STILL got crappy fuel consumption, and clouds of back smoke

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Took it out again early this morning for a quick thrash, it's like driving a different car. Blatted up the hill at 90mph and no smoke. V. happy, thanks folks.
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That will be your privately owned hill, obviously... ;)
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Leo jogged my elbow - I meant to type "70mph". Thanks for pointing the error out, Ray.
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Welcome :)
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Bump - OP edited, should have posted it as a reply.

Still got smoke and poor fuel consumption issues under load. Suggestions welcomed.

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Oscar wrote:Bump - OP edited, should have posted it as a reply.

Still got smoke and poor fuel consumption issues under load. Suggestions welcomed.

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I still have odds and ends from the old tzd if any of those would be of use Oscar?
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Roverman wrote:
Oscar wrote:Bump - OP edited, should have posted it as a reply.

Still got smoke and poor fuel consumption issues under load. Suggestions welcomed.

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When I was running a ZX 1.9TD I never got beyond the low 40's per gallon :( and never seemed to stop changing gears. I seemed to be forever changing up and then on hills changing down. Mind you mine was crap. :lol:
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I have to agree with fuel consumption based on my own experience with a 306 DTurbo. Never saw better than 45mpg, though it did used to go well.

Wasn't that smoky, but I did enjoy giving it a bootfull if someone was tailgating me. As a lot of my driving was city-based (which perhaps helps explain the consumption, though it didn't really improve when I moved to the sticks) it would build up to the extent that I could create quite a smoke-screen to punish tailgaters! More noticeable at night rather than any acrid clouds mind.
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Strange isn't it? People on this site occasionally dabble in ZX's then after a brief honeymoon period, get a divorce. :wink:
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Thanks for all the help and advice (sarcasm and smart remarks), folks. Four new injector nozzles later, it's running much better. Now, thanks to all the gibes and mickey-taking about buying a BX, 'specially from Steve, I'm going back to Andyspares.com, there's a proper forum there.
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I didn't actually mean it sarcastically - I just forgot the tzd had a 1700 diesel not a 1900 :oops:

I might stalk you on andyspares for a while though :wink:
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Not talking to you.

(BTW, text me your number again, will you?)
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