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Re: What did you do to your mk6/7 today?

Postby bambi mk 1 » Fri Aug 31, 2018 11:23 am

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Tango330 wrote:Looking good Bill 8)

Took the Tango machine in to my Mate's garage so he could put it up on his lift and see if we could find out what's loose. Turned out it was my imagination :roll:

Little bit of play in the rack on driver's side, otherwise OK :) Does need new disks and pads on the back though :?


The question is, should I get genuine disks, or risk aftermarket ones :?: Don't want to end up swapping them again too soon, cause it's a bugger of a job :?

They get easier after you do them a few times :wink: :lol: Pagid pads and discs from Eurocrap are as good as it gets .Fight for your discount :wink:
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Re: What did you do to your mk6/7 today?

Postby Altransit » Fri Aug 31, 2018 12:56 pm

After Ned saying how much he likes playing this fuel light roulette lark, I thought I would give it a try instead of wimping out and putting fuel in it as I normally do 8)

The light came on at 59 miles
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And it was still on at 36 miles when I arrived home
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It wasn't in the least bit exciting, I can't see what the attraction is, but I must say that I was struck with the poor design of the fuel light. I was expecting it to get much more aggressive in response to being ignored, and start flashing repeatedly in red, or maybe something slapping you around the face to remind you :?: :?
I was trying to remember if I was supposed to be facing uphill or downhill when this happened, or was I supposed to be in the outside lane of the motorway :!: :roll: :P


Too many things to remember, maybe I'll just put more fuel in it :wink: :mrgreen: :lol: :lol:
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Re: What did you do to your mk6/7 today?

Postby loot » Fri Aug 31, 2018 1:32 pm

Al you should see if you can get to 600 miles :P don't think anyone's ever got that many have they?

You need to run out and deal with a load of shite to then feel excited the next time I think :-)
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Re: What did you do to your mk6/7 today?

Postby Altransit » Fri Aug 31, 2018 2:08 pm

loot wrote:Al you should see if you can get to 600 miles :P don't think anyone's ever got that many have they?

Add the miles left to the trip meter, and you have your 600 miles. That may be the first time I've ever done that, it's usually around 550-580 adding them together 8)
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Re: What did you do to your mk6/7 today?

Postby loot » Fri Aug 31, 2018 2:14 pm

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loot wrote:Al you should see if you can get to 600 miles :P don't think anyone's ever got that many have they?

Add the miles left to the trip meter, and you have your 600 miles. That may be the first time I've ever done that, it's usually around 550-580 adding them together 8)

No that's cheating, we all know the gremlins in there don't subtract correctly :? You have to actually drive it those miles :o
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Re: What did you do to your mk6/7 today?

Postby Altransit » Fri Aug 31, 2018 2:32 pm

loot wrote:No that's cheating, we all know the gremlins in there don't subtract correctly :? You have to actually drive it those miles :o

:lol: :lol: Are you saying that the Ford designed fuel computer isn't accurate :?: :shock: :lol:


The strange thing is that feeding the exact same figures from the speedo, into my spreadsheet, gives me a measley 35.5mpg, so the fuel computer may be "massaged" to make itself look good, as I can't see how they could be any different :? :lol:
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Re: What did you do to your mk6/7 today?

Postby loot » Fri Aug 31, 2018 2:37 pm

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loot wrote:No that's cheating, we all know the gremlins in there don't subtract correctly :? You have to actually drive it those miles :o

:lol: :lol: Are you saying that the Ford designed fuel computer isn't accurate :?: :shock: :lol:


The strange thing is that feeding the exact same figures from the speedo, into my spreadsheet, gives me a measley 35.5mpg, so the fuel computer may be "massaged" to make itself look good, as I can't see how they could be any different :? :lol:

Nah manufacturers don't do that, well not all of them, well some........ Ok you got me :lol:
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Re: What did you do to your mk6/7 today?

Postby ned » Fri Aug 31, 2018 2:38 pm

Your playing it wrong :lol: how far into no mans land can you get the fuel gauge needle before you run out :wink: 36 miles left in my head is at least 100 miles till doom :lol: :lol: N
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Re: What did you do to your mk6/7 today?

Postby Punto443 » Fri Aug 31, 2018 2:41 pm

f*** that! When my mk7 said 0 it just stopped within 30 seconds :?
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Re: What did you do to your mk6/7 today?

Postby Altransit » Fri Aug 31, 2018 2:58 pm

Punto443 wrote:f*** that! When my mk7 said 0 it just stopped within 30 seconds :?

Exactly, my son did this in his TDCi Focus, driving around confidently with 10 miles showing, telling me that he had "driven around on zero for ages" before, all of a sudden it stopped and changed to zero miles at the same time. As his luck would have it, he coasted into a garage, filled up, and it started second turn of the key :roll: :P
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Re: What did you do to your mk6/7 today?

Postby ned » Fri Aug 31, 2018 3:29 pm

Digital read out what's one of them, my crappy Vauxhall combo van was a bugger for running out of fuel, as soon as the light came one it stopped and had no petrol :roll: no warning or anything, that was a poor design. N
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Re: What did you do to your mk6/7 today?

Postby loot » Fri Aug 31, 2018 4:42 pm

:lol:

Why is it you lot just can't accept what that little pointy needle is trying to tell you? 500ish miles it forewarns you but noooooo you must insist on proving it wrong :lol: :lol:

And when you do conk out at the side of the road I bet it is followed by the mutterance of the words........ Ahh.
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Ah well, if you can't challenge the laws of physics, what else is there :-(
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Re: What did you do to your mk6/7 today?

Postby ned » Fri Aug 31, 2018 4:47 pm

That little needle is evil, evil I tell you and its a liar just like the brake fluid thing and the speedo that's a liar as well :lol: :lol: anyway the lower you run on fuel the faster and further you go because your van becomes lighter see, its all power to weigh wizardry. N
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Re: What did you do to your mk6/7 today?

Postby Tango330 » Fri Aug 31, 2018 5:37 pm

Well I'm driving to Lincolnshire next weekend, so I'll see what the tango will do :)

Martyn tuned it for economy, but I keep putting me foot down when some d**khead p1sses me off :roll:
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Re: What did you do to your mk6/7 today?

Postby ned » Sun Sep 02, 2018 4:59 pm

Tidied up the gauge wires and made a new front piece :D
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