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solarpanel
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litres per hour
« on: Nov 25th, 2005, 10:54pm » |
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litres per hour reading between 1.0 to 1.9 in neutral, with hot engine, car is only doing 18mpg. it is a 2.3 auto. what controls the litres per hour on this car? and what should it be?
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Re: litres per hour
« Reply #1 on: Nov 25th, 2005, 10:59pm » |
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Hello, my 2.3 manual does 0.8 - 1.2 liters per hour when idleing and 1.5-1.8 when AC kicks in.
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Re: litres per hour
« Reply #2 on: Nov 26th, 2005, 2:12am » |
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my 2.3 gets about 23mpg average mostly around town with the odd 3 mile stretch of national speed limit. I was getting about 18-20 but then I added some fuel cleaner, the type that cleans the injectors.
I am new to Scorps myself (since last week) so someone will no doubt kick in with some better info.
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Re: litres per hour
« Reply #3 on: Nov 26th, 2005, 12:10pm » |
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got up at 6 this morning, temp 3.5 c started car, litres per hour 3.8 drove 1.5 miles,1.9lph,then drove back,1.5/1.7/1.9/1.7/1.5lph.could this be a fault with sensor in cat,the temp gauge is always in the blue but the car is hot.
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Re: litres per hour
« Reply #4 on: Nov 26th, 2005, 7:01pm » |
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Could be your thermostat is faulty, had that with my old Mondy.
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Re: litres per hour
« Reply #5 on: Nov 26th, 2005, 8:04pm » |
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fired up 2.0 today that ran at 2.6 lph then fell to 0.8/1.0 lph when warmed up so will try thermostat on 2.3
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Re: litres per hour
« Reply #6 on: Nov 27th, 2005, 9:13am » |
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Forgot to mention that it takes 3-3.8 after a cold night, and warms up in about 5 minutes, after wich the above post continues. It's normal at the start to consume more fuel because of the electronic chocke system. The ICV pumps a lot o fuel at start-up to keep the engine running till it gets "warm", so you don't have to bother like in an old car to keep it reved till the engine gets warm and doesn't stall.
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Re: litres per hour
« Reply #7 on: Nov 27th, 2005, 2:45pm » |
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been running car today the lph goes all over the place then it ran 0.8lph
at 850 rpm the engine ran smooth then the rev counter fluttered around the 1000/1100 mark and the engine note changed the lph went upto 2.0 it seemed to hunt then it returned to 850 rpm the lph just went to 1.5/1.7 and the engine note was different again.so it will have to go to the tuners
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Re: litres per hour
« Reply #8 on: Nov 27th, 2005, 9:40pm » |
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ICV could be dirty, MAF cleaning, ....and so on. Try the fault finding page
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Re: litres per hour
« Reply #9 on: Nov 28th, 2005, 11:41am » |
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Hello!
I have the same problem with RPM racing when engine is hot! When you return from tuners please inform us about the cause! It will really help me!
Thanks in adv.
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Re: litres per hour
« Reply #10 on: Nov 28th, 2005, 9:26pm » |
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OHC what car you got then,
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Re: litres per hour
« Reply #11 on: Nov 28th, 2005, 9:28pm » |
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octavian-p ive cleaned maf and aicv made no difference.
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Re: litres per hour
« Reply #12 on: Nov 30th, 2005, 5:58am » |
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Hello!
My car is 2.0l 16v.
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Re: litres per hour
« Reply #13 on: Dec 3rd, 2005, 9:33pm » |
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hi,missus went out in car broke down 22miles away from home,but she got it going anyway,when she got home i went round the block parked it in driveway and it stopped its took 3 days to get it to go.it was the wire to the crank sensor had broke so no spark at plugs,fixed it ok now,took thermostat out and its stuck OPEN so the car is always thinking its cold so the lph was all over the place £5.37 for new stat and its running 1.0/1.2 lph loverly so now its time to see what mpg is like.thanks for help gents
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