STILL got crappy fuel consumption, and clouds of back smoke
- rayfenwick
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That will be your privately owned hill, obviously...
Ray
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The Fleet (most recent first):
2000 Citroën XM 3.0 24V V6 Exclusive Auto (pre-MOT)
1997 Citroën XM 2.0 TCT Exclusive Auto (for sale)
1979 Citroën CX 2.4 EI Cmatic Prestige (slowly being restored)
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Welcome
Ray
The Fleet (most recent first):
2000 Citroën XM 3.0 24V V6 Exclusive Auto (pre-MOT)
1997 Citroën XM 2.0 TCT Exclusive Auto (for sale)
1979 Citroën CX 2.4 EI Cmatic Prestige (slowly being restored)
1992 Alfa Romeo 164 Lusso 3.0 v6 12v Manual (on the to-do list)
www.citroencarclub.co.uk
The Fleet (most recent first):
2000 Citroën XM 3.0 24V V6 Exclusive Auto (pre-MOT)
1997 Citroën XM 2.0 TCT Exclusive Auto (for sale)
1979 Citroën CX 2.4 EI Cmatic Prestige (slowly being restored)
1992 Alfa Romeo 164 Lusso 3.0 v6 12v Manual (on the to-do list)
www.citroencarclub.co.uk
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What he /\ saidRoverman wrote:Buy a a BX?Oscar wrote:Bump - OP edited, should have posted it as a reply.
Still got smoke and poor fuel consumption issues under load. Suggestions welcomed.
Oscar
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.
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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.
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.
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.
(Red BX 1.7TZD ("Well, it is a style icon" - Tom Sheppard)) "Was", Tom, "was"