PaulW
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Registered: 26th Jan 03
Location: Atherton, Greater Manchester
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AA Route planner says there is a petrol station at Loaninghead?? then NOTHING...
Only run floptimax/veetower in the corsa... and as its 250 miles from end to end pretty much, where the hell is a petrol station, specifically Shell, along the way??
Surely there has to be one...
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Superlite Ltd.
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Registered: 9th Jan 07
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Get some jerry cans 
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andy1868
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Registered: 22nd Jun 06
Location: Burscough, Lancashire
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what car do you have? will it not do 250 miles to a tank?
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Steve X16XE
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Registered: 31st Dec 06
Location: Barnsley, South Yorkshire
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Mine wont stand a chance at getting 250 for a tank.
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PaulW
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Registered: 26th Jan 03
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i have this...
just done a complete full engine rebuild (top & bottom ends) so the 1000-mile round-robin trip to tesco or whatever near john o groats for some crisps will run the engine in just nicely 
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IvIarkgraham
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Registered: 27th Mar 04
Location: Ellesmere Port, Cheshire
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if your running it in then you cant do silly revs! so should do 250 to a tank easily
and surely an oil change is needed after about 500miles?
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PaulW
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yeah I'm gona be taking the ramps, stands, 5ltrs of oil, filter and a container aswell 
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IvIarkgraham
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just fill up before you leave and then at the petrol station indicated an aa route planner
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PaulW
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Registered: 26th Jan 03
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have 3 planned petrol stops...
barnton (down the road)
glasgow
inverness
all roughly ~180 miles from each other...
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Nic Barnes
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Registered: 5th Apr 04
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you stoppin in for a brew i your going past paul?
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PaulW
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Registered: 26th Jan 03
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aye can do seens I'll be local your way while passing!
probably be in a week or 2 mind
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ChrisBoom
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Registered: 6th Dec 06
Location: Highland
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it isnt 180 miles from glasgow to inverness  , its near enough that from inverness to aberdeen.
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PaulW
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i was averaging...
actual distances:
me -> glasgow - 221
glasgow -> inverness - 164
inverness to end - 113
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ChrisBoom
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Registered: 6th Dec 06
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glasgow -> inverness - 164
Surley not? The inverness to end sounds right, as inverness is 70 miles from where I live, then another 40 odd is john o groats.
When you come to helmsdale petrol station, pop in, I might be working, when are you making the drive? Ill be there every day this week between 4 and 6pm, and most of saturday and sunday 
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Robin
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Registered: 7th Jan 04
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Are those distances as the crow flies Paul?
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PaulW
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no robin, there via a route planner so actual road length.
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davey_jack
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Registered: 28th Jan 06
Location: Horley, Surrey Drives: Clio 182
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when I ran me engine in mate, I started it up for the first time, let it reach operating temperature (about 90) then drained the oil and changed it, then changed it after 200 miles, then again at 500 then again at 1000. Now it gets changed every couple of months. Runs very smoothly! I would recommend it doing it that way, and definitely use the best oil you can afford!
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PaulW
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I always use gm oil, and change regularly as it is.
Already done 1 change since the build with just running the engine at idle to check for leaks, etc. next one will be done when I get to north scotland, then a final 3rd back home. pretty much similiar to the last corsa I had tbh in regards to oil changes after a major rebuild, just the other way up the country!
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Nic Barnes
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quote:
Originally posted by davey_jack
when I ran me engine in mate, I started it up for the first time, let it reach operating temperature (about 90) then drained the oil and changed it, then changed it after 200 miles, then again at 500 then again at 1000. Now it gets changed every couple of months. Runs very smoothly! I would recommend it doing it that way, and definitely use the best oil you can afford!
what did you do for rpm at different mileage? also what oil did you run the engine in using?
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