chris_w_65 Posted July 23, 2012 Posted July 23, 2012 My Golf has an 1800 injection (old K jetronic type, 1983) motor bored and stroked to 2L, it has a cam and some work to the head as well as a K&N air filter and performance exhaust. I am not an economical driver but I get 10L/100km
DJ84 Posted July 23, 2012 Posted July 23, 2012 My first car was also very thirsty,would sometimes get 15-16l/100km's,but that was because the car lived in the redline.
chris_w_65 Posted July 23, 2012 Posted July 23, 2012 My Golf has an 1800 injection (old K jetronic type, 1983) motor bored and stroked to 2L, it has a cam and some work to the head as well as a K&N air filter and performance exhaust. I am not an economical driver but I get 10L/100km The 1981 Porsche I used to own did about 20L/100km on the track Redlight 1
DaLoCo Posted July 23, 2012 Posted July 23, 2012 The 1981 Porsche I used to own did about 20L/100km on the trackMy car does that in town with moderate driving
Mr SingleTrack Posted July 23, 2012 Posted July 23, 2012 Hi guys and girls I know this forum may not be on the right place but I would like to hear what you think. I have a 1998 Volkswagen Citi Golf 1.3 carburetor edition, I bought it earlier this year as my first car. But I only get 7.6km/l! I had it decently serviced to check if some thing was wrong and they found that the timing on the valves was out, they tuned it and I can feel a difference in power. But I still only get 7.6km/l. . .I had the carburetor cleaned and tuned ass well. What do you guys say? Anyone that drives the same car that can give me any pointers? ThanksWynand There is your problem
STRADA Posted July 23, 2012 Posted July 23, 2012 service and re-jet carb.Air fuel mix sounds buggered.
Andro Posted July 23, 2012 Posted July 23, 2012 There is your problem Ya, thought about valve timing, one tooth out you lose up to 10Kw.Your car is much to heave on juice, If your car had a decent service have it dyno tuned at a reputable specialist, they will be able to tell you what’s wrong, replacing parts left right and centre will cost you a lot of bucks.
Jigghead Posted July 23, 2012 Posted July 23, 2012 I've had quite a few citis, great little cars. Even when I bought them new, they were never very fuel efficient, I think i used to get around 400km to the tank (55l if I remember correctly) Bear in mind that if it's a 1998 model, you're not likely to get the same consumption as you would have when it was new. also, i found that if it was parked in the sun it would "loose" fuel for obvious reasons and would go through it a lot quicker as well. I remember the 1300 needing to be revved quite hard in order to get much performance out of them, so this could be a factor as well. If it's the 4spd, this is aggravated even further. I drove the 4 & 5 spd models and always had an empty tank, could have been the fact that i was also a student and was often carrying plenty of mates around. The extra load probably didn't help either.
ChUkKy Posted July 23, 2012 Posted July 23, 2012 My car does that in town with moderate driving Eish Big old V8 me thinks, hope it makes you grin at least when you drive it!!
DaLoCo Posted July 23, 2012 Posted July 23, 2012 Eish Big old V8 me thinks, hope it makes you grin at least when you drive it!!He he
crasher Posted July 23, 2012 Posted July 23, 2012 It has a Kehin Carb the float is prob full of fuel and the carb is flooding this was common on that carburettor.The choke could also be stuck on slightly but you would have a high idle as well.Torn base gasket will cause idling problems and intermittent stalling. You could also have a fuel leak as stated above but I am assuming you have checked for dripping fuel. You want a free second opinion pop it into Hatfield VW in Bryanston and I will get one of my techs to check it out
Redlight Posted July 23, 2012 Posted July 23, 2012 That's why it's called a shity golf.it's 1971 technology.Get a Hyundai
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