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any help would be good

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any help would be good

Post by matthewK »

hey guys

1 sting off for a camping trip dandenong to just outside mansfeild north there of and back to melb i use 150 dollors of diesel which is what a tank and a half in the 60 seires 2h motor

quaestion why am i useing so much bloody feul?????

2nd
so completly stripped the thread from both bolt and threaded hole to where my brake calibar is bolted to, any ideas on a fix?
to which my drill only gose to 10-13mm drill bit,

3rd
when cruising home down the hill to save feul i put foot on clutch and rolled down the hills, i find a farly bad shudder put it back into gear under load the shudder stops
any ideas and fixes at all??????

other than the obviouse option to sell the bloody cruise and go back to the dark side of the force <nissan>

any help would be greatfull guys and girls

cheers
matty
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Post by Nat84 »

if your driving it how you drove the GQ there your problem :finger:

i was on red in my 60 and put $100 of deisel in it and drove to stockton beach and all day on the beach and back home on it

and you can get bigger drill bits that will still fit your drill

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/8-X14mm-25mm-Red ... dZViewItem

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Re: any help would be good

Post by thehanko »

matthewK wrote:hey guys

1 sting off for a camping trip dandenong to just outside mansfeild north there of and back to melb i use 150 dollors of diesel which is what a tank and a half in the 60 seires 2h motor

quaestion why am i useing so much bloody feul?????

2nd
so completly stripped the thread from both bolt and threaded hole to where my brake calibar is bolted to, any ideas on a fix?
to which my drill only gose to 10-13mm drill bit,

3rd
when cruising home down the hill to save feul i put foot on clutch and rolled down the hills, i find a farly bad shudder put it back into gear under load the shudder stops
any ideas and fixes at all??????

other than the obviouse option to sell the bloody cruise and go back to the dark side of the force <nissan>

any help would be greatfull guys and girls

cheers
matty
new car? ie has the fuel usage changed or was this your first trip and your bummed about consumption?

bad consumption = vehicle not running well. so working on basics. injectors not clean. pump not high enough pressure. engine worn out (any blow by?) mixture wrong.

just a few possibilities

for the striped thread you could try a helicoil - though someone may correct me on this.

basically you drill a bigger hole, tap a new thread, then the coil is like a sleeve which goes into the new thread reducing it back to origional. used one on a head stud once and it was good - other wise just tap a bigger thread and bolt in.

shudder, no idea.
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Post by matthewK »

Nat84 wrote:if your driving it how you drove the GQ there your problem :finger:

i was on red in my 60 and put $100 of deisel in it and drove to stockton beach and all day on the beach and back home on it

and you can get bigger drill bits that will still fit your drill

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/8-X14mm-25mm-Red ... dZViewItem

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nope drove it quiet light footed, it funny nat i drove it to dandenong to apollo bay and when i got to the camp i drove it around a bit and then home
my house to apllo bay is 292ks thats close to 600 returns plus give or take 1-2oo driving around,
on that trip i spent 120 bucks for 600ks-750-800ks

mansfeild it only 200ks away<188 from melbourne>when i got there i didnt even drive much around in fact i drove less
and she chewed 150 bucks
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Post by thehanko »

so about 100L for 400k's?

holy shite!

get it to a specialist. its costing you double what it should.

the only reason i say take it to a mechanic is cause, the extra cost in fuel while you work it out will probably pay for a pro to do it for you with less head aches.

good luck
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Post by Nat84 »

oh matt that right i for got about that your's was turbo so the fuel would of been turned up turn it down or get some to turn it down and see how you go
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Post by matthewK »

yea i forget to say it was turboed untill it broke
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Post by thehanko »

matthewK wrote:yea i forget to say it was turboed untill it broke
turboed until it broke?
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Post by craz3d »

thehanko wrote:
matthewK wrote:yea i forget to say it was turboed untill it broke
turboed until it broke?
I think he means that the turbo broke, and then he removed the turbo and is now running NA.
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Post by Nat84 »

craz3d wrote:
thehanko wrote:
matthewK wrote:yea i forget to say it was turboed untill it broke
turboed until it broke?
I think he means that the turbo broke, and then he removed the turbo and is now running NA.
yes but he did not remove it the previese owner did
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Post by thehanko »

Oh right. your probably over fueling to the max, get a dyno done, it will be paid for in just a few 100 k's.

or returbo it :twisted:
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Post by matthewK »

yeah the shaft going throught the turbo snaped in 2 parts,
to be honest it one messed up car taking me ages to fix up :P
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