What should i be getting?

My 82 1.5 golf is getting 21mpg does this sound about right? It has a horrible scorpion twin exhaust on it which is coming off at the weekend and am going to give it a good service to see if it improves, but what should i expect to get

apparently 32mpg is the going rate.
a friend of mine almost doubled his mpg when he gave his got a good service

My 1.3 gets 30mpg, if I'm careful!

Careful being 56mph behind a 40-tonner along the A38 - 21mpg is probably a bit low though 8O

Have no idea, when my mk1 was on the road i got 200 miles per tank with a 1.8 kr engine! ouch
Give it a service, plugs, cap and leads. Points and condenser If its carb (think it is) and get it all set up and go from there

Sounds a bit low to me mate. Give it a good service and that'll hopefully do the trick. Not sure what effect the exhaust would have on the MPG though?

Thanks guys service stuff bought new exhaust in boot then to find someone with a co2 probe I can use to reset up the carb n go from there!!

I get just about 300 miles out of my 1.8 cab non gti but then I do drive it like my 94 year old nan

That's nearly 30mpg not bad for her age

Better than the 180 miles i got to a full tank last week!

run some redex through a couple of tankfulls then
flush the oil and radiator.

do a really thorough engine service with decent parts and get timing and mixture (if carbs) all checked.


also check tyre pressures.

red-exed on the last 2 tanks, engine and rad already been flushed pal, but doing it again will do no harm i guess. Need to find someone or somewhere that has a timing gun to check timing and a garage for co2 probe!

Thanks for all the advice guys

Carb service

recently new webber carb pal, does need setting up properly though

Hi guys need some help please. i have an 82 rabbit caddy. i threw in a 1.8mp9i motor. last week she just cut off as i was driving now she wont start furl pump seems to be running. wat could be the fault..? please help

I get around 340 miles out of a full tank which works out at roughly 34 MPG in my GTI. And thats driving to and from work everyday, 45 mile round trip. And on a recent trip down to Maidstone and back I got 410 miles out of it, 41 MPG!

wondering if its worth putting in a 1.6gti 5 speed gearbox as i use motorway for work too!