Help Fuel Economical

lambo28

How can i make my 11yrs old Volkswagen Golf more fuel efficient ?

balsingh

LPG conversion???
Newer car???

Wig

Strip it out make it lighter. Apart from that there's nothing you can do. Unless your plugs and leads are very old, then a change would be a boost. engine flush.

Basically its all going to have very little effect. If you want better fuel economy there's only one way to do it, change your vehicle.

tomstickland

Depends what engine it's got.

basill

empty the boot, service it and dont go zooming about. Seriously, driving style makes a big difference.

B

tomstickland

Basic servicing is money well spent - old leads, plugs and oil like treacle will all lower efficiency, as will lack of wheel alignment (tracking). 11 year old Golfs are Mk3(?) which are the lardy sucessors to the best Golfs (Mk1 and Mk2) but probably still an acceptable weight compared with all the newer Golfs.

mr_accountant

What is your mpg?



Also what type of driving i.e. town, motorway or mixture, this will give an indication if there is anything wrong

Murphy_The_Cat

slow down old chap, that'll help your mpg.

& not using it so much will help as well.

Keep you're windows up, your air con off (although you then run the risk of getting a whopping air con repair bill), empty your boot, make sure your tyres are the right pressure.

MTC

fannyadams

Sell it buy a bicycle!
or a motorcycle!
or walk!

rrockettman

Keep a check on your tyre pressures.
When buying new tyres, spend a bit more and get more fuel efficient ones, eg, Michelin fuelsavers or similar.
Read the road well ahead. Lift off the throttle earlier when slowing down and try not to use the footbrake, slowing down in gear uses no fuel.
Diesel Golfs are very economical. During the fuel crisis in the 90's I used to get over 70mpg in my Passat Tdi estate.

vansboy

The answer I always give & is quite often forgotten about....

As there are less & less filling stations now, it often means a special journey, or at least a detour, to buy fuel.

So.... if finances allow, obviously, buy a full tank each time & run down until low fuel indicator light comes on, then refuel.

You'll save a few miles maybe & some time, too.

Get yourself a Shell Pluspoints card & buy their fuel, rather than supermarket (another reappearing debate that one) if there's a Shell garage on your doorstep. You'll get 'extra' points offers too.

Use a Shell credit card too - more points worth around .7p/ £ spent.

VB