i just bought a 1996 1600cc 74kw(100HP) golf cl. kilometrage is 163000km, The engine runs great, no black smoke or residue in the exhaust, i feel it has an excessive fuel consumption, my figures are for some trip:
Distance covered: 290 km (181.25 mile). Litres of fuel used: 34.364 litre.
Consumption: 24 mpg.
11.78 litres/100km. 8.5 litre/km. Mainly city.is that normal or what? thanks in advance
Well FWIW my 89 golf with the 1.8l digifant 8v got 6.9l/100km regularly with a mix of highway and city.
-Andrew
normal
I do about 10 liter/100 km
2000 golf variant 1.6 liter 8 valve 74kw 110.000 km.-- Out there Somewhere.
1996 1400cc 65HP Golf Mileage 88,000 miles (141,622km) Distance covered: 337.5miles (543km) Litres of fuel used: 37.6l
Consumption average over the 3.5yrs i've had it 37mpg Max 44mpg (50mph on italian open roads) Min 28mpg (car was literally dead at this point)
You should probably start replacing fuel and ignition items: Distributor cap and rotar arm Spark plugs Leads Fuel filter Air filter Oil change and filter
You will find the car runs like new after these, if not you've bought a dud.
Hi, For comparison: our 2 Golfs. One is an '85 (auto, 1.8L 85 HP), the other is '90 (manual trans, 1.8L 100 HP). No air conditioning or power anything on either car.
'85 Golf, 85 HP, auto transmission, driven in the city, achieves about
11.2 L / 100 km.'90 is our highway car. 100 HP, manual transmission. - city driving, gets about 10 L/ 100 km (speed limit is 50 km/hr,
30mph, so I never get into 5th gear in the city, all 3rd and 4th gear). Non-rush hour driving.On the highway, the '90 really shines: - highway (cruising at 100 km/hr, mountainous terrain) 6.2 L/100 km - low-speed highway, backroads, gravel roads (cruising 60-80 km/hr), achieves 5.8 L/ 100 km (that's almost 50 miles to the Imperial gallon or 41 miles per US gallon).
Your '96's fuel consumption is similar to what we experience. Your consumption will depend largely on how much stop and go driving you do--or if non-stop city cruising outside of rush hour periods. But your consumption is similar to ours for city driving. As the economists say, "it depends...." but I wouldn't worry. Enjoy your new car!
-Tony
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