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poor m.p g ???
« on: Jan 19th, 2006, 9:22pm »
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my 2 ltr m reg ultima is only doing around 16 m.p g , and only just scraped through the M.O.T on emissions.. think it needs abit of tender ,loving care ... What jobs can the average bloke do about servicingHuh? will one of these bottles of "injecter cleaning addatives" work Huh anyone reccomend themHuh
   very thankful for any advice or tips...
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   kev
 
 p.s the 16 m.p.g is all stop/start around town and short trip to work ...not very often she goes on a long run Sad
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Re: poor m.p g ???
« Reply #1 on: Jan 19th, 2006, 9:43pm »
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hi there
 
here's a few things to try/do.
 
at least clean the throttle body.
http://www.btinternet.com/~madmole/HowDoI/Howdoi.html#Modify%20the%20Thr ottle%20Body
 
clean the MAF.
http://www.fordscorpio.co.uk/cleanmaf.htm
 
check the tyre pressures.
http://www.fordscorpio.co.uk/images/handbook146.gif
 
check that no brake is sticking on.
 
give it a service. oil is SAE 5W-30
http://www.fordscorpio.co.uk/diy.htm
 
hth
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Re: poor m.p g ???
« Reply #2 on: Jan 28th, 2006, 10:41pm »
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many thanks .....
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