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what's up with my mpg?? getting only 15!

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Old 05-05-2006, 05:04 PM
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i'm only getting 15 mpg in the city...i thought it was supposed to be around 21!
any suggestions on what i can try??
 
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Old 05-05-2006, 05:05 PM
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oh btw...i have a 97 a4 Q...
 
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Old 05-05-2006, 05:06 PM
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I had good results doing two things.

Replacing the pre cat O2 sensor(s)

Running Gumout Regane injector cleaner half a dozen times at fillups. <--- This stuff actually worked pretty damn good for me.

Doing both got me an extra 100 miles per tank when I had my B5.
 
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2002 A4 3.0QM thats why
 
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Old 05-05-2006, 05:08 PM
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ORIGINAL: avant80@2.6

2002 A4 3.0QM thats why
huh?
 
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Old 05-05-2006, 05:09 PM
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sweet...thanks mate...ii'll try that...
the gas bill's killing me...45 bucks every two weeks,..kinda kills an already broke student!
 
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Old 05-05-2006, 05:09 PM
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ORIGINAL: avant80@2.6

2002 A4 3.0QM thats why
huh?
yaa...huh? i thought it's a 2005.5
 
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Old 05-05-2006, 05:10 PM
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well you didnt post if it was the 1.8t or the 2.8 but ill assume its the 2.8Q cuz u get 15mpg, i have a 99 2.8Q and i get about 15-19 a gallon i usually drive anywhere from 230-290 miles depending on how hard i drove the car
 
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Old 05-05-2006, 05:11 PM
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well you didnt post if it was the 1.8t or the 2.8 but ill assume its the 2.8Q cuz u get 15mpg, i have a 99 2.8Q and i get about 15-19 a gallon i usually drive anywhere from 230-290 miles depending on how hard i drove the car
uups...it's actually a 1.8...which is probably worse then eh?
 
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Old 05-05-2006, 05:13 PM
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good god that is rather low..
 
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