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Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2007 12:03 pm 
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hey dudes, just wondering what u all get out of your eb 4.0l? i get about 400km round town thought it should be better than that. O2 sensor, cat and thermostat are all ok. what are your thoughts?

 

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Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 4:04 am 
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? That's about right.

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Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 10:08 am 
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thats near enough to what i use and i put the foot down when i can

 

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Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2007 8:27 am 
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I would be happy with 400... My EL gets about 350 round town, but gets near 800kms to the tank on 98 octane down the freeway.

 

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Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2007 8:37 pm 
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I get about 350 - 400 around town and about 750 on the freeway...well on saturday I drove to Apollo bay and managed to get 450kms out of maybe just over half a tank...and now I am sitting on 500 with about 100kms to go.

your car sounds about right.

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Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 2:32 pm 
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I've got an EB wagon with CPI and around town on the last tank I got 650km on saff 95 is auto with 450,000km
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Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 2:53 pm 
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BULL2007 wrote:
I've got an EB wagon with CPI and around town on the last tank I got 650km on saff 95 is auto with 450,000km


You must drive like a grandma....My olds had one of them when I was learning to drive and it was the most fuel hungry POS I have ever had to put fuel into. You must have a Wednesday car as I have never heard of a wagon doing that many km's to a tank, especially on that cheap s**t SAFF fuel.

I am cheering if I get over 400km's from my ED around town, but I do have a heavy foot and tend to be lazy about changing gears. 600-650 on the highway.
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Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 2:12 pm 
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your happy for 400km, i'm lucky to get 300-350 around town most weeks from my EB, but the freeway kicks a**, melbourne to ballarat then to bendigo and finally back to melbourne on 3/4 tank of bp ultimate. can't remember how many k's that was but it sure was fun.

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Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 2:39 pm 
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gees join the bbq side and ull bed laughing with that kinda econ i grandpa my lane and in reak hr / suburb driving i get 19.5

 

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Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 3:28 pm 
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Ummm yeah, not sure about LPG, $3g for install now with the gove grant in effect, then $250+ for valve lubricating system. plus i like power and I do want to mod my car, LPG limits my options there.... well so i have been told.
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Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 3:56 pm 
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EAII Wagon, 4spd auto, approx 13l per 100KMs around town. Just replaced the pair of injectors (CPI System) and has improved from around 20/100!!!

Just had LPG fitted and seems about 350KMs to tank of 70L. Again around town.
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Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 3:57 pm 
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EAII Wagon, 4spd auto, approx 13l per 100KMs around town. Just replaced the pair of injectors (CPI System) and has improved from around 20/100!!!

Just had LPG fitted and seems about 350KMs to tank of 70L. Again around town.
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Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 10:32 pm 
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i run caltex 98 all the time, and on the hwy, wonthaggi to cranbourne, i get about 550ks.
but after reading ppl get 650-700, might have to find a reason for the bad fuel econ.
any ideas???

 

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Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 12:19 am 
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falcons are crap on fuel....get used to it....my past week of many short trips has me averaging 20+L/100km - thats off the trip computer so its accurate

 

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Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 5:20 pm 
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Actually heres a question regarding fuels, is it possible to have a moderately modified engine running on LPG, say a Jim Mock dev3hl kit... are there any really bad side effects. and is it possible to have forced induction on LPG? I'm pretty sure you can't but i can't see the reason why?
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