View Full Version : Repost from A6/100 Forum: 15.7 Miles Per GALLON!?!! This keeps getting worse...O2s, right?


Fuzzbeaner
05-01-2005, 03:36 PM
Mostly stop and go, but some highway. NO accounting for those figures (I got 19 MPG 1,000 miles ago). How can I be sure it's my O2 sensors? Any test I can do?

-Jeff

Ghostfire
05-01-2005, 05:29 PM
o2's go bad around 60k. If you change your o2's donâ€<sup>TM</sup>t skimp, do a tune up as well. Whatever wasnâ€<sup>TM</sup>t done recently; Oil change, fuel filter, plugs, wires, air filter, possibly coolant temp sensor if its in the budget and whatever else gets done with a tune up :) A lot of times a MPG lose like that is from bad o2's but it could be something else and because our o2's arenâ€<sup>TM</sup>t so cheap you really want to know if there bad. So when where the o2â€<sup>TM</sup>s changed last? If it was more then or around 60k I would replace them, if it was less then 30k I would run the codes and see what comes up.

Fuzzbeaner
05-01-2005, 05:53 PM

Ghostfire
05-01-2005, 06:16 PM
Heres a link with detailed info on how to run your codes :) Best part is its free to run the codes your self all you need is a paper clip.<ul><li><a href="http://12v.org/maintenance/dtc.php">12v.org</a></li></ul>

Fuzzbeaner
05-01-2005, 07:05 PM

Ghostfire
05-01-2005, 07:16 PM
Honestly it sounds like you have bad o2's if you run the codes it should tell you if the o2's are bad.

Also you could possibly have a bad MAF sensor or T-stat. Its best to run the codes to find out. When you run them let me now what turns up and I will try and help pin point the problem.

IzarI96A4Quattro
05-01-2005, 07:26 PM

Ghostfire
05-01-2005, 08:02 PM

islingtonaudi
05-02-2005, 12:25 AM

IzarI96A4Quattro
05-02-2005, 05:06 AM

Jretal
05-02-2005, 05:52 AM
besides, it's not THAT embarassing to be in college and still use training wheels =P

Fuzzbeaner
05-02-2005, 11:48 AM
<center><img src="Http://www.evproject.com/fuse.jpg"></center><p>Low and behold boys and girls, I have no pins with which to check! Internal fuse box yielded a similarly fruitless situation. What do I do now? I don‼sup&gt;TM&lt;/sup&gt;t want to fry my cats. And something is defiantly wrong, because in this particular case I did at least 33% highway miles. This is really distressing for me!

Help!

-Jeff

MM120
05-02-2005, 09:32 PM

Slye A4
05-03-2005, 12:41 AM

IzarI96A4Quattro
05-03-2005, 05:05 AM

Fuzzbeaner
05-03-2005, 12:21 PM