CnC SportCompact.biz Member 328 Member For: 21y 10m 27d Location: Canberra Posted 21/04/03 06:09 AM Share Posted 21/04/03 06:09 AM Er the auto shifter snapped off in my hand, you could call this a slight issue.. http://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/index.ph...t=ST&f=2&t=1712 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guests Posted 21/04/03 06:21 AM Share Posted 21/04/03 06:21 AM Are you sure it was the gear stick in your hand ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CnC SportCompact.biz Member 328 Member For: 21y 10m 27d Location: Canberra Posted 21/04/03 07:31 AM Share Posted 21/04/03 07:31 AM Definitely the gear stick, you must be reliving some of your past driving experiences?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbotrana Member 2,586 Member For: 21y 10m 9d Gender: Male Posted 21/04/03 08:59 AM Share Posted 21/04/03 08:59 AM I agree with the "green disc" theory. Some discs are worse than others. Even brand new DBA disc wont solve the problem. I hate shimmy brakes so I just use aggressive metallic brake pads that chew the sides of the disc off but at least you never have a pulsing pedal because the discs are always being 'skimmed'. I'm using Bendix ultimates at the moment on my work EA falcon and they really chew the disc up to the point that new discs will be required every second or third pad change. I notice the matallic pads last alot longer and stop better. OEM pads just glaze the disc surface and heat them up heaps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justind Member 90 Member For: 21y 9m 21d Location: Melbourne Posted 21/04/03 10:36 AM Share Posted 21/04/03 10:36 AM Trip computer inaccurate. They recalibrated it but still not acceptable so I have started a worksheet. I even ran the tank down to 2km left on the range and only filled up 59ltsI don' t think there is anything wrong with the amount of fuel that went in. The tank is only 68 litres and you have to leave some room for expansion.Commy's have a 75 litre tank and only rarely can I get more then 60-63l into it.Do you think we are running LPG??? That is more than 15% expansion. On petrol this figure should be less then 5%. Expansion in petrol is mainly vapour and is vented into the atomosphere when filling up. On a fill, especially if you fill up approx 45litres, there should be no varience at all. Allow 5% and it's miles out. My previous car got 10Km per litre with a 55litre tank and to my shame when I had 545kms on the clock I filled up 54.5 litres on several occasions. When I had 450kms I filled 45litres. Exact every time. This may be minor but it still isn't good enough in my books.It needs to be a little bit more accurate otherwise why have it at all? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superoo Member 340 Member For: 22y 3m 7d Gender: Male Posted 21/04/03 11:49 AM Share Posted 21/04/03 11:49 AM Trip computer inaccurate. They recalibrated it but still not acceptable so I have started a worksheet. I even ran the tank down to 2km left on the range and only filled up 59ltsI don' t think there is anything wrong with the amount of fuel that went in. The tank is only 68 litres and you have to leave some room for expansion.Commy's have a 75 litre tank and only rarely can I get more then 60-63l into it.Do you think we are running LPG??? That is more than 15% expansion. On petrol this figure should be less then 5%. Expansion in petrol is mainly vapour and is vented into the atomosphere when filling up. On a fill, especially if you fill up approx 45litres, there should be no varience at all. Allow 5% and it's miles out. My previous car got 10Km per litre with a 55litre tank and to my shame when I had 545kms on the clock I filled up 54.5 litres on several occasions. When I had 450kms I filled 45litres. Exact every time. This may be minor but it still isn't good enough in my books.It needs to be a little bit more accurate otherwise why have it at all? Oh...you're not running LPG? How silly of me. Are you assuming that because you couldn't put more than 59 litres in that there must be extra fuel in the tank because its capacity is 68l? Can't fuel expand AFTER you've filled the tank? Tell you what, next time your DTE reaches 2 km, keep driving it and let us know what happens. If you come to an abrupt stop not too far after that, then you can be sure that your trip computer is doing its job. FWIW, I do think the petrol tank could have been a bit larger to extend range but its positioning may have had something to do with it.Personally, I'd be a happy owner if this was the only thing I could pick as a fault. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redhawk ....Time to lay this fairytale aside...... Donating Members 2,657 Member For: 21y 10m 29d Gender: Male Location: In the Ferry on the River Styx, not getting out just yet! Posted 21/04/03 12:33 PM Share Posted 21/04/03 12:33 PM What problem??.........Needle go down........Credit card come out...........Needle go back up.......now drive more to get needle to go back down!!!!!!.......Wassa problem :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dagabond Bored Member Administrator 35,722 Member For: 22y 2m 25d Gender: Male Location: Dé·jà vu Posted 21/04/03 01:00 PM Share Posted 21/04/03 01:00 PM What problem??.........Needle go down........Credit card come out...........Needle go back up.......now drive more to get needle to go back down!!!!!!.......Wassa problem :D Hear HearLMFAO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NT TURBO Member 1,128 Member For: 21y 10m 24d Gender: Male Location: Darwin NT Posted 22/04/03 02:06 AM Share Posted 22/04/03 02:06 AM Does anyone have any problems with their T since they took delivery of it, which still aren't resolved.For example the alt. noise in the DVD since Dec. and I still don't know if my stupid alarm should chirp cause now Ford are starting to say it shouldn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justind Member 90 Member For: 21y 9m 21d Location: Melbourne Posted 22/04/03 11:05 AM Share Posted 22/04/03 11:05 AM Trip computer inaccurate. They recalibrated it but still not acceptable so I have started a worksheet. I even ran the tank down to 2km left on the range and only filled up 59ltsI don' t think there is anything wrong with the amount of fuel that went in. The tank is only 68 litres and you have to leave some room for expansion.Commy's have a 75 litre tank and only rarely can I get more then 60-63l into it.Do you think we are running LPG??? That is more than 15% expansion. On petrol this figure should be less then 5%. Expansion in petrol is mainly vapour and is vented into the atomosphere when filling up. On a fill, especially if you fill up approx 45litres, there should be no varience at all. Allow 5% and it's miles out. My previous car got 10Km per litre with a 55litre tank and to my shame when I had 545kms on the clock I filled up 54.5 litres on several occasions. When I had 450kms I filled 45litres. Exact every time. This may be minor but it still isn't good enough in my books.It needs to be a little bit more accurate otherwise why have it at all? Oh...you're not running LPG? How silly of me. Are you assuming that because you couldn't put more than 59 litres in that there must be extra fuel in the tank because its capacity is 68l? Can't fuel expand AFTER you've filled the tank? Tell you what, next time your DTE reaches 2 km, keep driving it and let us know what happens. If you come to an abrupt stop not too far after that, then you can be sure that your trip computer is doing its job. FWIW, I do think the petrol tank could have been a bit larger to extend range but its positioning may have had something to do with it.Personally, I'd be a happy owner if this was the only thing I could pick as a fault. Don't get me wrong I am very happy with my Turbo. I also have a great attitude towards life. It cost what it cost so why worry about it. I don't care about the economy the cost of petrol or any other related costs otherwise I would have bought a dawoo or suzuki. I wouldn't even care if the car didn't have the trip computer, but if it is installed then it must work. Pretty simple. My worksheet not only shows DTE is theoretically out by a long shot but so is the Average consumption out by an average of 1ltr per 100. This effects the DTE as well. I personally think the whole system is out by a long shot.I would like to try out what you suggest but as a general habit I fill up alot earlier and that was just a one off to prove my point. The manual says the light should come on when you have 10ltr left. In theory the light should have only just bearly gone on with 9ltr left. This is the first car I have ever had any noticable varience and I find it difficult to swallow that this is normal after so many years of proof on many different cars proving otherwise.Simply put If it is there it must work end of story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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