Ecomodding and stuff: VAZ-2111 " the UnArmored Personnel Carrier

[MJamson]

I got a little side tracked from looking at how much oil I would need for my car and truck and trying to see if they would be the same grade, and I found this information about the biltema gearbox oils.

80W/90 mineral oil specs - http://www.biltema.se/BiltemaDocumen.../36978_TDS.pdf

75W/90 synthetic oil specs - http://www.biltema.se/BiltemaDocumen.../36997_TDS.pdf

The number look fairly close together with exception to the viscosity index

[Fingie]

my mileage dropped to only 33MPG when I switched to 95E10 gas (95 octane/10% ethanol).

my car seems to like 98e5 more (98 octane/5% octane). It's 6,4% more expensive, but consumes it way less.

The compression ratio is 9,8:1.

It seems that the engine management can take really good advantage of higher octane gas. How suprising.

[Fingie]

also, doesn't biltema have it's motor oils manufactured in a refinery that is somewhere in Sweden?

[Fingie]

Saw a 1.2 Subaru Sumo/Domingo AWD on sale.

[Fingie]

crustylicious cheddar cheese, changing to synthetic gear box oil netted me 48 highway mpg (US)!!!!!!

[Fingie]

changed to partial grille block.

also, Warwagon likes rainy weather. the consumption drops the most then.

reading about Reverse-flow cylinder heads. (8-valve vaz engine has this design)

[Fingie]

I have a lot of reads on my thread, is everyone quiet because it's a russobox?

[MJamson]

Originally Posted by Fingie

It's 6,4% more expensive, but consumes it way less.

It is about 5% more expensive here but I have not yet tried it to see if my ford likes it. When I lived in England I used a premium diesel and noticed the extra economy outweighed the extra cost. I should really give it a test, maybe in the new year.

Originally Posted by Fingie

also, doesn't biltema have it's motor oils manufactured in a refinery that is somewhere in Sweden?

Couldn't say who makes it now, up until a few years ago it was Statoil.

Originally Posted by Fingie

crustylicious cheddar cheese, changing to synthetic gear box oil netted me 48 highway mpg (US)!!!!!!

Really need to look into my gear box oils, I didn't realise that it could make such an effect

[Fingie]

buut mind that I've driven mainly highway, with some town driving.


i'll meter the MPG at the end of the week. (payday, I am gettin' all of my my debt paid.)

the weather is rather bad here, +5 degrees celsius and rain. I want snow lol.

[MJamson]

Originally Posted by Fingie

i'll meter the MPG at the end of the week. (payday, I am gettin' all of my my debt paid.)

Payday is never a bad thing

Originally Posted by Fingie

the weather is rather bad here, +5 degrees celsius and rain. I want snow lol.

yeah it is about the same just a few degress warmer.

I do hate the weather between -5 and +5, it feels so cold, wet and it gets icy. I would just like the weather to go down to +5 in october, a week or two without rain, then on november 1st it goes to -5 (or below) and stays like that until the end of march, then straight to +5, perhaps with a couple of days of good rain to wash the snow away.