What Problems Have You Had?

[CnC]

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

[Guest]

Are you sure it was the gear stick in your hand ?

[CnC]

Definitely the gear stick, you must be reliving some of your past driving experiences??

[turbotrana]

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.

[justind]

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 59lts

I 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?

[Superoo]

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 59lts

I 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.

[Redhawk]

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

[Dagabond]

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 Hear

LMFAO.

[NT TURBO]

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.

[justind]

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 59lts

I 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.