RayF

Help please? I have an awesome FG XR6 Turbo which I bought with 27800 km on the odo, and has given 5,000km awesome troublefree km, at least until a few days ago. Starting it as normal, the enginefired instantly, then died just as instantly. Same thing again. Third attempt, it was completely dead. Thinking it was a bad battery, I charged it for an hour, and on restart, it fired then died again, and on the next attempt, it fired, but the DSC fault appeared. On restart, it fired and the DSC fault disappeared. OK, back to normal, so I thought. A couple of km down the road I saw that all the instrument needles were horizontal, and they have stayed that way for the next 50km or so. At least it starts with no problems. All the fuses look OK. I did find that removal of the two instrument-related fuses replicates the instant dying after firing up, as per the original problem above. Any ideas?

I believe that with almost all engines, the ECU ignores the sensor readings during warm up, and so richens the mixture up until the engine temp reaches a certain value, from when the sensors take over the the richness reduces significantly. I have only jsut purchased an FG Turbo, and have not noticed this as yet on my trip computer, but I have noticed this on my other vehicle. After a few kilomters, the consumption reduces significantly. So if you are mainly doing short trips with the engine not yet warmed up, 18 seems very possible.

Hi Everyone Last Thursday, I picked up my dream car - an FG XR6 Turbo, September 08 construction, ZF transmission, Sensation in colour, less than 28,000 km, plus towbar and parking sensors, for $32,200 from a Sydney dealer. Its in genuine "as new" condition, and its awesome to drive! Why buy a BMW? I hope to improve the braking system soon, (Brembos or AP's I guess), fit some better power steering and transmission coolers, and later perhaps improve the ride/handling by new dampers/springs. I intend to keep it a long time, polish and wash it every weekend, and not drive it into the ground. Cheers Ray