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Good morning!

A while ago I was driving a 2001 Golf IV TDI small car having a 1.9 turbo diesel engine with 101hp.

I could drive this jalopy with 4.0l per 100km at a mile age of 360.000km. It was easy to get this car below 4.0l on certain routes.

Well on the other evening on valentines day, I was slightly hit by another car, at 60km/h frontal. My Golf was done, I mean it was a wreck.
Good it wasn't my fault and the insurance paid just fine.
So I got a 2005 Golf IV TDI station wagon (+200kg) with the same engine and 220.000km less. But this car takes at least 5.5l on 100km.
Not that I would complain about that consumption, just wondering if anyone has an idea about this margin?

I know VW in NZ ooouhhhh... and Diesel in NZ, like what?! But maybe I hit the bullseye here.

Cheers!

We have a 2.0TDi in the fleet, gives 6l/100km overall.
Nothing touches a diesel in my opinion, they're frugal and go like *stink* but don't stink & rattle like they used to.
360 thousand km?? Good to know there's that kind of life in those engines!

kiwi wrote:

QUOTE (kiwi @ Jul 2 2013,7:10 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Good morning!

A while ago I was driving a 2001 Golf IV TDI small car having a 1.9 turbo diesel engine with 101hp.

I could drive this jalopy with 4.0l per 100km at a mile age of 360.000km. It was easy to get this car below 4.0l on certain routes.

Well on the other evening on valentines day, I was slightly hit by another car, at 60km/h frontal. My Golf was done, I mean it was a wreck.
Good it wasn't my fault and the insurance paid just fine.
So I got a 2005 Golf IV TDI station wagon (+200kg) with the same engine and 220.000km less. But this car takes at least 5.5l on 100km.
Not that I would complain about that consumption, just wondering if anyone has an idea about this margin?

I know VW in NZ ooouhhhh... and Diesel in NZ, like what?! But maybe I hit the bullseye here.

Cheers!

What are the weights, you will find that late 90s cars and early 2000s were lighter then later cars, but that should not make a big deference. Prohaps you have the smart version that adjusts its fuel consumption after a month of being driven. That is the case with 2001 Mitsubishi Magnum deluxe (i think) friend has one.

What's the engine code in the wagon? If you lift up the carpet in the boot, somewhere you should find a white printed tag with the VIN code on it.
It should also have a three-letter code somewhere on there and that's the engine code, eg: ASZ (yours sure as hell won't be an ASZ)

Our Fabia VRS uses one of the 1.9 diesel donk as well - a BLT code variant specific to the VRS and this can achieve down to 4.0/100km or up to 12 when I've had it around the track.
I'd put money on the engine being part of the PD130 family (130hp, 320nm) whereas the first car would have been a PD100 so that's where your difference lies.

What transmissions where in the old and new car?
How are your tyre pressures? New airfilter element? etc
As mentioned, weight between the models could also be a factor....but start with the easy stuff.

It's the AXR 100hp. (On both)
Transmissions are the same. Tyre pressures could be a subject here. Also does the newer one have an air con.

Ye, these cars run 500.000km usually.

You're well within spec anyway, so just enjoy it.