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Title: So it WAS my lead foot....
Post by: JamesV6CDX on 13 October 2009, 23:27:36

Did a motorway run in the astra today.

170 miles, keeping to all speed limits. few traffic jams.

Got back - over 35mpg on gas  ;D So equivilent to more than 70mpg cost wise  8-)

Shame I have obviously forgotton how to park....  :-[ for the first time in my life, I clobbered something in a car park.

does anyone have a rear offside door in blue?  ;D

Title: Re: So it WAS my lead foot....
Post by: Kevin Wood on 13 October 2009, 23:29:29

That's not too shabby.

Then again, was it making up for that by drinking oil? ::)

Kevin

Title: Re: So it WAS my lead foot....
Post by: JamesV6CDX on 13 October 2009, 23:31:54

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That's not too shabby.

Then again, was it making up for that by drinking oil? ::)

Kevin

Not a really long test, but strangely didn't seem to  use a drop, at lower revs.

I disconnected a breather pipe temporarily, and it didn't seem to smoke after idle.

Points to a wierd breather issue perhaps. Funny though, all the ones I touched seemed clear....

Title: Re: So it WAS my lead foot....
Post by: Andy B on 14 October 2009, 00:27:16

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Did a motorway run in the astra today.

170 miles, keeping to all speed limits. .......

As though you'd do anything other than obey the strict letter of the law ........ especially so as what you do for a hobby Bobby!!!  ::)  ::)  ::)  ::)

Title: Re: So it WAS my lead foot....
Post by: feeutfo on 14 October 2009, 01:34:28

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That's not too shabby.

Then again, was it making up for that by drinking oil? ::)

Kevin

Not a really long test, but strangely didn't seem to  use a drop, at lower revs.

I disconnected a breather pipe temporarily, and it didn't seem to smoke after idle.

Points to a wierd breather issue perhaps. Funny though, all the ones I touched seemed clear....

I knew it, well sort of. Too much of a coincednce to get similar oil levels/issues in all four pots.
 Worth some cata clean in the petrol tank maybe? Cats probably a bit oily? Worth leaving the breather off for a while to let it clear up or burn off excess.

Is it worth getting the dealer to print you off a diag.of the breathes system? Might be something missing or rooted wrongly?

Title: Re: So it WAS my lead foot....
Post by: JamesV6CDX on 14 October 2009, 01:46:12

I agree with the concept - definately worth a try, but, definately nothing routed wrongly  :y

Title: Re: So it WAS my lead foot....
Post by: JamesV6CDX on 14 October 2009, 01:53:12

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As though you'd do anything other than obey the strict letter of the law ........ especially so as what you do for a hobby Bobby!!!  ::)

Ah you have misundersood, Mr AndyB.

I wasn't referring to top end speed - just the amount of acceleration used to reach the legal maximum  ;)  :y

Title: Re: So it WAS my lead foot....
Post by: feeutfo on 14 October 2009, 02:04:28

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I agree with the concept - definately worth a try, but, definately nothing routed wrongly  :y

Hmmm, oil being forced up the breathers then, maybe. Is it worth another compression test once the oil has cleared?