[s-cars] I want my MPG

[Ian Duff]

Prophylactic treatment of all the pesky little plastic cooling  
fittings is to REPLACE them.

They're cheap, both in terms of cost, and of longevity. Do yourself a  
favor, and if you touch them, replace them. Anywhere in the cooling  
system, not just the ones attached to the engine block or head.

Don't ask me how I know to suggest this. Scratch that, not suggest,  
more like STRONGLY recommend.

Would you like to know how I really feel? Of course, YMMV, but I  
doubt it. Do yourself a favor, and offer a tithe to the Audi Gods at  
the same time.

-Ian Duff.

On 27 Dec, 2007, at 12:17, Tom Green wrote:

> Mail call, Floyd.  Now, listen up!  Like when the Gunny holds mail
> call on TV.  :-)
>
> Have you been getting a MIL (check engine light) ?  It does come on
> when you
> turn on the key and then go out when you start, doesn't it?  Have you
> blinked out
> any trouble codes or checked them with a VAG-COM ?  A bad O2 sensor
> will give
> codes.  Almost everything else that affects mileage will drop codes.
> After you read
> them, tell us what they are.   What color is the tailpipe smoke?
>
> Use that procedure to read the data on the climate control head,
> especially the
> engine coolant temperature to compare with the instrument panel
> gage.  If you
> mess with the hoses and fittings on the back of the engine and the T
> fitting that
> holds the temp sensor, be gentle as these plastic fittings get very
> brittle with age.
>
> Tom
>
> -----Original Message-----
>> Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2007 20:39:31 -0800
>> From: Floyd Noel <floyd.noel at gmail.com>
>> Subject: [s-cars] I want my MPG
>> To: s-car-list <s-car-list at audifans.com>
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>> Listers,
>> My s-car has been getting horrible mileage lately (around 11.5) and I
>> have been trying to diagnose the problem. Power seems like it has  
>> gone
>> down as well, but my butt dyno isn't the most accurate, and it still
>> has way more than my work Malibu. It also seems like to me that there
>> is more smoke coming from the tailpipe than I would prefer on cold
>> mornings, but in the daytime it is not really a problem. I just
>> replaced the spark plugs recently, not much difference.   From the
>> research I've done, it seems like it might be the oxygen sensor, and
>> I'm not sure when the last time it was changed, so I figured it
>> wouldn't hurt to change it. Are there any other things I should
>> consider or steps I should take? I bought fuel injector cleaner as
>> well but haven't used it yet.
>> TIA
>>
>> R/S
>> Floyd Noel
>> Sgt/USMC
>
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