Author Topic: wtfzzzz still runs (Read 7116 times)

RabbitJockey · « **Reply #15 on:** November 21, 2006, 03:30:49 am »

haha maybe the oil made up for the fuel, i know a guy that shoots propane in his 1.6td vanagon (bad idea haha) and he said he gets better mileage that way. around 36mpg in a damn westfalia, i think that's pretty impressive

AdAm84 · « **Reply #16 on:** November 21, 2006, 05:01:51 pm »

yeah i did a cheap rebuild of the top end of my jeep and ended up consuming like a quart of oil an hour. i talked to the engine builder who helpeed me and he said that the oil rings were shot and that thats pretty common when just the top end is done. so sure enough i tore down the engine and the oil rings were siezed to the grooves. apperantly the people who owned it before me changed the oil like every 100,000 miles or so, whether it needed it or not :shock: so now its getting bored and trued up.

jtanguay · « **Reply #17 on:** November 21, 2006, 05:06:14 pm »

i think around town if you accelerated gradually you could get 40 mpg... highway driving you'd definitely suffer though from the high rpm's... just like my gasoline powered golf

RabbitJockey · « **Reply #18 on:** November 21, 2006, 05:44:19 pm »

yeah my brothers s10 pick up is like that, on the highway even at moderate speeds like 60-75 it will suck the 20 gallon tank dry, and then when its done with that it will suck the oil pan dry, ***ing junk

AdAm84 · « **Reply #19 on:** November 21, 2006, 06:50:20 pm »

the oil i was burning was dissplacing oxygen in the exhaust so the o2 sensor was reading way rich which cut back on the fuel so i had no power. i might have had better gas milage (not counting the oil lol)if i had drove it more than a mile.

burn_your_money · « **Reply #20 on:** November 21, 2006, 06:57:03 pm »

I lose about 200 kms a tank if I drive over 110 kph, I need taller gearing

jtanguay · « **Reply #21 on:** November 21, 2006, 07:03:59 pm »

Quote from: burn_your_money

I lose about 200 kms a tank if I drive over 110 kph, I need taller gearing

what tranny code you using?

burn_your_money · « **Reply #22 on:** November 21, 2006, 07:06:46 pm »

4S, I think my winters are smaller then they are suppose to be though

RabbitJockey · « **Reply #23 on:** November 26, 2006, 08:19:09 am »

so now it has 400 miles on it, with the oil cap off it has less blow by than both my turbo diesel which has less than 100,000 on it and my dads turbo diesel which was rebuilt like 2 years ago, it runs good and stuff, and with the breather thing that i made for it, in a weeks worth of driving and over 200 miles, it didn't collect very much oil, you could see some spots on the paper towels where it had dampened from it, but nothing excessive, then my dad felt it was his duty to run the thing up and down the highway, he probably did a total of 15-20 miles on the highway going 55-65, and a spurt up to 70. when he came back i checked the bottle, and all the paper towels in it where soaked, and the bottle was very noticably heavier than when he had left, which it only weighed as much as an empty small soda bottle with paper towels stuffed in it... i don't know if it is just that the rings haven't sat on it quite yet (which i doubt because it runs so well and doesn't have blow by in normal driving below 50) i think it is the gearing+the recent rebuild that seems to cause this issue... i beliece with a 5 speed this car would be awesome... but i really lioke the automatic for the daily commuting, and i already have a buyer for it once i am done driving it in the spring, he wants an automatic diesel for his wife. oh eah, and now the tranny is making some funky noises, so we'll see how that works out haha

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