How much diesel would a Skoda Octavia 2 litre TDI use when idling for 5 mins?

How much diesel would a Skoda Octavia 2 litre TDI use when idling for 5 mins





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Chris|||Not a lot. Certainly not enough to bother measuring.|||If I was to make an educated guess:





It will do around 60MPG at a constant speed of around 60MPH. There are roughly 4.5 litres in a gallon. 60MPH is 1 mile per minute. The car will use around 75ml of fuel in a minute.





Now idling will use a lot less fuel than doing 60MPH. I would guess it would be 10% of the above figure per minute or 7.5ml. So I would guess the car would use under 40ml of fuel. The rate of fuel use during idling will be higher if the air conditioner is in use while idling or if there is a large electrical drain on the battery (eg headlights and stereo on).