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[neil74]

Refitted the fully charged battery only to have the trip mileage/fuel left thing tell me I had 200 miles left when yesterday there was only 80 odd..

[serek]

Fitted new Abs sensor to osr wheel, reset the codes, and drove to work...

Didn't get to the end of the road before all three lights pinged on

Two codes... 95 on the gearbox ecu and 05 on the Abs one...

Next step is looking like the ecu

What you drive now days?

[Doctor Gollum]

E39 525i in obligatory silver

Not for much longer though

[Lazydocker]

Just wait till it reads, say, 1/8 tank and put some fickin petrol in it.

Does NickW still do recovery of misfueled vehicles?

I still fix misfuelled vehicles

[Lazydocker]

Just wait till it reads, say, 1/8 tank and put some fickin petrol in it.

Yep that will kill it 

Only temporarily... Drained loads of them 

[Lazydocker]

Petrol vehicles seem to run on whatever you put in them, but I wouldn't put Asda diesel in the wife's captur, never mind a jaaaaaag.

Why? Comes from the same refinery

Ok, there are some subtle differences in the additives they add but I wouldn't worry too much. In fact I'd probably spend the money saved over a few thankfully on a decent lubricating additive as the lubrication is what has taken the biggest hit over the years.

[TD]

Petrol vehicles seem to run on whatever you put in them, but I wouldn't put Asda diesel in the wife's captur, never mind a jaaaaaag.

Why? Comes from the same refinery

Ok, there are some subtle differences in the additives they add but I wouldn't worry too much. In fact I'd probably spend the money saved over a few thankfully on a decent lubricating additive as the lubrication is what has taken the biggest hit over the years.

Not always a UK refinery tho 

However I usually chuck in supermarket diesel as around these parts its circa 5p/l cheaper...my Mondeo doesn't mind it 

[tunnie]

Petrol vehicles seem to run on whatever you put in them, but I wouldn't put Asda diesel in the wife's captur, never mind a jaaaaaag.

Why? Comes from the same refinery

Ok, there are some subtle differences in the additives they add but I wouldn't worry too much. In fact I'd probably spend the money saved over a few thankfully on a decent lubricating additive as the lubrication is what has taken the biggest hit over the years.

Not always a UK refinery tho 

However I usually chuck in supermarket diesel as around these parts its circa 5p/l cheaper...my Mondeo doesn't mind it 

When Tesco's diesel around work is 113p and the BP is 118p, guess which diesel I put in 

[Viral_Jim]

Yup, mine will be getting Tesco' cheapest finest and think itself damn lucky it's not farm foods chip oil 

[Doctor Gollum]

If mine cracks 25mpg it will be running on V Power

If it fails to manage 16mpg, then it will be fed left over vapour from the gas main

[Nick W]

Petrol vehicles seem to run on whatever you put in them, but I wouldn't put Asda diesel in the wife's captur, never mind a jaaaaaag.

Why? Comes from the same refinery

Ok, there are some subtle differences in the additives they add but I wouldn't worry too much. In fact I'd probably spend the money saved over a few thankfully on a decent lubricating additive as the lubrication is what has taken the biggest hit over the years.

It's more important to buy from a petrol station that has a high turnover of stock than worry about the brand.

[Kevin Wood]

Petrol vehicles seem to run on whatever you put in them, but I wouldn't put Asda diesel in the wife's captur, never mind a jaaaaaag.

Why? Comes from the same refinery

Ok, there are some subtle differences in the additives they add but I wouldn't worry too much. In fact I'd probably spend the money saved over a few thankfully on a decent lubricating additive as the lubrication is what has taken the biggest hit over the years.

It's more important to buy from a petrol station that has a high turnover of stock than worry about the brand.

Sage words indeed. I've been delighted on several locations to find a village forecourt in the back end of nowhere in the middle of Wales / the highlands / Ireland that sells super unleaded - only to fill up and find the Westfield pinks worse than on 95 RON. I suspect I would have been better off just buying the 95, as that gets some turnover, at least.

It might all start out the same, but, leave it in the tanks for a few months...

[Doctor Gollum]

Put the box back in limp mode...

Suspect the oil leak from sump has finally reached the plugs, so have acquired a steam cleaner to deal with it, then if I can reach the plugs will give them a scrub too followed by a dollop of WD40 

[henryd]

Put the box back in limp mode...

Suspect the oil leak from sump has finally reached the plugs, so have acquired a steam cleaner to deal with it, then if I can reach the plugs will give them a scrub too followed by a dollop of WD40 

Thats some oil leak if it finds the plugs on an E39 ,or are we talking electrical plugs

[Doctor Gollum]

  Gearbox electrickery plumbing...

Top of the engine is drier than the moon first job on buying the car was to replace the camcover and oil filter housing gaskets... And because the whole thing was designed by engineers rather than bean counters in Detroit, the plug wells have their own seals