steve_earwig wrote:Well, you see, the ecu's got this kind of map and from what the sensurs are sayin (frotul pozishun, injin spid, nok senzur, ekshiterer) stuffs out electickery in pulsies frew an amplyfrier to the koiawls. Innit.
Knock sensor=pizza electrik, jus lik an fag lita.
Oooooooh that's clever! What will they think of next! You silly bugger Steve
1996 406 1.8LX Got a bad case of hydro lock!
1996 406 Executive 2.0 Turbo XU10J2TE No longer hangin' on in there
1997 Honda CB500V
2003 Volvo V40 1.8 GDi SE killed by a nutter in a beemer 5 series
2008 Mondeo 2.0 TDCi Titanium X
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Hi you guys,
Back in days before big brother and Gordon Brown it was well known by most that diesel was the Dregs of the refining process then after that kerosene aviation fuel (Parafine) and other sh*t for big ships. So the price was low and it could be got shut of in noisy dirty old diesel engines, now the art of powerful, clean light weight engines for the car arrived and the oil people and politicians realized that Hey some people were going a lot further on diesel (40% more efficient)and they were quieter too, so to even things up a bit they started to charge more for it and so we have the situation we're in today - trouble is that trucks run on this stuff with very big engines to feed and we now have rocketing cost of living since the farmers also use tons of the stuff. If we find alternative fuels do you think for one minute that it will be cheap? - I digressed - sorry
Just had cambelt replaced, which meant timing was checked/adjusted. Pinking has disappeared, so it's possible that cambelt stretch might result in 'incorrect' timing...just a thought.
Interesting - belt stretches, cam timing drifts. Maybe it is that the engine management can't retard the timing enough to compensate. I wonder what mjb'll think
Longintooth wrote:...since the farmers also use tons of the stuff.
But there's is much cheaper and red. It's blue here, I'm just itching to buy an old tractor and drift about all day on cheap fuel in the middle of the road with my l/h indicator going, spraying mud everywhere and chewing a straw... (where's those .50 cal machine guns I ordered?)
Worst of all it's much cheaper than heating oil, gits
steve_earwig wrote:I'm just itching to buy an old tractor and drift about all day on cheap fuel in the middle of the road with my l/h indicator going, spraying mud everywhere and chewing a straw
I didn't know you'd moved back to the UK! why didn't you say?
Cars in my care:
2021 Kia Spottage 1.6 Pez Turbo Dual Clutch Gearbox Trickery
2013 Renner Twingo - donkey work
steve_earwig wrote:Interesting - belt stretches, cam timing drifts. Maybe it is that the engine management can't retard the timing enough to compensate. I wonder what mjb'll think
Very plausible theory. I know mine had done over 100k on its cambelt...
<steve_earwig> I think this forum is more about keeping our cars going with minimal outlay than giving our cars more reason to go bang
its alot alot better now i used some super unleaded! thanks for the tips, i have now added it to he for sale section lol as i need to get a van for my disco work as because of the boot being a saloon i cant fit everything in
