I recently traded in my 1.9PD Octavia for a Scout. Its a great car and I love driving it. However I have a question for fellow Scout owners. What MPG are you getting ? Mine is showing around 40 to 42 mpg average on the computer but the reality is that its doing about 430 miles on a full tank and that's really nursing it. Latest actual tank to tank calculation was 36mpg. My old 1.9 never dropped below 46mpg and usually averaged about 50mpg, doing the same routes etc. I knew there would be a cost to getting the 4x4 but am beginning to think it may have a fault, how does it compare ? Cheers.

Edited 14 March, 201313 yr by classic

I seem to be getting 40-45mpg out of my 2L 4x4 (not a Scout) but I have only filled it up about 5 times so far and the economy seems to be improving.

See my fuely in my sig, long tern average 46, lowest around 36 and highest around 56, if you're struggling to get into the 40's then I would say something isn't right, I can generally get low 40's pottering around town.

After calibrating my fuel computer (was ~6% optimistic) I was getting around 45mpg on the normal tank-fill. General range I think was 43-48mpg.

Remapped yesterday, so we'll see if that improves.

Manual or DSG?

On a run usually see high 40s to low 50s.

Sarge.

A number of factors can affect fuelling and result in increased consumption but not always show on a diagnostic computer if the sensors are still outputting numbers that make sense to the ECU. I would be checking the MAF and also the fuel temperature sensor, both are easy to replace. Used to get 550 miles out of a tank on a run with my old PD140 MK2 Octavia (non scout).

The scout also IIRC has a DPF in the exhaust (the only PD140 to do so) and as a may have to actively regenerate it depending on your driving cycle, this also uses extra fuel.

Thanks for the replies. Usual driving is a 40 mile round trip commute each day, apart from the first mile its all A roads. To get an average of 46.1, like Anddenton, I would have to drive like there was an egg on the throttle pedal and not go over 50mph !

I don't expect miracles but I did think it would be better. One thing I have noticed is that it idles at exactly 1000rpm (fully warmed up) which seems a tad high ?

Thanks for the replies. Usual driving is a 40 mile round trip commute each day, apart from the first mile its all A roads. To get an average of 46.1, like Anddenton, I would have to drive like there was an egg on the throttle pedal and not go over 50mph !

I don't expect miracles but I did think it would be better. One thing I have noticed is that it idles at exactly 1000rpm (fully warmed up) which seems a tad high ?

1000rpm is definitely high, mine idles at approx 850 rpm and even when doing a regen only rises to around 900 to 950. I'm thinking potentially the fuel temp sender as mannyo suggested as this I think would account for the fast idle speed.

When in the office my round trip is also 40 miles and I generally get around 50mpg in one direction and 45 in the other (Trip computer calibrated with VCDS) but there is a 170meter drop between my house and the office which accounts for the difference.

If you click on the fuelly link below I think you should be able to see all of the stats for my fill ups.

Edited 15 March, 201313 yr by Anddenton

My 4x4 PD140 gets about 42mpg. Never ever seen anything over 45 (real brim to brim). It hasn't had its DPF removed yet.

1000rpm is definitely high, mine idles at approx 850 rpm and even when doing a regen only rises to around 900 to 950. I'm thinking potentially the fuel temp sender as mannyo suggested as this I think would account for the fast idle speed.

When in the office my round trip is also 40 miles and I generally get around 50mpg in one direction and 45 in the other (Trip computer calibrated with VCDS) but there is a 170meter drop between my house and the office which accounts for the difference.

If you click on the fuelly link below I think you should be able to see all of the stats for my fill ups.

Thanks very much for that - will have to get it checked. Cheers for the fast replies

DPF deleted & driven at around legal speeds & 80 on the motorway I see low 40's, in town obviously less, driven like a granny I have scraped 50. A 10 mile thrash last night touching xxx mph saw 28. Its definately a lot thirstier than our Mk 1 1.9, that would always do a whisker over 50 Remember its heavier than the 1.9 due to extra 4x4 mechanicalls etc & being taller has more drag

Edited 15 March, 201313 yr by Stuart_J

I recently traded in my 1.9PD Octavia for a Scout. Its a great car and I love driving it. However I have a question for fellow Scout owners. What MPG are you getting ? Mine is showing around 40 to 42 mpg average on the computer but the reality is that its doing about 430 miles on a full tank and that's really nursing it. Latest actual tank to tank calculation was 36mpg. My old 1.9 never dropped below 46mpg and usually averaged about 50mpg, doing the same routes etc. I knew there would be a cost to getting the 4x4 but am beginning to think it may have a fault, how does it compare ? Cheers.

36mpg is a bit low for the Scout. I usually get about 43mpg even with lots of 5-10 min runs to work. I would check for binding brakes, it may be worth changing the Fuel and air filters if this hasnt been done.

Mark

How many miles had yours on it when you got it? Ours was new and only had a few demo miles on it, so for the first 5-6k, it was only in the high 30's. Our Scout then seemed to settle down and average low 40's, but more recently I've started to get over 50 on some of my regular commutes. That's calculated by mileage and brim to brim fuelling as against via the maxidot. Round town can be exceptionally low if the engine is cold, and I can soon reduce the economy in sports or manual mode!

Ours was new it is the 6sp manual. It took a while for the engine to bed in and give a consistent fuel consumption. This was helped greatly by touring Scotland with the caravan when it was a couple of months old.

If I'm driving like a saint 50mpg is easily achievable in summer,but you need to keep the speed down. Over 60mph makes a big difference.

BTW the computer is 11% optimistic.

Mark

Our PD Scout has averaged out at 38.51mpg since early 2011 to now.

Short journey's, 5.4 miles to work and another 5.4 miles back with occasional longer runs at the weekend.

Ours was new it is the 6sp manual. It took a while for the engine to bed in and give a consistent fuel consumption. This was helped greatly by touring Scotland with the caravan when it was a couple of months old.

If I'm driving like a saint 50mpg is easily achievable in summer,but you need to keep the speed down. Over 60mph makes a big difference.

BTW the computer is 11% optimistic.

Mark

Yeah, we did a touring holiday round Cornwall shortly after buying it, fully loaded with 3 mountain bikes on the roof, 70 on the motorways there and back and we were in the low 30's! Got me worried for a while. Bikes on the roof makes a massive difference, more than any other car I've had.

Our PD Scout has averaged out at 38.51mpg since early 2011 to now.

Short journey's, 5.4 miles to work and another 5.4 miles back with occasional longer runs at the weekend.

I make a lot of runs in mine that are about 25km total. Basically 7 miles there, same back. One way my fuel economy is pretty much exactly yours. But the return trip with an already warm engine sees it drop to around 6.5l/100km over the trip. I've snuck under 6 in very hot weather.

Regularly see 50 on my display driving 20+ mile to the nearest big town. That's with knobbly AT/R tyres that are 245/45 R 18 - so 20mm wider and 10mm higher ride height. Sure my actual MPG will be less than the display shows (assuming normal 225/50 R 17s) but I reckon the discrepancy is roughly cancelled out. GPS speed on these larger tyres is the same as the speedo and I can't be bothered to do a VCDS adjustment for MPG as it's the relative comparison that I work on i.e. if it's going down significantly - something's amiss.

Regular 200+ motorway trip yields about 45.

My Scout averages 38.5mpg.

My trip computer tells me I'm averaging 46mpg.

More than a slight discrepency then!

Moral of the story, only manual calculations can be trusted as a truly accurate reading.

My Scout averages 38.5mpg.

My trip computer tells me I'm averaging 46mpg.

More than a slight discrepency then!

Moral of the story, only manual calculations can be trusted as a truly accurate reading.

My trip computer only does that days running and not total tank. I ran a scangauge for the first 5 tanks or so and the running total on the scangauge was what let let calibrate the scangauge to the fill-up distances/volumes. Once I had the scangauge dialled in I simply tweaked the readout via VCDS to match. It took a 6% reduction to match.

I log each tank manually as well.

I'm not sure how you could calibrate the trip computer without having a second method to log the ECU's full tank mpg.

Edited 18 March, 201313 yr by Kiwibacon