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Originally Posted by Eddie25
as you can see by the video I posted its too dangerous here to EOC. we need our power steering and brakes at a moments notice. Traffic rules here are more like guidelines. and enforcement of them is pretty poor. I do however switch off engine at prolonged traffic lights.
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It's safe to drive without the power steering if you delete it properly and brakes you can upgrade to last for 5-6 heavy breakings without need for your engine to spin. You can find know how here on EM. I've deleted PS in my BMW (my Polo didn't have it anyway), and I haven't noticed any real difference while driving except when car is fully stopped.
Brakes lasted without any changes (BMW) for 4 heavy breaking sessions before you could feel the difference it's almost the same for Polo. Maybe a bit less for Polo that's why i'm planning to build in a vacum reservoir into the system. Especially because I'm EOCing much more in Polo.
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Originally Posted by Eddie25
when the wife drives the Tucson it sits at around 11.5L / 100km. she has a short 4km drive to work and back and is always running late. also she doesn't know much about hypermiling. this week ive been using the Tucson. its about a 40km round trip daily and the FE is at 7.8L / 100km. its due for a major service so I assume it will drop after that.
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For 40km round trip you could have FE at the level way below 6 litres/100km IMHO
I was able to go under 7 l/100km in first gen of Toyota Previa which was an old gas guzzler
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Originally Posted by Eddie25
my fiesta is suffering however its also struggling with poor economy. I think a faulty o2 sensor is to blame. http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...ors-32048.html
vacuum gauges are purchased and following lots of youtube vids seem pretty straight forward to install. actually planning to install them this weekend if 1 year old son allows. |
Fingers crossed for cleaning your sensor and installing vacum gauge... How about SG or MPGuino?