Beeve's MK3! -- NEW RIMS PG7! DISHHHH.

[thai-wronghorse]

What the hell is going on with the rear shocks?

[AdamBeevers]

can you tell me please? it does say VR6 on the box.. hmm..? are they different?
Done tracking today, wasnt fun with it being so low.. more pictures coming soon, that passenger door looks so much worse in that picture, stupid iphone.. booked new door in at body shop for end of january

[lemski]

Mk1 rear shoks maybe

[AdamBeevers]

Happy new year everyone, had some bad news about my job yesterday.. So money's going to be tight for a few months and may have to start commuting further so need to make this car Eco! Figured it's doing 30mpg at the moment which is shocking for a 1.4! So any ideas on where to start looking for faults? Also noticed since I've owned it, when on idle, if you dab the throttle, revs go up obviously then come back down and tries to stall and sometimes does stall, this is literally just when you quickly dab the throttle, not flat to the floor or anything.. Some sort of sensor issue maybe? Any help with that and my fuel usage issue would be great, it's been serviced regularly (possibly not fuel filter) and all I've done to engine is put a cheapie come filter on.. Cheers!

[Seanl]

Speculate to accumulate mate! If it's been a while, give it a good service. Run some decent fuel system cleaner through it, check tyre pressures are correct, and bin the sh!t cone filter! Check all vacuum lines for splits, breather hoses are solid and not spongy, clean out the throttle body, and get it on vagcom just in case. Make sure your water temp is reaching 90degs within 5-8 minutes and staing there too. All this should make a difference to fuel economy, but you will obviously have to spend to see benefits, not counting the cleaning of tb etc etc

[AdamBeevers]

Speculate to accumulate mate! If it's been a while, give it a good service. Run some decent fuel system cleaner through it, check tyre pressures are correct, and bin the sh!t cone filter! Check all vacuum lines for splits, breather hoses are solid and not spongy, clean out the throttle body, and get it on vagcom just in case. Make sure your water temp is reaching 90degs within 5-8 minutes and staing there too. All this should make a difference to fuel economy, but you will obviously have to spend to see benefits, not counting the cleaning of tb etc etc

I've checked things like tyre pressures, there's no obvious damage to any breathers ect but i will double check.. car gets to temperature no problem and sadly/annoyingly i have no diagnostics pin on my car! So no error codes for me! Engine code is ABD. Will check out the throttle body soon and clean it out.
Cheers

(The cone filter wouldnt really use more fuel would it? just encourages you to be heavy footed, which i've learnt not to be now )

[Seanl]

It would just be sucking in hot air from the bay, causing the ecu to dump in fuel so it will be running rich. Original airbox with a cold air feed will make a noticeable difference.

[AdamBeevers]

Ah that's true forgot about that, there is also a vaccum pipe around that area which goes to nothing due to the air box being gone.. Ohh but I liked the filter, it was free! shall try this and see what MPG's I'm getting cheers

[Seanl]

Its only makes the bay look good! if u want a bit of noise, drill your airbox on the wing side. Cold air feed will also make a bit of extra noise too. 

[AdamBeevers]

right got it up to 40mpg now with air filter..
pictures! few bits and bobs done nothing major and moneys tight for a few months..