notol Team Octane Donating Members 209 Member For: 16y 2m 20d Gender: Male Location: Innisfail Nth Qld Posted 20/07/09 11:09 PM Share Posted 20/07/09 11:09 PM Now as an experiment slot her into performance mode and see what happens.Then try it in performance mode + Traction control off and see what happens.When I first read this I thought you were talking bout his Missus... or maybe you are... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronburgundy I love gooold member Donating Members 1,222 Member For: 16y 1m 16d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne (west) Posted 20/07/09 11:14 PM Author Share Posted 20/07/09 11:14 PM I did it Saturday night, driving home from a mate's place I got stuck at the front of many red lights - quite enjoyable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tab Sucker Moderating Team 32,303 Member For: 20y 9m 25d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 21/07/09 12:27 AM Share Posted 21/07/09 12:27 AM The car or the missus? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notol Team Octane Donating Members 209 Member For: 16y 2m 20d Gender: Male Location: Innisfail Nth Qld Posted 21/07/09 12:34 AM Share Posted 21/07/09 12:34 AM Maybe both...at the same time!! Legend! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronburgundy I love gooold member Donating Members 1,222 Member For: 16y 1m 16d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne (west) Posted 21/07/09 12:50 AM Author Share Posted 21/07/09 12:50 AM My head hurts.By the way, do you think I'm expecting too much of a Ford mechanic to know that the G6ET comes with only one transmission? I'm sure they don't work exclusively on FGs or even G6ETs but having said that if I was a mechanic surely I'd be 'interested' enough to have learned by now, about a year after they were released, that it comes with only one variant of 'box.When I was dropping it off and describing the issue I was asked what transmission I have in it; I'll give him the benefit of the doubt and say he was asking to confirm if I'd modified it. Although having said THAT... he was fairly well aware it was a warranty claim. Oh well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arnie9866 Member 9 Member For: 15y 8m 24d Posted 21/07/09 08:47 AM Share Posted 21/07/09 08:47 AM Sounds like that losing revs thing is a pain in the arse. Don't take any of their sh*t. Go Higher if you have too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronburgundy I love gooold member Donating Members 1,222 Member For: 16y 1m 16d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne (west) Posted 29/07/09 10:28 PM Author Share Posted 29/07/09 10:28 PM Well the bit of paper actually said there was a a turbo fault code. Then they test drove, ran it by the computer again (I've left the paper in the car, which is currently taking the kids to school) and the error code disappeared.FYI the fuel gauge thing was of course "within tolerances"; apparently they called Ford and Ford confirmed this, advising also that they were unsure if any update would be released in the future. Sheesh.It's due for 15k service soon (which I'll be taking to my own mechanic, not Fraud), I think I'll just spend a few bucks and get him to take a proper look at it. Absolutely no confidence in the bums at Fraud at all.I know I saw in another post, where people were implying that they didnt' want to pay "top dollar taking it to Ford so that some apprentice can look at it", and someone pointed out that they probably didn't hire JUST apprentices and young blokes. Whilst I accept age is not a specific barrier to someone being a good mechanic (or good at any job for that matter) - I was at the dealership for probably 20 minutes and literally saw ONLY young blokes walking in to the workshop... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wagnman Member 567 Member For: 15y 7m 29d Posted 29/07/09 11:36 PM Share Posted 29/07/09 11:36 PM The dealers dont give a crap. They just want to make sure your car lasts long enough for the warranty to run out then your on your own buddy.Find a good mechanic (Looks like you know one already) and pay them to look after your car properly. Change your oil and oil filter every 5000k's and do every thing else when the log book says it should be done and your car will go great for a long time.Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XR06T Silver Donating Members 4,146 Member For: 19y 7m 27d Gender: Male Posted 30/07/09 01:01 AM Share Posted 30/07/09 01:01 AM yea, im pretty sure they set the guages and dte to be very conservative.I got 80+km out of mine with the dte on 0, and when the needle was sitting on E only ever got 60L into the tank MAX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brods Member 433 Member For: 14y 6m 22d Gender: Male Posted 03/08/11 12:39 PM Share Posted 03/08/11 12:39 PM Hey sorry to dig up an old thread. While overtaking in 4th on the freeway in my manual bf2 I experienced the same thing. 4500 rpm then a sudden drop to 4000 then back up before I changes gear. What causes this? Had half a tank of fuel at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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