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schakal
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Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2005 9:50 am

got a speedo cable fitted today and can read all the info from the trip comp unfortunately, it says 19-20 mpg driving in town in 2nd and 3rd gears under 3k rpm ,is this about right or have i got a majorly fecked engine ??????
Neal
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Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2005 10:14 am

should be getting more than that, i can only just push mine under 20mpg by making a concerted effort to rag the arse off it, slowing down, accelerating hard etc
schakal
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Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2005 10:51 am

well the engine seem to be running sweet as ferk to be honest ,just been serviced and all as well . can it be a wrong reading from the computer ?
Gentle Ben
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Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2005 11:06 am

Doesn't the economy guage work based on averages?

I believe you can reset the ECU to get a more accurate reading.
Neal
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Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2005 11:10 am

it works on a rolling basis so even if it was messed up it would sort itself out after a certain time.

If you twist the little knob it resets all the parameters though, but im sure Schakal has already tried that....
schakal
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Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2005 11:22 am

Neal 19 16v wrote:
it works on a rolling basis so even if it was messed up it would sort itself out after a certain time.

If you twist the little knob it resets all the parameters though, but im sure Schakal has already tried that....


schakal have tried everything mate, and believe it or not schakal does not give a shit about what the computer says .
now the milage is running as well ,i can easily do the calculation myself .the same bloody computer shows the outside heat as 122 degrees celcius as well Laughing
huwwatkins
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Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2005 11:28 am

Work it out off the fuel guage , the trip in my old 16v was useless....way out.
Neal
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Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2005 11:38 am

yeah the old 122 temperature is standard - knackered sensor in the wing mirror.

Mine works Very Happy
schakal
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Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2005 11:44 am

i cleaned the sensor before fitting but it doesn ot seem to work ,it must be ferked ,well who cares Laughing
Wicked Neo
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Joined: 04 Jan 2005
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Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2005 11:53 am

my sensor works too Smile

quite rare apparently that they do work and oooo look schaks, 2 BLUE 19's with the sensor that works . . .

muhahaha
Dan
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Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2005 12:47 pm

my Black ph1 had a working sensor! Razz
huwwatkins
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Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2005 2:43 pm

My red one has a working sensor too! My old blue one's did too....so thats 3 Blue 19's with working sensor Wink
schakal
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Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2005 11:41 pm

Wicked Neo wrote:
my sensor works too Smile

quite rare apparently that they do work and oooo look schaks, 2 BLUE 19's with the sensor that works . . .

muhahaha


i have 3 spare sensors that i never got around testing ,i will bother someday Laughing muhahhaaa

on the way to work the mpg reading went up from 20 to 32 in 7 miles ,fecking improvement ehh ????????
i have also seen 55.4 mpg at the point i resetted the computer while driving Laughing

utter shite Mad
Chris H
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Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2005 12:06 am

my white chammy has a working sensor.

Taking the 4 of us (JB, Neal, Alan and me) up to 120 got my clocks reading 19mpg.
R1916S
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Joined: 23 Jan 2005
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Posted: Sat Sep 03, 2005 2:36 pm

Do`nt forget to check wots going on on the other side of the windscreen when your playing with this shit Rolling Eyes
huwwatkins
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Posted: Sat Sep 03, 2005 2:55 pm

R1916S wrote:
Do`nt forget to check wots going on on the other side of the windscreen when your playing with this shit Rolling Eyes


Why? Is that important? Wink
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