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Offline difficultrogue

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Mk3 8v gti - What petrol?
« on: 25 February 2008, 21:19 »
Just bought an 8v gti 95 I filled up for the long journey home - as I sqeeze the gas slightly the car seems to be holding back - is it the unleaded or maybe something else?
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Offline saul79

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Re: Mk3 8v gti - What petrol?
« Reply #1 on: 25 February 2008, 21:29 »
wont be the fuel you put in :wink:
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Re: Mk3 8v gti - What petrol?
« Reply #2 on: 25 February 2008, 21:32 »
I didnt think it would be the fuel but I thought I would ask - Cheers Fella!
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Offline RiCHiE360

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Re: Mk3 8v gti - What petrol?
« Reply #3 on: 25 February 2008, 21:52 »
Could be a few things, maybe try fitting a new fuel filter?!
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Re: Mk3 8v gti - What petrol?
« Reply #4 on: 25 February 2008, 21:59 »
The new fuel filter should do the trick.
To improve performance I have tried Slik 50 for oil and petrol.
As an experiment I have run the car on Shell and Esso and for some reason I can get 44mpg on Esso and only 39mpg from Shell.
Have tried the higher octane fuels and the car runs better but I am not sure that it is worth the extra payment
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Offline difficultrogue

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Re: Mk3 8v gti - What petrol?
« Reply #5 on: 25 February 2008, 22:01 »
where on the car is the fuel filter hiding?
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Re: Mk3 8v gti - What petrol?
« Reply #6 on: 25 February 2008, 22:17 »
right hand side at the back
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Re: Mk3 8v gti - What petrol?
« Reply #7 on: 25 February 2008, 22:20 »
Cheers fella!
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Offline Mikester

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Re: Mk3 8v gti - What petrol?
« Reply #8 on: 25 February 2008, 22:47 »
Whenever i fill up from my local crappy station my car always preforms weird, and stalls, so i use Shell and tesco premium.

V-POWER all the way  :grin:
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Offline RiCHiE360

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Re: Mk3 8v gti - What petrol?
« Reply #9 on: 25 February 2008, 23:07 »
Tesco and ASDA all the way for me,  the only places around here that do it for 99.9p  :smiley:
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