What's the most amount fuel you've put in your Golf?

[greygolf8]

I had 40km left on the DTE and put in 52l Caltex for approx 800km previous. Thou the DTE changed from 60 to 20 depending on the loud factor driving to the cheap servo ... mmmm so 3l is still another 50kms.

Would the fuel pump sit in a sump such that its covered till ... 1l ?

[daft009]

filled 53.76l yesterday.
MFD said 10km to empty.

[samgti]

On my golf 3 diesel i got 56 liters afew times.
that was right out empty.i get 1250kms on it around town,there is not much traffic on the hours im driving,and i drive it as economy as possible,that i know of.i like to have a golf 5 diesel but if i can custom build a bigger tank or maybe a extention next to it that will be great.i dont know why they reduced the tank size from 60lit on mark4 to about 54lit on mark 5 a little downsizing for whatever reason.

[samgti]

Ive got 57 lit in my golf 3 diesel a few times but that was right out empty.and it doese 1250kms around town,90% of it on no trafic times
i like to upgraid it to a mk5 2.0 manual diesel,but wondering if i can put a bigger tank or maybe a extention tank on it.i know a place who doese this stuff but not shore if the mk5 has the speace for it.i took my golf around australia last year and that few extra litters came handy.

[craigy]

Last week I put 57l in my Mk V GT Diesel. I was on my way to Brisbane, the DTE said 70km and the roadsign said 80km to Ballina. Unfortunately at 20km to Ballina the DTE said 0. I was a little concerned by then but thankfully made it to the servo OK.

[gregozedobe]

Some people like to live dangerously !

Do you know that it is NOT good for your fuel delivery system to run so low (not enough cooling diesel going through pumps etc), let alone run out completely ?

Not to mention the safety issue of running out of engine power on a section of road where there is nowhere to pull over out of the way of other traffic.

[STV4SYT]

On a trip to mt Gambier and back last year i ran it down to 0. and travelled 16km til i found a servo, i put 54.5l in then.

I dont normally run it right out, but i was determined to try and break the 1000km from a tank, both times i have tried i have failed, first time got 974 Port Fairy and back to the Shell at Westgate bridge via great ocean rd. and the Mt Gambier trip did 947 or something.

[bluey]

My polo gets an extra 10L after venting (>52L into rated 45L tank). Presumably the Golf will too. Ventectomy is no problem for a diesel.

http://forums.tdiclub.com/showthread.php?t=46249
http://pics2.tdiclub.com/gwillie/VW/...tomy/index.htm

Rather than throw the vent parts out, I put the vent base through a few coils of spring so it doesn't seal but I don't have to keep the spare parts anywhere special.

[GoLfMan]

My polo gets an extra 10L after venting (>52L into rated 45L tank). Presumably the Golf will too. Ventectomy is no problem for a diesel.

http://forums.tdiclub.com/showthread.php?t=46249
http://pics2.tdiclub.com/gwillie/VW/...tomy/index.htm

Rather than throw the vent parts out, I put the vent base through a few coils of spring so it doesn't seal but I don't have to keep the spare parts anywhere special.

i didnt know about this mod!

will do it sometime soon I think, the most i've ever got into a tank is 38L, but normally I just fill up at the 1/4 mark

one day when i get the lill bugger to race spec, Im going to put in a 80L fuel cell! That ought to give me some range!

[bluey]

Bang for buck, it's the coolest/quickest/cheapest/most useful mod ever. There are detailed instructions for several different models around on tdiclub and elsewhere. New beetles are trickiest. Polo is easy. Main trick is not breaking the little plastic clip/tab that holds the white vent body in. Once you've seen what it looks like it's easier. The fuel flap housing is a bit fiddly first time.

After ventectomy, you can hear air escaping from vent during fill. Last 10L is a little slower.

(Can achieve same effect with more effort by manually pushing the vent button several times during each fill.)