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Jun 2nd, 2020, 19:16 | #1191 | |
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Where does all the oil drain down to when the engine is off? I'm hoping you've jumped a step or three ahead of me now but if not, i'll explain after i've walked Sasha and fed us both later. Meanwhile it's not a problem to change it but let it cool down first, exhaust manifold burns are nasty and the cast iron holds the heat for a long time!
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... Good advice I think Dave, the old one was pretty scabby: A fiver well spent I think :-) |
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Definitely a fiver well spent Alan! The black plastic surround on the terminal looks cracked to me? Reckon you caught it just in time!
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There's always something to do, check, test, monitor or improve on older cars Alan.
Been monitoring my fuel economy since i tweaked the mixture, slowly but steadily improving thankfully. The previous fill was on ordinary BP Unleaded, did 139.9 miles on a smidge over 7 gallons. On Ultimate i get about 15% better economy so really that would have been 23mpg but i had the engine idling at various speeds for about 1-1.5 hours to test/diagnose a cruise control system i just fitted. Normally i reckon on a gallon every 40 minutes of idling so being generous and saying i only used 1 gallon during the test/diagnostics, 140 miles on 6 gallons is a whisker under 24mpg but add the 15% on to correct it for Ultimate and it's 27.6 so back to what i used to get. Still keeping an eye on it though!
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What you say about Ultimate fuel is interesting. I use it in the Porsche (because I have to, either that or Tesco Momentum, I find it gives does just the same - it is a little cheaper but not enough to make much difference). In the Royal Barge I use Morrison's very cheapest, mainly because I like the idea of paying under £1/litre - and the RB seems to run just fine on it. It is interesting that you get 15% better fuel economy on Ultimate. I topped up the RB the other day and had covered 108 miles on just over 4 gallons (not a very scientific test this one) - so 25 MPG (I think a slight increase since changing the head/ignition timing). I'm happy with that considering the type of driving: almost exclusively short journeys (the longest was my 30 mile jaunt around Rutland) it is my round town car (also a few warms-ups to I test things I've changed). I don't think there would be any value in me changing the RB to Ultimate or Momentum just because of the type of use: the first pint mostly goes down the exhaust without contributing much to motion whilst the manual choke is on. Once we get to Morrison's roundabout the choke is fully off, but many of our errands in that car aren't much further away. It would of course make more sense to use the Skoda (or even the Porsche), but that is not the point. It is good news that your fuel economy is returning to normal - it sounds like you have tracked down the problem. Well done. There is a certain masochistic pleasure in running a 40 year old car Dave: it makes no great sense and doesn't really save any money, but it is a sort of addiction :-) Stay safe, Alan Last edited by Othen; Jun 6th, 2020 at 06:35. Reason: Spelling error. |
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I'm happy enough to take the hit on the Royal Barge's fuel consumption, it is my local runabout, mostly summer car - and it does that very well indeed. I've only insured it for 3,000 miles/year - and I suspect it will do less than that. Let's think about it: 2,500 miles at 25MPG is 100 gallons of fuel at 450p/gallon = £450. I think that is fine as the car is otherwise cheap to run (£80/year insurance and it will pay me back next year when the tax will be free). The Porsche: yes, that is Dan (my son) and my little indulgence. Great fun though, cheap to run for a car of that type and easy to drive - plus depreciation is negligible. That was a really long winded way of saying I'm pleased the Royal Barge has a place in our lives. I can revel in the nostalgia of it being similar to my first ever new car, enjoy improving it a little and take a fair amount of pleasure in driving it. :-) Stay safe, Alan Last edited by Othen; Jun 6th, 2020 at 09:49. Reason: Spelling error. |
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Couldn't agree more, Alan. I quite frequently have a similar conversation with people when they ask: "Why do you run a big, old, thirsty car like that?", referring to my 20 Y.O. V70. "My new xyz does over twice the MPG of that"!
I then have the exquisite pleasure of explaining that, while they may lose 60% of the value of their £20,000 super-mini in the first three years of it's life (Say £4K p.a.), the cost of production of my 20 year old Volvo has been long spent. Far from costing me money, it may even appreciate slightly in value. Likewise, the EOL costs are, hopefully, still some way off, and will almost certainly be ammortised over a much longer period than their Euro-box. While I do not enjoy the advantage of free road tax, my insurance is cheap enough, and I feel well-justified in arguing that my car is at least as 'green', if not 'greener' than theirs. I also enjoy the benefit of a more comfortable and refined drive than their buzz-box delivers. The same argument applies even more so to the Royal Barge (When are you going to 'spill the beans' on your choice of name?) and I would make no apology whatsoever for running the car. Even today, one can buy an awful lot of petrol for £4,000 a year! Regards, John.
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