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I found one of these "fuel saver" magnets that you clamp onto your fuel line for sale on Ebay. They are supposed to sell for around =A350, but just for fun I put in the starting bid of =A35 and - to my surprise - won it.
I'm a complete non-believer, but since I now possess the thing I've decided to stick in onto the 80 on the principle that it can't do any harm. It's clamped onto the steel fuel line as close as I can get it to the injector pump, and we'll see if it makes any difference. There is a whole load of scientific codswallop on the packaging about resonance, and apparently the bloke who invented it has also patented a "light bulb life extender"!
I keep a close watch on fuel consumption, and the machine's long-term average is about 27 mpg in winter rising to 29 mpg in summer, the latter being due (I believe) more to fewer school runs than to warmer weather. If it *does* make any difference I shall let you all know, but I expect it to be about as effective as the acetone I tried a while back.
On a related fuel consumption note we are now the proud possessors of a Fiat Panda 1.1 for my daughters to drive. (The poor thing has already acquired the statutory teddy bear, and the name "fred"). We haven't used a full tank yet, but if the gauge is to be vaguely believed it's doing around 40mpg on a mixture of short to medium range journeys.
I'm quite surprised as I thought it would do better than that, and I'm not sure whether I should be impressed by the relative frugality of the 80 series, or worried by the profligacy of the Fiat. The Panda is much more fun to drive around town though, and *far* easier to park.
Getting back to 80 series issues: I'm minus a handbrake at present. I've got disk brakes all round, and the handbrake works on integral drum-brakes on the rear wheel hubs. The shoes were worn to the end of their adjustment, so it has just received new ones. However now the handbrake is sticking on because the cable is rusted and engaging in an unfamiliar place and I've got it back from the garage while they wait for the new cables from Mr Toyota=2E
I've been expecting this because the handbrake jams if left on in freezing weather due to ice in the cables, so obviously water is getting into there. Does anyone have any preventative measures to suggest in the future?
Christopher Bell
Devon, UK
1996 1HD-FT
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I'm a complete non-believer, but since I now possess the thing I've decided to stick in onto the 80 on the principle that it can't do any harm. It's clamped onto the steel fuel line as close as I can get it to the injector pump, and we'll see if it makes any difference. There is a whole load of scientific codswallop on the packaging about resonance, and apparently the bloke who invented it has also patented a "light bulb life extender"!
I keep a close watch on fuel consumption, and the machine's long-term average is about 27 mpg in winter rising to 29 mpg in summer, the latter being due (I believe) more to fewer school runs than to warmer weather. If it *does* make any difference I shall let you all know, but I expect it to be about as effective as the acetone I tried a while back.
On a related fuel consumption note we are now the proud possessors of a Fiat Panda 1.1 for my daughters to drive. (The poor thing has already acquired the statutory teddy bear, and the name "fred"). We haven't used a full tank yet, but if the gauge is to be vaguely believed it's doing around 40mpg on a mixture of short to medium range journeys.
I'm quite surprised as I thought it would do better than that, and I'm not sure whether I should be impressed by the relative frugality of the 80 series, or worried by the profligacy of the Fiat. The Panda is much more fun to drive around town though, and *far* easier to park.
Getting back to 80 series issues: I'm minus a handbrake at present. I've got disk brakes all round, and the handbrake works on integral drum-brakes on the rear wheel hubs. The shoes were worn to the end of their adjustment, so it has just received new ones. However now the handbrake is sticking on because the cable is rusted and engaging in an unfamiliar place and I've got it back from the garage while they wait for the new cables from Mr Toyota=2E
I've been expecting this because the handbrake jams if left on in freezing weather due to ice in the cables, so obviously water is getting into there. Does anyone have any preventative measures to suggest in the future?
Christopher Bell
Devon, UK
1996 1HD-FT
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