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Old Feb 16, 2012 | 01:55 PM
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I have a 2001 Audi A4 2.8 liter quattro and recently is has only been getting around 200 hundred miles a tank. it has 80,000 miles on it, any help would be awesome
 
Old Feb 16, 2012 | 02:35 PM
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Have you done any maintenance to the car including; fuel filter, air filter, spark plugs, coil boots, oil change? I see a lot of broken vacuum lines around this mileage cause poor gas mileage along with lagging throttle response and poor idle. Are there any stored engine codes or recent codes causing a check engine light? We need more info to help
 
Old Feb 16, 2012 | 02:45 PM
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Is the check engine light on?

With a Vag Com You can check for pending codes.
 
Old Feb 16, 2012 | 03:13 PM
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No check engine light. A message comes across the display that says service and we just had the oil changed
 
Old Feb 16, 2012 | 03:14 PM
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And spark plugs were done with my last oil change
 
Old Feb 16, 2012 | 03:52 PM
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That message is at certain miles and will stay till cleared. The Maf and o2 readings can cause poor milage. Get some Maf spray and clean the element, replace the air filter and fuel filter then check milage again. My shitty 12v with awd gets about 22mpg combined to give you an idea.

If you are still really low, look for bad vac lines and consider new pre cat o2's
 
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