm just wondering what kind of expense I could be looking at. :(
On 22 Nov 2005 02:03:12 -0800, bob snipped-for-privacy@yahoo.co.uk wrote about his
2000 audi a6 1.9 tdi:
Where on earth did you ever get this crazy idea you could get 40-45 mpg with your Audi?!?! The brand is A U D I, not H O N D A or T O Y O T A . Better yet, get one of these:
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Realistically, you'll be very lucky to get 28 mpg on the highway with that car; I'm pleased when I hit 26/27 mpg with my 98.5 A4 2.8. My gas mileage consumption has been very stable the entire 93k miles we've had the car: 23-25 mpg city/mixed driving, slightly worse in the winter (when temps drop below 30F). It did improve a tad in the past few months after its 90k maintenance appointment at the dealer, where all the filters and sparkplugs were changed out (thank god the sparkplug wires were all still good; $50 per each is spendy!). The car is a joy to drive and has power to spare, even though it's entirely stock.
Wow, 40 - 45 mpg in the A6? That's pretty good - and that's on Imperial gallons, whch are slightly smaller than US gallons.... Man, I wish we could buy those in the US.
Re: the mileage - if you take a look a ways down this page -
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You'll see this statement -
1.9TDI PD 130bhp diesel: 0-60 10.2 seconds; top speed 127mph; combined mpg 49.6; CO2 emissions 154g/km (manual, but Multitronic will be similar); Emissions Category EU 3.
The OP is in the UK. 40 mpg (UK) is equivalent to about 33 mpg (US). This kind of mileage should be easily attained by the 1.9 diesel engine. Comparing it to your 2.8 V6 gasoline engine is like comparing apples to oranges.
Well, replacing the filters may help some, but it's definitely not going to double your mileage. Good place to start would be to hook up the car to a computer (a VAG tool or similar) and pull the error codes stored in there - this may give you an indication of what is going on.
If you have DIS you should see up to 50 mpg, I have driven the boss's old
1.9TDI loads of times, and on a run @ 70mph the most I have seen is 54mpg, it's also the same engine as in the Passat which again can touch 50mpg with care :) (these are av mpg not instant)
50 mpg is what I was hoping for. It's the reason I decided to ditch my much loved A4 petrol. OK the new A6 sounds like a bus...ok a small bus. But I do love it anyway. The extra space is to die for. :)
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