Okay I have Mazda e2000 dual cab ute which we have converted to a 3.8 v6 and the turbo 700 auto. The truck was mainly built to tow the buggy around and as my daily. We drove to Melbourne last weekend for the OZ ROCK finals.
On the trip down we were using close to 30 litres per Hundred km's on Gas. We had heaps of trouble with it backfiring on medium throttle climbing the hills. We checked and made sure we had no air leaks.
We ran it on petrol on the way home and got around 15 ltr per hundred.
I know gas is less economical than petrol but that seams a bit too much.
Any one have any ideas??
SAM
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When is the last time you had it properly serviced.
What type of system? Impco?
Just 1 single small backfire can put it out of tune. A back fire valve can be placed in-line. The mixer must be as close to the intake manifold as possible.
It's possible the diaphragm in the mixer, if it has one is damaged or way out of tune. When a backfire occurs, there is big flat washer that bends out of shape or the diaphragm itself, splits.
Also the V6 can have an electrical issue in the plug pins on the DIM, under the coil packs. I had this with mine for years and didn't know that was the problem, until I spoke to a Holden electrical guy.
It's an easy fix. Remove the 3 coil packs, undo the Dim plug, unbolt the DIM from underneath, (3 nuts, so unnut it) remove and scrape all the pins on the DIM module loom interface unlit they are shiny on both sides. This has fixed my backfire problem.
Also the coil packs themselves could be failing as well. Get a multi meter and measure the resistance across the lead pins on each one and compare it to a known good one. If the resistance is too high, get a new one/s.
Plug leads must be perfect too with little resistance.
The spark plugs should be NGK - 1 heat range cooler than normal and I think the gap must be closed a bit to 0.6mm, I think.
What type of system? Impco?
Just 1 single small backfire can put it out of tune. A back fire valve can be placed in-line. The mixer must be as close to the intake manifold as possible.
It's possible the diaphragm in the mixer, if it has one is damaged or way out of tune. When a backfire occurs, there is big flat washer that bends out of shape or the diaphragm itself, splits.
Also the V6 can have an electrical issue in the plug pins on the DIM, under the coil packs. I had this with mine for years and didn't know that was the problem, until I spoke to a Holden electrical guy.
It's an easy fix. Remove the 3 coil packs, undo the Dim plug, unbolt the DIM from underneath, (3 nuts, so unnut it) remove and scrape all the pins on the DIM module loom interface unlit they are shiny on both sides. This has fixed my backfire problem.
Also the coil packs themselves could be failing as well. Get a multi meter and measure the resistance across the lead pins on each one and compare it to a known good one. If the resistance is too high, get a new one/s.
Plug leads must be perfect too with little resistance.
The spark plugs should be NGK - 1 heat range cooler than normal and I think the gap must be closed a bit to 0.6mm, I think.
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The balancing pipe, is for air pressure balancing when you have a snorkel fitted.Emo wrote:The problem got fixed by fitting a balance pipe somewhere.
It is placed between the air filter box and the back of your LPG converter.
A snorkel does funny things to air pressure where it is fumigated with the gas vapor. This balance pipe simply applies the same effect of pressure differential to the lpg side of the converter help the Gas processor deal with the differential and supply the correct amount of fuel for the prevailing intake air supply.
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[quote="v6hilux"]When is the last time you had it properly serviced.
What type of system? Impco?
It runs an OMV convertor and the mixer is mounted directly to the throttle body it doesn't have a diaphram its more like a venturi it has no adj or anything. The convertor has an Idle adj and a sensitivity adj. All parts are brand new( convertor is a month old and the mixer is less than a week old.
I will check the coil connections as we were getting a light miss on petrol as well.
SAM
What type of system? Impco?
It runs an OMV convertor and the mixer is mounted directly to the throttle body it doesn't have a diaphram its more like a venturi it has no adj or anything. The convertor has an Idle adj and a sensitivity adj. All parts are brand new( convertor is a month old and the mixer is less than a week old.
I will check the coil connections as we were getting a light miss on petrol as well.
SAM
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I don't have a snorkel. I took it to a place in Dandenong for a 4 wheel dyno tune and they sorted it out.v6hilux wrote:The balancing pipe, is for air pressure balancing when you have a snorkel fitted.Emo wrote:The problem got fixed by fitting a balance pipe somewhere.
It is placed between the air filter box and the back of your LPG converter.
A snorkel does funny things to air pressure where it is fumigated with the gas vapor. This balance pipe simply applies the same effect of pressure differential to the lpg side of the converter help the Gas processor deal with the differential and supply the correct amount of fuel for the prevailing intake air supply.
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