c_me_drft2_slEp

i hav a s4 na fc and i feel its eating alot of gas. $10 bucks lasts only for 3 days from school to work wich is about 5 miles. i heard it might be myu pulsation damper because i smell gas after i go for a drive. well i dont know where that pulsation damper is located. i havent driven my fc because of high gas prices and the fear that it might caught on fire due to the gas i smell which means its leaking somwhere. i need!!!!

eriksseven

iTrader: (6)

uhh... What do you need?

j/k,

the pulsation dampener is on the fuel rail located underneath your Upper Intake Manifold (UIM). I forget which fuel rail is which, but I'm pretty sure it's on the higher elevated of the two... (lol). Either way, if you pull off the UIM you'll be able to see it. It's got an ugly yellow-ish bonnet deal over the end of it.

So, what you're saying is, you smell raw fuel coming from your engine bay?

Unless you have a major fuel leak, your bad gas milage is somewhat typical to these cars. It could be several things, but you should expect around 15mpg in the city and around 20 on the highway.

I personally get 12.7mpg doing mixed hard/daily driving. I've got a slightly mod'd TII though. You should get better gas milage with an N/A.


If you're saying that you travel 10 miles a day (there and back) X 3 days, that's 30 miles. $10 will get you 4 gallons (or so)... So yeah, you're getting unusually bad MPG, lol.

Good luck fixing your problem.

BTW, you use low octane fuel, correct? (it's better for the N/A's)

Jodoolin

Do not drive the car until you identify the cause of the gas smell. Pulsation damper failure is the single most common cause of engine bay fires. Download a Factory Service Manual and replace the damper if you are certain that is the leak.

Net Seven

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Cars dont eat man.. more like destroy gas.. see how an engine works is it burns fuel and uses the explosion in order to make the rotors in your engine spin which makes your eccentric shaft spin which is connected to you flywheel, which then goes to your transmission and then to your drive shaft and into the rear end. From the rear end it goes to the half shafts and those go into the hubs and then finally the wheels. The wheels which of course have rubber tires, contact the ground and make traction. As you can see this whole process REQUIRES for you to put gas into your car. Therefor, you NEED gas to make the wheels on your car turn.

KompressorLOgic

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well my dad drives a monster truck

Icemark

Exactly right!!!!

DO NOT DRIVE THE CAR if you smell gas in the engine compartment at anytime.

DriftingB26RX7

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ummmm, dude how much is gas down there, its 2.69 here and 10 bucks will only last me a day or so...you drive an fc what do u expect....but yea DONT DRIVE YOUR CAR IF U SMELL GAS

Net Seven

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Ya seriously I spend $20 daily. Drive to college and then drive to work...

CompuBob

I'd say thats normal.. 10 bucks in 3 days with little driving, I assume you start the car alot.. do you drive it cold? that eats alot of gas.
just because it's a small engine, dosent mean it sips gas!.. I get average 320km city driving on a full tank.. 450-500+ highway, on those long stratght trips.

Autocrosser7

Wow! I feel good about spending 30 bucks a week on gas after reading this thread.

apreludem

dont feel bad i get around 9-10 miles to the gal......no kidding either.


Anyways, do what jodoolin said, find out where the smell is coming from before you end up with a burned pile of crap.

bigturbo

After you get the gas smell fixed why dont you figure out yoru miles pergallon exactly and let us know what your getting. I would say anywhere around 18 or more is ok.

WAYNE88N/A

OMG, another gas mileage thread, lol

Node

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i get 13.7-15mpg (15 on a good few days of lightly driving)
usually about 250-280 miles per tank i think.
but dont remember been so broke i havent gotten a full tank in a while :'(

apreludem

by the way, i've never taken my car past 4k rpms...and i still get 9-10 miles to the gal lol

Adam

i was getting 9 mpg, I replaced the sparkplugs, Remember they Dont last long. they start making a weak spark after while. i replaced the air filter. Addjusted the tps. that was the big thing that helped. i am now up too 22mpg highway, few correct adjustments help. OH and Old catilitic converter wont help you any, Also get those Injectors Cleaned, However i never got no 450-500 miles a tank. that guy is smoking crack, (jk)