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Dear Ken and all,
You might want to try this with the ac turned off as when on that increases
the idle on mine slightly when cold.
On another note my 100 series '02 diesel 4.2 is only returning approx 17mpg,
it has 70k on the clock and this is without the aircon on. I don't really
see any improvement in the economy even on a long run, having only seen
19mpg once . The car runs as clean as a whistle, no smoke on start up and
none at all under hard acceleration. The only time you can see a slight haze
is at night in the rear view mirror under very hard acceleration. It doesn't
seem to lack power or acceleration if anything sometimes I am shocked how
fast it can be!
I have only owned it for 3 months and it has 2 years warranty left so it's
been back twice already for this problem, but they can't find anything
wrong. The power/ect switch for the gearbox doesn't seem to do anything
either, whether the two are related I don't know. The dash light comes on
when you select power/ect but I can't detect any change in the shift
patterns at all. The gearbox is fairly rough on changes under kickdown and
the other problem I wasn't happy with is a huge flat spot under acceleration
at 30-45 mph. It is almost as if the fuel is cut for a fraction of a second
then the car picks up again, it when it is changing down a gear that it does
this, any one elses car do this?
Looking forward to your comments.
Regards
Jon Rolls
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2002 100 Series 4.2VX Auto - no extras yet apart from child seats!
On 5/3/08 15:49, "Ken Jordan" <[Email address removed]> wrote:
You might want to try this with the ac turned off as when on that increases
the idle on mine slightly when cold.
On another note my 100 series '02 diesel 4.2 is only returning approx 17mpg,
it has 70k on the clock and this is without the aircon on. I don't really
see any improvement in the economy even on a long run, having only seen
19mpg once . The car runs as clean as a whistle, no smoke on start up and
none at all under hard acceleration. The only time you can see a slight haze
is at night in the rear view mirror under very hard acceleration. It doesn't
seem to lack power or acceleration if anything sometimes I am shocked how
fast it can be!
I have only owned it for 3 months and it has 2 years warranty left so it's
been back twice already for this problem, but they can't find anything
wrong. The power/ect switch for the gearbox doesn't seem to do anything
either, whether the two are related I don't know. The dash light comes on
when you select power/ect but I can't detect any change in the shift
patterns at all. The gearbox is fairly rough on changes under kickdown and
the other problem I wasn't happy with is a huge flat spot under acceleration
at 30-45 mph. It is almost as if the fuel is cut for a fraction of a second
then the car picks up again, it when it is changing down a gear that it does
this, any one elses car do this?
Looking forward to your comments.
Regards
Jon Rolls
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2002 100 Series 4.2VX Auto - no extras yet apart from child seats!
On 5/3/08 15:49, "Ken Jordan" <[Email address removed]> wrote: