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30th Mar 09 at 18:45   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

My 1.2 16v B has started to drink like theres no tomorrow and thats not even driving hard....245miles to a near full tank

Any ideas why folks??

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30th Mar 09 at 18:50   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

lol thats bout what i get out of the 2 litre in the corsa lol
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30th Mar 09 at 19:06   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Really isn't good, nearly died when i saw the fuel gauge lol
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30th Mar 09 at 21:29   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Anybody
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30th Mar 09 at 21:37   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

you checked for a leak?
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Wondered about that but I don't think so...(will keep an eye tho)

A friend mentioned if the cat had died...but would this give bad economy?
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can you smell petrol whilst outside the car?
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Well i got the car a year ago and when youre behind it you smell a petrol/fumy smell but thats bound to be expected...not a pure petrol smell like
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only when its running that is..
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when i had my leak i could only smell it while it was running cos the petrol moves cos of return pipe if you get me
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1st Apr 09 at 22:31   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Hmmm...

How would I go about checking for a leak? Like if it was high in the tank?
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1st Apr 09 at 22:40   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Go around the car with a lighter.

Na, just park on a bit of clean ground with the engine running, follow the fuel lines form what you can see of the tank forward.

But on the other hand it could be a problem with a fucked sensor or the like.
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Surely I'd need to have a full tank to check if there was a leak on up the tank tho?

I'd thought of sensors but thought they would have brought a light on on the dash...maybe not though?
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Fucked sensor (AFM, Lambda or CTS) would cause bad fuel consumtion.

1.2 16v's are knwn for eating hem as well
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when my engine was running ok, i get 120 miles to 20 quid and 240-250 to a tank, thats a 1,4 16v sri, high lift cam and chip, no back box though :S
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quote:
Originally posted by pow
Fucked sensor (AFM, Lambda or CTS) would cause bad fuel consumtion.

1.2 16v's are knwn for eating hem as well



Would blown sensors not show up a light on the dash though?
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1.2's are known for bad fuel consumption.

i ahve got a 58 plait mazda 3 atm and that thing just does over 200 miles to a tank driving it sensabley(sp) my old 14xe would do that on about £20
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my air mass went didnt show a lighton the dash and was causing a very low fuel consumtion

 
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