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(Message started by: whamburto on Apr 24^th, 2006, 9:18am)

Title: fuel consumption/dash dials
Post by whamburto on Apr 24^th, 2006, 9:18am

hey gang,awhile since ive posted but needing advice on a couple of things..1st-im putting in £30 worth of petrol every week and im getting roughly 150ish miles to ~£30,is that about right???ive got a 2.9l,24v mreg with 80k,it was fully serviced in december with alot of new stuff put on it before i bought it,i live in the country,always in economy and dont go over 50mph..what do you reckon?another thing,fuel and thermo level r stuck at half 4 half the day when i 1st start it up,what is this a sign off,any help/advice would be great...thanks ;)

Title: Re: fuel consumption/dash dials
Post by bootiful-scorpios on Apr 24^th, 2006, 9:36am

your petrol sound about right if most trips you do are shorter ones , i find sports mode sometimes help petrol as it dont change up and down all the time it use 3 gears but hold them longer , and i find the car a lot more eager so foot dont hve to hold down so far or for so long get lots of coasting in sports lol often showing 99.1 mpg lol sorry i cant help you with ya other thing you want to know but some one will soon tell you .

Title: Re: fuel consumption/dash dials
Post by Dave on Apr 24^th, 2006, 9:56am

Re the gauges sitting at halfway it is a known problem, have a look at this:

http://www.fordscorpio.co.uk/coolanttempgauge.htm

As above, the fuel consumptions sounds about right. Always worth cleaning the MAF and idle valve. Fresh oil helps my mpg too!!

:)

Title: Re: fuel consumption/dash dials
Post by whamburto on Apr 24^th, 2006, 10:04am

thanks for that dave,read the link but i aint got a scooby what its all about....i put petrol in it and pump the tyres...thats my knowledge of cars im afraid... :P

Title: Re: fuel consumption/dash dials
Post by sector-9 on Apr 24^th, 2006, 11:26pm

In English it means that the back of the dials short out sometimes and you have to remove a little bit of the solder to stop it from happening. That's the easy part - getting the instrument cluster out is the fun part (and if you do, don't lay it face down!)

Darren

Title: Re: fuel consumption/dash dials
Post by whamburto on Apr 25^th, 2006, 12:27am

thanks scorpio-9 for the help,so to clarify the dials being stuck,is it doing the car any damage?only seems to stick in cold weather and within a hour or 2 its working normally again,i am not mechanical so is this a expensive fix or just more a nuisance??

Title: Re: fuel consumption/dash dials
Post by Dave on Apr 25^th, 2006, 9:30am

It won't do the car any damage as such, the problem would be if you either ran out of petrol and didn't know about it or, more seriously, the car started to overheat as the gauge would still read normal :o

Title: Re: fuel consumption/dash dials
Post by trogg on Apr 25^th, 2006, 11:47am

hi just wanted to say i get simalar returns from my 2 ltr 16 valve. i too use £30 a week i petrol.

Title: Re: fuel consumption/dash dials
Post by whamburto on Apr 25^th, 2006, 12:16pm

well dave,troog,scorpio-9,sally,etc(and me)ive one thing to say...we must be all off our heads!!its a great car,the 2.9l 24v is a big touring comfy car but.....im starting to think is it worth all this petrol??hmm my mates stays 60miles along the motorway...even if iput £20+ in car im red lighting it abit of the way home!!its testing my love of the car....thanks for everyones input... 8)