Nodge68
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If you have a lead right foot you don't want a V6. At 6500 rpm it will burn 5 litres of fuel a minute!! Mind you you can't drive them flat out for long without breaking the law or crashing
If you have a lead right foot you don't want a V6. At 6500 rpm it will burn 5 litres of fuel a minute!! Mind you you can't drive them flat out for long without breaking the law or crashing
SES88
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If you have a lead right foot you don't want a V6. At 6500 rpm it will burn 5 litres of fuel a minute!! Mind you you can't drive them flat out for long without breaking the law or crashing
Dunno like, my old BMW's got up to a fair old speed...To be honest, it's probably more leaden now because of how slow the TD4 is, have to keep the pedal mashed just to get anywhere at a reasonable pace
Managed to end up with 9mpg in en EP3 Type R i once had, full tank of fuel on a Sunday afternoon on a B-road loop around Northumberland! Ahhh that was a good day
Hippo
Lord Hippo
So a 0 to 60mph max acceleration must use 0.5L or more?If you have a lead right foot you don't want a V6. At 6500 rpm it will burn 5 litres of fuel a minute!! Mind you you can't drive them flat out for long without breaking the law or crashing
Nodge68
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A lot more. Have you ever thought that the fuel guage drops after you have overtaken another car? If so then that's because it has dropped!!
My ZS180 used 3/4 of a tank at a morning rolling road session to map the ECU after the new cams were fitted. It's frightening just how much fuel fast revving kv6 uses.
Hippo
Lord Hippo
Haven't noticed the gauge drop any faster than usual. Is it really that bad for a 0 to 60mph burst? I once read in a hgv training book it uses 1 gallon to accelerate from 0 to 60mph normally using the gears normally. If pulling away in first and hitting the rev limiter before changing up you use the same amount of fuel in 1st gear alone. Hence betterer driving style reduces fool consumption.
Nodge68
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An actual 0 to 60 acceleration run probably doesn't use 5 litres as the engine isn't running max RPM for long, 2 or 3 seconds at a guess. I do know that the Android Torque App has recorded my full power fuel consumption at 4.8 litres a minute. Obviously you can't drive at max power/ RPM for long periods of time. So a tank of fuel does last more than 20 miles!! Just.
David Drew
Active Member
Finally got round to putting deepest tread depth onto the rear.
JC600
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Dunno like, my old BMW's got up to a fair old speed...To be honest, it's probably more leaden now because of how slow the TD4 is, have to keep the pedal mashed just to get anywhere at a reasonable pace
Managed to end up with 9mpg in en EP3 Type R i once had, full tank of fuel on a Sunday afternoon on a B-road loop around Northumberland! Ahhh that was a good day
I now know why you don't get good MPG............you need to learn how to drive fast without thrashing the engine.
Kizzeh
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Changed the from pads, nearly to the metal on one side from a sticky caliper, whoops! 3 siezed slides and a spun off bolt. Not bad from changing them less than a year ago.
Changed the radiator
Tried to change the vcu bearings and had a brain meltdown of the proper mushy pea type. Thought I better quit whilst I'm ahead before I got stressed out and broke something. 2wd for the weekend!
The glow plugs will have to wait for another day!
Changed the radiator
Tried to change the vcu bearings and had a brain meltdown of the proper mushy pea type. Thought I better quit whilst I'm ahead before I got stressed out and broke something. 2wd for the weekend!
The glow plugs will have to wait for another day!
Kizzeh
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Ah bugger, drove home from work and checked the rad hoses, bottom one is stone cold.
The temp gauge was normal, heater blowing hot air and of course i bled the coolant as I put it in. Hot coolant returning to the header tank, Either I have an extremely efficient radiator or an airlock. Bastard
The temp gauge was normal, heater blowing hot air and of course i bled the coolant as I put it in. Hot coolant returning to the header tank, Either I have an extremely efficient radiator or an airlock. Bastard
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Spacemonkey...
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I finally got around to changing the auxillary belt tensioner which had been screaming like a banshee holding a two stroke chainsaw...
See here for full report if you can be bothered:
http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/f9/finally-got-another-freelander-237094-6.html
See here for full report if you can be bothered:
http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/f9/finally-got-another-freelander-237094-6.html
Nodge68
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What engine?
Don't forget the same rad is used in the V6 which produces twice as much heat as the 1.8!! My V6 bottom hose shows under 20°C after a 10 mile drive if the ambient temp is around 10°C.
Kizzeh
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Nodge68
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Kizzeh
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Hmmm.... Hope so. It was a good 25 mile drive at 70mph. Wouldn't think the bottom hose would be stone cold. Warm maybe but not cold? Surely that would be bad for the engine? I parked on level ground and will bleed again in morning anyway. I shall at least sleep abit better after you said that.
