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Fad
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Registered: 1st Feb 01
Location: Dartford Kent Drives: 330cd
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3rd May 03 at 07:32   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

i knew u were gunna post that
Pete
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Registered: 20th Sep 99
Location: Northampton
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3rd May 03 at 07:54   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

300 miles? I used to get about 200 miles out of mine........

Cheer up though, it could be worse. My Veccy does about 17mpg
bwbw
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Registered: 14th Feb 05
Location: Glasgow
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16th Feb 05 at 11:40   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

quote:
Originally posted by oztek corsa
possibly the lambda sensor not working properly and sending a wrong signal to the ecu and therefore causing it to put in too much fuel!can you smell fuel when you have just driven the car and stop,if so it could be a loose fuel pipe in the engine bay and only loses fuel while the car is running and any fuel that is lost is evaporated quickly due to the engine temperature. just a thought.


I smell fuel when driving, though theres no leaks when it's stationary (eg overnight) you can smell it really bad when the sunroof is open or the window is down a bit, I only get about 70-80 miles to a tenner worth of fuel. Was thinking about taking the injectors out and checking them?

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