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Originally Posted by Jeremy5848
OM606 glow plugs have a long reach because of the DOHC head design. Consequently, there is a lot more glow plug body to get carboned-up and stuck in the head. ...I have not had a problem but others have had glow plugs break off in the head.
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Good to know. Pb Blaster gets a good bit of use in my garage.
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Originally Posted by Jeremy5848
My average in mostly city driving (3 years, 25,000 miles) is 26.9 MPG with a high of about 32 MPG. This is mostly on B20 biodiesel and occasionally D2 if we're on the road and can't find anyone selling biodiesel.
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Not bad. My commute is literally as follows:
1) Start car.
2) Drive 1/4 mile down street to highway onramp.
3) Drive ~73 miles on 70mph interstate (typically @~78mph)
4) Take ~1 miles side roads to parking lot.
repeat from 4->1 for return trip. It's a flat, boring drive. I reckon I will see higher than the average owner's mpg with this usage.
Around home to go to the store and such I usually jump in my wife's Volvo V50 T5 as it is a far more entertaining for quick jaunts.
Currently I track mpg mathematically and fill till visible in the filler neck every time. I track my Golf over at fuelly.com (though I haven't updated in awhile)... not too many E300's on there.
typically if I remember I use an update off my smartphone.