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silversport 
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Joined: 08 Nov 2010 Location: Lincoln Status: Offline Points: 5 |
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 Posted: 27 Mar 2011 at 5:24am |
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I hav got a 1.8 sport and on a run I only got 29mpg which to be
Fair is pretty shocking,but I love the car,also I have had to order 4 New shock absorbers because they have all lost the gas inside Has anybody else had this problem.I have also fitted new rear Brake disc's and pad and after cleaning and greasing the hand brake It now does not work,can anybody help me please? |
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p16vlv
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Posted: 27 Mar 2011 at 10:15pm |
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what do you mean cleaning and greasing the handbrake. |
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silversport
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Posted: 28 Mar 2011 at 12:29am |
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By removing the discs and then the handbrake shoes and cleaning the back plate and then refitting it all and adjusting it all
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p16vlv
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Posted: 02 Apr 2011 at 4:05pm |
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you should only need to remove the disc ,you can then spray it all with brake cleaner .have you put everything back as it was before you removed it all. could be something simple that you missed ,
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gemlin66
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Posted: 18 Apr 2011 at 12:24am |
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hi mine was like that but not using as much fuel as yours. Luckly it was still under warrenty & they changed the air flow pipe as the air 2 fuel mixture was not getting through correctly and its been fine ever since. hope this helps. lin
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