Using Fuel - Page 2

JC · 14-08-2009, 10:23 PM

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Originally Posted by RG

I interpreted it as "Pull the battery terminals off every 2 months or so, that should help with your fuel consumption issues"

The ECU doesn't "lose it's tune" as you say but rather it learns your bad habits over time. A Reset will fix this issue.

Since when did you know how to translate gobbledygook? You did well to get that out of the original!

RG · 14-08-2009, 10:30 PM

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Originally Posted by JC

Since when did you know how to translate gobbledygook? You did well to get that out of the original!

I am quite fluent in "drunken post" JC.

XR6Runner · 14-08-2009, 10:51 PM

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Originally Posted by RG

I am quite fluent in "drunken post" JC.

This thread made my day! So much gold and classic!

JC · 15-08-2009, 08:37 PM

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Originally Posted by RG

I am quite fluent in "drunken post" JC.

Thass gerd ti neoooo.

RG · 15-08-2009, 09:28 PM

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Originally Posted by JC

Thass gerd ti neoooo.

Yes it is good to know isn't it.

frd906 · 23-08-2009, 04:24 AM

ok i have changed the o2 sensor and still using it, so today i commence operation, change my cataylic converter as mine is stuffed, so no more baggin me about it being hollow

frd906 · 23-08-2009, 04:26 AM

im putting in a smaller cat, which is a high flow one

The Monty · 23-08-2009, 07:44 AM

Fuel consumption can be just associated with the way you drive. If I flog my car, Ill get 250k's to the tank around town. Get it on a highway and Ill see 600.

frd906 · 23-08-2009, 09:02 AM

not really, i was still getting 500 to 600 to a tank of fuel, but latly is starting to use it a bit

frd906 · 23-08-2009, 09:13 AM

i dont want to start no but, i have a ecu in melbourne at the moment, its being wiped of all factory codes and all reinstalled with a chip, but i will be getting it flashed to a manual as i will be going manual very very soon, sick of auto

but i think my ecu is startig to lose its mind,

quick question, does premium unleaded spouse to stink out of the exhuast pipe

**DJM83** · 23-08-2009, 10:45 AM

What does it smell like? My TE will smell a little bit upon start up as it runs rich when its cold, but after that its fine. What fuel do you run?

JC · 23-08-2009, 11:03 AM

If it smells, it's a sure sign your cat is stuffed (which you already know). Why use premium? You're only pouring money down the drain, as the AU ECUs only need normal ULP and don't adjust if you put a higher rated fuel in.

If you are getting 400 to 450km around town, that's about standard for the good old ford I6.

frd906 · 23-08-2009, 11:23 AM

doesnt the o2 sensor change the fuel and air mixture to adjust it self, i vary between unleaded fuel and premium fuel,

and yes i am doing OPERATION CHANGE MY CAT, TODAY

POELWYK · 23-08-2009, 01:00 PM

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Originally Posted by POELWYK

pull the pat turms off every 2 months or so that sould fix it and stop it from happing

wow what drugs was i takeing when i typed that ^^ -_- lol

yeah it was ment to be

Pull the battery terminals off every 2 months or so, that should help with your fuel consumption issues

thanks Rg for working out what i was trying to say

frd906 · 23-08-2009, 01:02 PM

just did that recently but its still using it, pulled the o2 sensor out last night, was all good, so i cleaned i up, ran the car with out it hooked on for a bit, then i connected it back together she seems to run lot better, but i am changing my cat today

**DJM83** · 23-08-2009, 02:32 PM

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Originally Posted by JC

If it smells, it's a sure sign your cat is stuffed (which you already know). Why use premium? You're only pouring money down the drain, as the AU ECUs only need normal ULP and don't adjust if you put a higher rated fuel in.
If you are getting 400 to 450km around town, that's about standard for the good old ford I6.

It it recommended that i use 95RON+ in my TE though.

JC · 23-08-2009, 06:26 PM

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Originally Posted by DJM83

It it recommended that i use 95RON+ in my TE though.

I wasn't aware they made a TE with an I6 in it. The "Synergy" V8 (200kw jobbie) and the 200kw and the T3 motors all need Premium, but premium in a car that doesn't have a tune, nor the capability to adjust for the RON rating of PULP, just isn't required.

The only benefit in running the higher octane fuels in the I6 is that most of those fuels have cleaning additives that standard ULP doesn't (at least Vortex 94 & 98 does, not sure about Shell, mobil etc) which helps keep the injection system clean.

A lot of European and some Japanese 90's and early 00's model cars recommend to run on PULP, but will run on ULP as they drop the tune a bit and retard the timing for the lower grade fuel (mostly to cope with the standard of US fuels). The good old I6 falcon (at least up to AU3) does not do the opposite.

You can tell your self that you'll get an extra 50km per tank, and more throttle response etc on PULP, but it's all in your head.

**DJM83** · 23-08-2009, 06:50 PM

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Originally Posted by JC

I wasn't aware they made a TE with an I6 in it. The "Synergy" V8 (200kw jobbie) and the 220kw and the T3 motors all need Premium, but premium in a car that doesn't have a tune, nor the capability to adjust for the RON rating of PULP, just isn't required.

Fixed that up for you.
No need to get shirty i was just making a valid point. You did say AU ECU's not I6 ECU's.

JC · 23-08-2009, 08:19 PM

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Originally Posted by DJM83

Fixed that up for you.
No need to get shirty i was just making a valid point. You did say AU ECU's not I6 ECU's.

Thanks - hit the wrong number twice! That wasn't shirty, that was sarcasm, and I said AU ECU in relation to I6.

Anyway, the point's been made, up to the OP wether he listens or not, but as I'm not his mate, and we all know how much his mate knows, this might all be over water off a ducks back.

frd906 · 23-08-2009, 08:20 PM

what do you mean?

**DJM83** · 23-08-2009, 08:28 PM

Anyway that clears the confusion lets move on

frd906 · 23-08-2009, 08:30 PM

will post updates on my mysterious fuel comsumption,

frd906 · 25-08-2009, 01:37 PM

ok good news, back to normal

i pulled the o2 sensor out, cleaned it up put it back in but left it un connected, ran car for bout half hour, then reconnected it back up and left it again,

and it has finally re set it self and im getting my usual 300 k out of half a tank so its all good thank god

frd906 · 25-08-2009, 01:43 PM

but still have to change my cat

blueoval · 25-08-2009, 02:51 PM

go metal core cat rather than ceramic.

burnz · 25-08-2009, 02:58 PM

does the i6 still run "map" sensor, not maf.
if so check vacuum hose for crack's/split.

torana04 · 26-08-2009, 09:54 AM

yeh matt go a metal cat. better then the ceramic

frd906 · 26-08-2009, 09:58 AM

metal high flow cat + new pipe + fitted, is about 250 bucks fitted, this a good deal or not?

or do i just cut and weld a temporay cat in its place for now till i have the money to get it done properly

frd906 · 27-08-2009, 04:50 PM

ok car is going in tommoro, for new high flow cat + pipe+ gaskets, bolts and flanges, plus labour for 300 bucks, so will make a new exhuaust video tommoro

frd906 · 28-08-2009, 11:05 AM

well i have just come back from my exhuast shop, they put the car on the hoist and found my exhuast bolts on the head are lose, and the flange which connects my cat to my exhuast system has blown the gasket out and is leaking, but my cat is not stuffed, cat is still in perfect condition

so for all you guys who kept telling me i am polluting the air, well i have just proved you wrong