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overfuelling a bit!!

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hi guys

After driving back 750km from passau in germany i noticed that the fuel comsumption real world was alot worse than the display. the display said i was getting 7.6l/100 when i was driving between 100-110 km/h but the tank was empty after 420km!!(brimmed tank!) :shock:

 

So with a little time on my hands it was time to investagte!! :scratch:

Good place to start,the exhaust!

Bingo!!!

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Overfuelling quite a bit!

Right time to find problem :brickwall:

found one prob

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Only the most important hose on the car!hose was very soft and internal diameter is bigger due to wear.

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So off to VW to get new hose.Came next day

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8 euro

After last time i got a hose i decided to check length(last time they gave me hose 96cm long!)excatly 1m 8)

Then out of curiousity i put the old hose and new hose together and found a shocking discovery

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Old hose was two cm too short

 

New hose on,took her for spin and....

 

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all good again.......until next time :norty:

 

Which i/c should i run guys?

this one?

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or this one?

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Heh - yeah that hose is important and well worth buying a new one - good pics!

 

I don't know what it is but every original one I have removed from a G60 is 2-3cm short of what it should be - maybe they shrink with age / heat?? 2-3% is not hard to believe...

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Yeah i would have said the same too! doesnt help the most important pipe in the car thats made of rubber being above the hottest pipe on the car,great thinking VW! :cuckoo: :cuckoo:

Gives me an idea,what about putting a bit of heat insultator around the pipe,might make it last bit longer?hell im pretty sure that i could use silicone hose,so long as its tough enough? :)

 

anyone know what vw this i/c is off?bought it years ago never got round to fitting it cause couldnt decide which i/c to use :roll: Came with pipes too!

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other i/c is off a merc sprinter which doenst seem too bad a fit!

 

also this will be fitted until i start my little project,gettin rid of that leak prone charger outlet box

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and might as well recon these two babies,left one has had quite a bit of porting :norty:

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