Mine runs on a special blend of whale-oil and kittens.
is that why it purrs?
Paul Wootton
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Whale Oil,just wait till it Farts,should clear even a thief away!
Dopey
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Haaa!! On the very day I was selling mine, I was in the car talking to the new owner, with the engine running (cant make this sh*t up) got off the phone 2 seconds later........ Bong!!! Suspension......... he came took it as it wad, drove it home at 40mph, then it decided it was ok, and it wasn't the N/S/R sensor... it was the drivers' door.....
Henry_b
Think outside, no box required.
Won't make a nats cóck bit of difference..
I guess the only difference being is you'll burn slightly more than E5..
Super will stay E5 but i'll be damned if i'm paying more to fuel the beast £130 for a tank of petrol and £50 on on LP "phew" thats el-cheapo supermarket juice just because of some scare tactics about a fuel that has been around across the pond for decades
The amount of ethanol in the yanks 87 octane is eye watering and they've been using that in all types of cars for years...
Problem with our motoring journos that create these scare tactics is they don't know their foreskin from the eyelids..
Maybe you'll have to replace your rubber fuel lines, but at 20yrs old they're due regardless of the fuel being run, just make sure its proper fuel line..
And your fuel filter more often!Won't make a nats cóck bit of difference..
I guess the only difference being is you'll burn slightly more than E5..
Super will stay E5 but i'll be damned if i'm paying more to fuel the beast £130 for a tank of petrol and £50 on on LP "phew" thats el-cheapo supermarket juice just because of some scare tactics about a fuel that has been around across the pond for decades
The amount of ethanol in the yanks 87 octane is eye watering and they've been using that in all types of cars for years...
Problem with our motoring journos that create these scare tactics is they don't know their foreskin from the eyelids..
Maybe you'll have to replace your rubber fuel lines, but at 20yrs old they're due regardless of the fuel being run, just make sure its proper fuel line..
The engine will run a little hotter also.
From what I've seen, my wife's old citroen xsara 1.6i 8v would happily run 50/50 ethanol and 98. Also a client of mine as a clk500 from the mid 2000's and that is programmed to run on ethanol as a flexifuel along with another clients mini one turbo that is programmed the same.
The hotter running in the V8 would worry me a little tbh.
NJW5007
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Some of you my recall in the past I have suggested that perhaps my sweet little Rangie might be actually aware. albeit a tad demented.
I have to admit that when I made that post, it was somewhat tongue in cheek.
However, I took my Range Rover in to have some work done prior to it's MOT. The garage I used is well known locally and highly respected, but the area is a bit "rough".
Obvilously my Range Rover did not like it as we drove to the garage and parked and when I went to lock her, she would not lock. Thinking that perhaps the spare key was faulty I drove Rangie home where upon she locked and unlocked perfectly as she should do on the same key.
So I took Rangie back to the garage, parked up and locked the car and away.
The following day I recieved a call from the garage, "We can not get into your car, do you have another key".
Dutifully I took the other key and got to the garage to find that neither key would open the car.
Damn, what to do. The mechanic went off back to the office as he had not had a cup of tea for nearly 6 minutes and I walked to the front of the car with both keys in my pocket and said, somewhat sotto voce ( it's okay it is perfectly legal), " Listen Rangie, the sooner we get this done the sooner we can get you home". Remember both keys were in my pocket. At that point I heard a clunk from the back telling me that the tail gate had just unlocked, I took the keys out of my pocket and pressed the button and the car unlocked as if nothing was wrong.
Beginning to think that my Range Rover is a bit of a snob.
I have to admit that when I made that post, it was somewhat tongue in cheek.
However, I took my Range Rover in to have some work done prior to it's MOT. The garage I used is well known locally and highly respected, but the area is a bit "rough".
Obvilously my Range Rover did not like it as we drove to the garage and parked and when I went to lock her, she would not lock. Thinking that perhaps the spare key was faulty I drove Rangie home where upon she locked and unlocked perfectly as she should do on the same key.
So I took Rangie back to the garage, parked up and locked the car and away.
The following day I recieved a call from the garage, "We can not get into your car, do you have another key".
Dutifully I took the other key and got to the garage to find that neither key would open the car.
Damn, what to do. The mechanic went off back to the office as he had not had a cup of tea for nearly 6 minutes and I walked to the front of the car with both keys in my pocket and said, somewhat sotto voce ( it's okay it is perfectly legal), " Listen Rangie, the sooner we get this done the sooner we can get you home". Remember both keys were in my pocket. At that point I heard a clunk from the back telling me that the tail gate had just unlocked, I took the keys out of my pocket and pressed the button and the car unlocked as if nothing was wrong.
Beginning to think that my Range Rover is a bit of a snob.
Faulty reciever? Mine did this for a while and then stopped responding, I used two keys and eventually the receiver was repaired.. Also interference from external sources can faf with the receiver
