Excessive Fuel consumption

[resolute]

Hi Everyone.*

I purchased a*2012*A6*3.0T w/ 48,000km (@ 30,000miles) on it about 2 months ago. I'm not getting anywhere near the fuel economy that the statistics claim I should get. I've put on about 2000km (4 Tanks of gas) on the car and by best rating was 14L/100km - I would say 70% City / 30% Hwy driving. That is about 16.5 miles per US Gallon. My best was a hwy run with the cruise control set to 100km/h (60mph) and could not get better than 10L/100km (23mpg) - Is there anything that anyone else has done to improve the fuel economy? I will admit that I was driving rather enthusiastically for the first few hundred km's -- but since had a mission to improve the economy. As I said, my best tank was 14L/100KM - 16.5mpg. Should I try some*fuel*injector*cleaner? Any suggestions would be appreciated. Oh - Running premium unleaded 91/92 octane. Tried Chevron/Esso and Shell - all tier 1.

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[cdubya19]

Have you checked your tire pressure?

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[schoi623]

I have 2011 S4 which has the same engine. And my fuel economy is worse .


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[repnaudi]

I'm only getting about 13mpg 90% city

[jayts]

Normal


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[14S4GWM]

^ What he said. Join the club!

[MadAboutCars]

Hi Everyone.*

I purchased a*2012*A6*3.0T w/ 48,000km (@ 30,000miles) on it about 2 months ago. I'm not getting anywhere near the fuel economy that the statistics claim I should get. I've put on about 2000km (4 Tanks of gas) on the car and by best rating was 14L/100km - I would say 70% City / 30% Hwy driving. That is about 16.5 miles per US Gallon. My best was a hwy run with the cruise control set to 100km/h (60mph) and could not get better than 10L/100km (23mpg) - Is there anything that anyone else has done to improve the fuel economy? I will admit that I was driving rather enthusiastically for the first few hundred km's -- but since had a mission to improve the economy. As I said, my best tank was 14L/100KM - 16.5mpg. Should I try some*fuel*injector*cleaner? Any suggestions would be appreciated. Oh - Running premium unleaded 91/92 octane. Tried Chevron/Esso and Shell - all tier 1.

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Change you air filter and remove any debris from the air box. Then using a VCDS cable, clear your 01 Engine fault codes even if there are non shown. This resets all of the engines learned settings.

[SunDevil]

Yeah, the 3.0T isn't really known for it's fuel economy. You might want the VW software engineers to modify the ECU. I hear they can improve your gas mileage with a little tuning.

[dwalmop]

I just bought mine 3 weeks ago (2013 3.0T), and I've averaged 24 mpg in mixed driving to and from work. I'm fairly light footed 98% of the time. When I drove it home from OH to WI, I (and this is hard even for me to believe) averaged 29 mpg on the drive home, with the cruise set at about 78. No BS.

[yeuchau]

I get ~15 mpg, but that's 95% city driving