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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: Taxi_Driver on 05 November 2006, 19:22:51
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Checked my tyre pressures today.....
One ok at 30psi
One was at 27psi
Other two were 25 psi
All nicely blown upto 30psi now.....40mpg here i come ;D
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40 :o i get 14-17 but there again my wife says i have lead feat
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Checked my tyre pressures today.....
One ok at 30psi
One was at 27psi
Other two were 25 psi
All nicely blown upto 30psi now.....40mpg here i come ;D
You should get that! ;)
I'll have to make a video next time of me re-setting the fuel gauge, then cruising @ 75 for 50 miles and show the result!
I usually put mine at 31 though, the book says 30.5 so i round it up.
Not using cruise control, and not hoofing it up hills, i easily get 40 on a motorway run @ 75mph...
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Checked my tyre pressures today.....
One ok at 30psi
One was at 27psi
Other two were 25 psi
All nicely blown upto 30psi now.....40mpg here i come ;D
You should get that! ;)
I'll have to make a video next time of me re-setting the fuel gauge, then cruising @ 75 for 50 miles and show the result!
I usually put mine at 31 though, the book says 30.5 so i round it up.
Not using cruise control, and not hoofing it up hills, i easily get 40 on a motorway run @ 75mph...
My 3.0 Auto Elite with 225 tires will get 32+ on cruise at 80, as much as 35 doing what you describe. The problem is that if I don't do any motorway I get 24 between fillups :( One of the main reasons is that it runs insanely rich during warmup. >:( On short trips it is in warmup half the time and just gulps fuel.
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Just been out today with a fresh tank of expensive BP Ultimate for a treat - 27 mpg at 75 ! I normally get 34 with this stuff in but need to clean breathers & fix emissions fault first I suppose.
I did get 40 mpg once - took a pic on my phone for prosperity - never repeated since.
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Checked my tyre pressures today.....
One ok at 30psi
One was at 27psi
Other two were 25 psi
All nicely blown upto 30psi now.....40mpg here i come ;D
You should get that! ;)
I'll have to make a video next time of me re-setting the fuel gauge, then cruising @ 75 for 50 miles and show the result!
I usually put mine at 31 though, the book says 30.5 so i round it up.
Not using cruise control, and not hoofing it up hills, i easily get 40 on a motorway run @ 75mph...
Will have to try harder ;D Usually @ 80mph on motorways it does 24/25 mpg on gas...ok add 10/15/20% for being on gas that only makes 30mpg max :'(
But then gas is only at the mo 38ppl so who cares ;D
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Checked my tyre pressures today.....
One ok at 30psi
One was at 27psi
Other two were 25 psi
All nicely blown upto 30psi now.....40mpg here i come ;D
You should get that! ;)
I'll have to make a video next time of me re-setting the fuel gauge, then cruising @ 75 for 50 miles and show the result!
I usually put mine at 31 though, the book says 30.5 so i round it up.
Not using cruise control, and not hoofing it up hills, i easily get 40 on a motorway run @ 75mph...
Will have to try harder ;D Usually @ 80mph on motorways it does 24/25 mpg on gas...ok add 10/15/20% for being on gas that only makes 30mpg max :'(
But then gas is only at the mo 38ppl so who cares ;D
Also petrol is about 7ppl cheaper than diesel at the moment! - Its taken the benefit right out of having an oil burner
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Just been out today with a fresh tank of expensive BP Ultimate for a treat - 27 mpg at 75 ! I normally get 34 with this stuff in but need to clean breathers & fix emissions fault first I suppose.
I did get 40 mpg once - took a pic on my phone for prosperity - never repeated since.
Will have to follow AA's howto on doing the breathers.....and see if that makes a difference....havent done it yet....coz since he posted the howto is been blinking cold out :(
I fixed one of my veccies the other morning at 8am.....0c ....boy was i glad the engine was hot to keep my fingers from freezing ;D
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My 3.0 Auto Elite with 225 tires will get 32+ on cruise at 80, as much as 35 doing what you describe. The problem is that if I don't do any motorway I get 24 between fillups :( One of the main reasons is that it runs insanely rich during warmup. >:( On short trips it is in warmup half the time and just gulps fuel.[/quote]
Whats yours like on start-up....does it fire first turn or does it need a couple of goes? Is it better if you open the throttle slightly?
Reason I ask is that I think I have an incontinent injector which leaks fuel into the intake after switch-off, its then too rich on start-up next time and fuel consumption is far too high on short runs but OK on longer runs. I have another injector assy to fit when I get time so will see if my theory is correct.
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My 3.0 Auto Elite with 225 tires will get 32+ on cruise at 80, as much as 35 doing what you describe. The problem is that if I don't do any motorway I get 24 between fillups :( One of the main reasons is that it runs insanely rich during warmup. >:( On short trips it is in warmup half the time and just gulps fuel.
Whats yours like on start-up....does it fire first turn or does it need a couple of goes? Is it better if you open the throttle slightly?
Reason I ask is that I think I have an incontinent injector which leaks fuel into the intake after switch-off, its then too rich on start-up next time and fuel consumption is far too high on short runs but OK on longer runs. I have another injector assy to fit when I get time so will see if my theory is correct.
Fires right up. There is no clear sign of anything mecahnically wrong. Even after 300 miles, no matter how gently I drive my avg mpg drops steadily for the first few minutes of driving. (It would not be shown in the MID if leaking injector.) It continues a bit past when the engine temp comes up, assuming that is not a delayed reaction then the auto tranny and tires may be part of the problem when cold. I think it is fundamentally a tuning issue of too much cold start enrichment, with a possible cold tranny issue on top.