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Mrski1

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I hate rush hour traffic, its gotten to the point where i could now cycle my 20 miles journey from Ellon - Aberdeen quicker than what i could drive it and most of it is on open roads! I average around 17mph now!

The worst bit is my MPG figure, 22mpg today due to the traffic! this is starting to hurt my wallet!
 
Reek-tastic!

lol i considered a golf or Leon TDI before the 147 but found them to be far too expensive for age and mileage, might keep an eye out for a jtd.

What mpg do you get from your 156?
 
To start with I was getting 29mpg but I was booting it everywhere and it wasn't running right, when I got the boost pipe fixed I got high 30's (and I was running a 175bhp remap!!). Now I'm probably down in the low 30's with the 190bhp remap and shafted clutch :lol:

If you get a good example and drive conservatively expect around 40-42mpg back.

EDIT: You'd probably get 50+ from the 1.9's but the sound of the 2.4 is pant tightening :cool:
 
are you having any other performance issues? I wonder if your lambda has reached that age where it becomes useless. Might be worth replacing if it is origional.
 
Is that all Matt?!?! i thought for an oil burner it would be around the 40's easily??

Usally i get between 28-26 mpg during rush hour driving fairly sedate, covering 20 miles in around 1hr 10-15, traffic is that bad coming in from the north side of Aberdeen! Out of rush hour im normally around 32-35 mark but have seen as much as 40 mpg driving like a granny for the same journey. Also it seems to have dropped slightly now we have the colder weather but that is only to be expected.

Dont seem to be having any performance issues either, still seems to pull along quite nicely.
 
As soon as i'm stuck still just idling the mpg drops like a stone!

I will just have to stop looking at the mpg calculator thing, apparently at 30mpg for 15,000 miles will cost me £2,200 a year!!
 
Ransoman said:
are you having any other performance issues? I wonder if your lambda has reached that age where it becomes useless. Might be worth replacing if it is origional.
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The car will be getting a lot of work done to it over the next 2/3 months so I'll invest in one of those - see if I can see any difference. It's smoking like crazy at the moment, will need to drop in a bottle of Forte next fill up.
 
puntomatt said:
Ransoman said:
are you having any other performance issues? I wonder if your lambda has reached that age where it becomes useless. Might be worth replacing if it is origional.
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The car will be getting a lot of work done to it over the next 2/3 months so I'll invest in one of those - see if I can see any difference. It's smoking like crazy at the moment, will need to drop in a bottle of Forte next fill up.
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Are you using a performance air filter of any type? Black smoke is a sign of overfueling (typical at the limit of a diesel remap). If you can give the engine more air then it will help cut the smoke (bmc cda time?)

Mrski1 said:
As soon as i'm stuck still just idling the mpg drops like a stone!

I will just have to stop looking at the mpg calculator thing, apparently at 30mpg for 15,000 miles will cost me £2,200 a year!!
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hey, i reset my HGT's fuel gauge, got stuck in traffic and by the time i moved it read 12mpg. The MPG calculators work off distance rather than time i think.
 
Ransoman said:
puntomatt said:
Ransoman said:
are you having any other performance issues? I wonder if your lambda has reached that age where it becomes useless. Might be worth replacing if it is origional.
Click to expand...

The car will be getting a lot of work done to it over the next 2/3 months so I'll invest in one of those - see if I can see any difference. It's smoking like crazy at the moment, will need to drop in a bottle of Forte next fill up.
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Are you using a performance air filter of any type? Black smoke is a sign of overfueling (typical at the limit of a diesel remap). If you can give the engine more air then it will help cut the smoke (bmc cda time?)
It is right at the limit fueling wise, I was expecting some smoke but I'm getting it with the slightest acceleration, I just think the engine need some cleaning :lol: I've got a K&N panel filter in there but I'm very wary of the CDA after the damage the last one caused (at last years Edinburgh meet)....oh, and the £180 price tag!!
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Drove into a big puddle and it sucked up water, which cracked the head gasket and in turn melted some of the timing gear (when I tried to restart it). It did sound nice though.

Here's the thread
 
Nasty.

is there anything you can do to help the engine breathe more? and get rid of the smoke (you are quite the legend on AO because of it).
 
:lol: It wasn't smoking with the 175bhp remap but the 190bhp now does BUT it was expected on heavy load only. The only way to not smoke is to sit in high revs which is not ideal. I'm gonna try a different additive, hopefully it's just a dirty engine and it'll clear up.

As for breathing easy Hamish was taking about the GSR induction kit but I'd like to see one first.

ps, I'm a legend everywhere :lol:
 
My GSR kit should be going on in Feb - along with a rolling road set up and remap - heading down to Watford for it so had better be worth it :cool:

MPGs - currently around 49mpg but usually 4 or 5 better than that :cool:
 
ABZSTILO said:
My GSR kit should be going on in Feb - along with a rolling road set up and remap - heading down to Watford for it so had better be worth it :cool:

MPGs - currently around 49mpg but usually 4 or 5 better than that :cool:
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Is that a Red-dot remap??
 
In theory, before remap, the filter kit alone should be worth about 10bhp :cool: As proved by other Stilo owners :shock:

Currently Red Dot take the 1.9 8 valve JTD to a max of around 170bhp, I'm wanting around 150 (effectively a 20% increase over standard).

GSR do indeed make kits for Alfas, for your car you can find them at http://www.gsr-uk.co.uk/engineering/pag ... fa/147.htm
 
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