Sharan 2.0 Fuel Problem

[mugsy1]

Can any one help me,

I have a 2.0L N-reg Sharan

I recently bought a Sharan and have noticed a very high fuel consumption, i put £50 in the tank the other day and it all ready down to the qtr mark and i've only done 200 miles.

Does this amount sound right, i have had a mechanic check the car out for fuel leaks but he didn't find any. Only to me that seems excessively high. I've not been 'gunning' it either just steady driving.

Can anyone tell me how many miles they get out of there car.

[cbrpaul]

Can any one help me,

I have a 2.0L N-reg Sharan

I recently bought a Sharan and have noticed a very high fuel consumption, i put £50 in the tank the other day and it all ready down to the qtr mark and i've only done 200 miles.

Does this amount sound right, i have had a mechanic check the car out for fuel leaks but he didn't find any. Only to me that seems excessively high. I've not been 'gunning' it either just steady driving.

Can anyone tell me how many miles they get out of there car.

Sounds about right to me for a 2lt petrol !!! the " brickshape " areo dynamics dont help either ,


Ive got a 1.9tdi , and usually get around 500 + miles per tank depending on type of use , so I reckon you should get around 300 miles per tank , give or take !!

[andy e]

mate of mine has 2 ltr sharan petrol 18mpg round town, i have 1.9tdi and get av 600 miles to a tank just recently went to looe in cornwall from scunthorpe, round trip on 1 tank of diesel 710 miles, ave speed 60mph just love the economy of the diesel so as paul says about righr for petrol,sorry to say

[cbrpaul]

mate of mine has 2 ltr sharan petrol 18mpg round town, i have 1.9tdi and get av 600 miles to a tank just recently went to looe in cornwall from scunthorpe, round trip on 1 tank of diesel 710 miles, ave speed 60mph just love the economy of the diesel so as paul says about righr for petrol,sorry to say

nice andy , i had similar mileage on our trip from Bristol to Stives

One reason i went for the tdi , as I knew the petrol version wasnt too good on fuel

[mugsy1]

Thanks to everyone for your replies, it's such a pain that the mileage is so low on the petrol version.

Anyway thanks again.

Mugsy1

[manwithtool]

Ever thought of LPG.....Not too expensive to get fitted,, (around £1800) and then cheaper to runn han a Diesel...

[andy e]

nice andy , i had similar mileage on our trip from Bristol to Stives

One reason i went for the tdi , as I knew the petrol version wasnt too good on fuel

her indoors picked car she liked the colour!!!!!!!!

[vidfletch]

Just searching through old threads and came across this. My Sharan is a 1995 2.0CL petrol manual with 170,000 miles. It averages 30mpg which should be a range of roughly 400 to 450 miles.

[soldier2uk]

im having the same problem im getting 17mpg around town.
trying to resolve the problem now, i appreciate its a mpv auto 2lt but even so 17mpg is an under performance!! any ideas?