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What I discovered and did to overcome fuel consumption problem
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<blockquote data-quote="julianpang" data-source="post: 588430" data-attributes="member: 6542"><p>What ever I have done to the car, the fuel consumption only improved very mild. </p><p></p><p>I have had radiator water dissapearing problem for a while now. My "COOLANT LEVEL" warning will show up in my OBC once every 1 to 2 weeks after each water top up. My mech concluded that I have a leaky head gasket and it sipped through from 2 locations from the engine head. One was near the firewall and the other was near the throttle body side. </p><p></p><p>My car has been in mech's place for a few days now. According to him, I have lost quite a bit of compression judging by the condition of my head gasket and the way the car's idles.</p><p></p><p>I hope after the top overhaul, I will get better fuel consumption and better power.</p><p></p><p>I visited the mech 2 days ago and I got some photos to share.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Poor thing was "raped".</p><p><img src="http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i289/julianpang/Misc/fe571b2c.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p></p><p><img src="http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i289/julianpang/Misc/56fdc88c.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p></p><p>Sign of leakage near the throttle body side.</p><p><img src="http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i289/julianpang/Misc/0f5bb34e.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p></p><p>This is near the firewall side. The water passage was completely ruined and water sips though it.</p><p><img src="http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i289/julianpang/Misc/4c1e9146.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="julianpang, post: 588430, member: 6542"] What ever I have done to the car, the fuel consumption only improved very mild. I have had radiator water dissapearing problem for a while now. My "COOLANT LEVEL" warning will show up in my OBC once every 1 to 2 weeks after each water top up. My mech concluded that I have a leaky head gasket and it sipped through from 2 locations from the engine head. One was near the firewall and the other was near the throttle body side. My car has been in mech's place for a few days now. According to him, I have lost quite a bit of compression judging by the condition of my head gasket and the way the car's idles. I hope after the top overhaul, I will get better fuel consumption and better power. I visited the mech 2 days ago and I got some photos to share. Poor thing was "raped". [IMG]http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i289/julianpang/Misc/fe571b2c.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i289/julianpang/Misc/56fdc88c.jpg[/IMG] Sign of leakage near the throttle body side. [IMG]http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i289/julianpang/Misc/0f5bb34e.jpg[/IMG] This is near the firewall side. The water passage was completely ruined and water sips though it. [IMG]http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i289/julianpang/Misc/4c1e9146.jpg[/IMG] [/QUOTE]
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