russb
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ok heres the story....
me and a few mates decided to go anglessy camping, so i thought £20 will get me there and probbally all the way back, considering its only 60-70 miles from me... so i got to anglessy after about 60 miles and ....ran out of petrol  as you can imagine i was quite pissed off that £20 only got me 70 miles at the most, as it was steady 70mph driving!
so...what could be causing the overfuelling problem?
Ta
Russ
oh btw i checked for leaks, couldnt smell anything, or nothing set on fire when i went waving a lighter about around the fuel tank/lines
oh and btw #2 my car seems to when trying to keep at a constant speed say 70 mph the car judders quite heavily every now and again, like if i keep tapping the throttle very quickly for a few seconds, to stop this happening i either have to let off the throttle or put my foot down, but not for long, it just stops it for a while and just waits till next time!
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Dave A
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what engine is it?
how many of u in the car, cos the extra weight wont help!
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Kerry
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lamba sensor?
coollant temp sensor?
ecu?
try replacing them in that order
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russb
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there was only 2 of us in the car!!! and i will try replacing those kerry... thanks 
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russb
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i got a feeling it could be my ecu, because of all my other problems 
and its an X14XE btw
[Edited on 13-03-2005 by russb]
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Stu_22
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try the CTS fist as its easy and only £20 ish new
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russb
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where about is the CTS on the engine?
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russb
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just read in the haynes its on the inlet manifold...? recently ive had this off so its possible i could of knocked it or somthing? still dont know where it is though!
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russb
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is it this bit here 
[Edited on 13-03-2005 by russb]
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scottc1088
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this is probly why your car failed the emissions test, id get it checked out instead of buying the parts
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TOMAS
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I was chuffed with mine. This weekend ive been Leeds & Manchester from Nottingham. With 4 in the car + ICE and luggage 90% motorway miles at 70/80 I got 305 miles to £33 worth of petrol and its a C20XE!
Chuffed, amazed at what a massive difference motorway miles make...
Ive recently changed CTS and thermostat and it did make an improvement but 70 miles to £20 is wrong!! You sure you havent got a leak somewhere? It must be smoking at that?
[Edited on 14-03-2005 by TOMAS]
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russb
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Checked my spark plugs today and they were blacker than something really black!! cant think of somthing really black but if you saw em you would use them to describe somthing really black!
and scott - my car never failed emissions......
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Stu_22
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If you have an 8v engine then its on the left hand side of the inlet.
16v its in the thermostat housing just follow the big "S" water hose out of the top left of the rad and yes it looks like the one in the pic
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Ant
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I would first try ecu reset (battery disconnect overnight) then perhaps as mentioned the cts
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