Anonymous Posted on Jun 21, 2010

Excessive fuel consumption volkswagen golf 1.8

I have a 1991 Mk2 VW Golf 1.8 driver (automatic) which is using an excessive amount of fuel - I can sometimes watch the fuel gauge go down as I'm driving! There are no fuel leaks, no excessive exhaust fumes and the car is running fine. It's a carburettor type, not fuel injection. Any ideas? Thanks in advance, Lee.

Anonymous Jun 30, 2010

Hi Dovotrad, thanks for your response, I'm not sure what type of carburator it is, I'm pretty sure it's not a Weber. I've been told it's a single point injection if that helps.

Having said that I think I may have nailed the problem now though, the radio of all things appears to be interfering with the fuel gauge - I turn the radio on, the fuel gauge drops; I turn the radio off and the fuel gauge goes back up again. Probably a bad electrical connection somewhere?

Thanks again,

Lee

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Hi, Lee,
you have lose earth connection somewhere.It is difficult to find.Can be anywhere.

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