Xantia of Desires - Farewell xantia!

[DSdriver]

My XM has a similar trick - everything electric goes dead for a second then back to normal, fortunately not long enough for it to stall. But the Volvo I had before did cut out like that, usually at embarrassing moments like entering a roundabout with a police car approaching from the road to my right or in the middle of a set of roadworks controlled by temporary traffic lights.

I gave it to a local garage and said I don't want it back till its cured. As they could only diagnose it when the fault was happening and they happened to be not doing something else it took a couple of weeks but it was eventually found to be the fuel pump relay overheating which also caused complete shutdown of rev counter and ignition.

 

In other news, the XM has just gone into underseal mode with a burst metal pipe by the pressure regulator. I am going to try clamping a bit of fuel hose over the split with a jubilee clip so I can get it the 50 odd miles to tother side of Canterbury so Paul Clifford can sort it.

[DSdriver]

Is that you going at warp speed in the piccy?

[Arthur Foxhake]

Change filter, add fueling.

 

I'd go another turn on the max fuel and turn the LDA round to "GLF" setting.

[bub2006]

Money on ignition switch

[beko1987]

Money on ignition switch

Ah don't say that, I'm hedging my bets on the fans being the fan box resistor!

 

Can the ignition switch issue cause it to cut out when running?

[beko1987]

Change filter, add fueling.

 

I'd go another turn on the max fuel and turn the LDA round to "GLF" setting.

Another turn from what it is now or another turn after 2/3?

[beko1987]

Is that you going at warp speed in the piccy?

Not anymore! That's a cunt of a corner too, nearly washed out in the zx one night trying it at 50 with the new rains ports too, 30 max nowadays! Not too bad coming round it towards the Google camera though

[bub2006]

Cutting put I'd say so too

[Arthur Foxhake]

Another turn from what it is now or another turn after 2/3?

Just 1 turn, turn and a half max, it doesn't need to blow coal.

[DSdriver]

Check battery terminals still tight

[Guest Hooli]

Check the stop solenoid connector on the injector pump, not too unlikely it's loose after all the work you've done in that area.

 

ETA. Is sub 800 rpm the correct idle speed?

[jonathan_dyane]

It might be that the anti-stall lever needs a slight adjustment after all the work the pump has suffered; I'm sure Haynes details tweaking it.

[beko1987]

Possibly, although I have made use of my lunch hour

 

 

The power clouds are back! But only because I managed to turn the fuel screw in a turn and a half by accident, tightening the lock nut moved it the extra half turn, so need to tweak that back at some point. Lda has been flipped, and I tightened the throttle cable back up too after making it floppy for the mot. Possibly a bit too tight as there's no slack at all, could do with moving back a section or 2,or ill get used to it.

 

Went up the road quickly just to check it would at least get me home though and it's much better! Idles gone up a few hundred revs too, so it no longer needs gas to idle nicely on tick over, so the bypass should be more bearable.

 

I now stink of diesel and need to wash the oil off my hands later!

[Supernaut]

CLAG!

 

I want another XUD...

[bub2006]

I may or may not have been idly browsing ebay for a xud turbo complete Mot failure with good engine in case anything untoward happens with the van. Only viable replacement for the dw8

[beko1987]

It's drinking fuel though, the needle is showing its nearly empty, done 87 miles to £20... It's been less economical for the last few weeks. What's the drill when xud's start drinking more fuel? Used to grt 200 miles easily to £20...

 

Maybe I should brim it and see if it still hits 600 miles

[Arthur Foxhake]

I would change the fuel filter, maybe check tyre pressures?

[beko1987]

So when I got the car, when it was in full nutter GLF mode, 200 miles to £20/600+ miles to a full 60l tank. Simples.

 

I know the AS Jaguar Contingent are going to tell me to FRO, but it's not been as economical since fitting the new exhaust and having the engine tinkered to bring it to MOT passable levels of tune...

 

168 miles to £20 was my last record, I brimmed the tank up last week and have done 299 miles to 3/4 of it...

 

So something is not happy. I checked the tyre pressures at lunchtime, went to the BP to find they have a new air machine that wants a FUCKING QUID for 6 minutes of air... Fuck it, it might help...nope. both fronts at 31 (took them back to 33), rears spot on at 30...45 seconds later I was gone. So it's not tyre pressure.

 

My driving style is the same, I've upped the fuel again as above but not to the same level. I even turned the top star screw down the 2 turns I raised it by before the MOT, and double tightened all the intercooler pipes that run across the top of the engine.

 

Any bright ideas why my 1.9td is drinking a wee bit more? It's due a service, bub last did an oil change on it and I have no idea when that was, the fuel filter is probably needing a chance, but I can see nothing untoward through the clear lines betwixt filter and engine, air filter was new for the 2nd MOT re-test, and my previous £20 to 200 miles (light would come on at about 190 miles, I just used to carry on to home then pop some more in the next day, so super accurate stuff...) was achieved post cambelt fuckup, so I doubt it's anything to do with that.

 

Thoughts? Where should I point my hammer?

[vulgalour]

You could try hammering a ZX estate over the top of it.

[beko1987]

Don't think I could downgrade now. Plus, I've just found out that we dont pay council tax in feb and march, so my various jobs may be able to come forward a bit! Hydraflush and height corrector strippage mainly, going to get the spheres checked first before buying new. Then maybe tyres, but they may have to wait until bonus month

[The Moog]

I always struggled with MPG's, which ended up being part of reason to get rid of it.

 

I reckon I was getting about 32mpg out of it when it was in full lunatic mode. I think* it was cause I enjoyed using it all the time and had to leave my farm track onto dual carriageway so every journey started with a 0 - 70 dash, but even on a run at 75/80 ish I was getting around 36mpg. I know Bub, Chompy & Vulgalour were doing miles better than that. 

 

The cash to miles thing doesn't work for me as diesel has gone up 20p in the last 4 months and can be 10 p different in stations round here, so too many variables. 

 

I was getting about 450 from a tank.  I thought the tank was 65l? 

 

Quick fag packet calcs on your numbers say;

 

60 litres - 600 miles is about 46mpg.  

3/4 tank (45l) to 299 miles is 33mpg. 

Your best is 

168 - £20 @£1.20 is 16.6 litres (about 3 gallons) so 56mpg 

 

 

Sticking caliper? 

[vulgalour]

I was getting about 55mpg out of it in stock tune, however I drove it.  Most of the time I was off-boost because keeping it on boost was always a bit of a chore unless I was on the motorway.  Never got into the 60s, never seemed to drop into the 40s and it was always better on veg than diesel, economy-wise.  I didn't often go above 60mph in it, I rarely had the opportunity, but if you did hoof it you could watch the needle move.

[beko1987]

I always struggled with MPG's, which ended up being part of reason to get rid of it.

 

I reckon I was getting about 32mpg out of it when it was in full lunatic mode. I think* it was cause I enjoyed using it all the time and had to leave my farm track onto dual carriageway so every journey started with a 0 - 70 dash, but even on a run at 75/80 ish I was getting around 36mpg. I know Bub, Chompy & Vulgalour were doing miles better than that. 

 

The cash to miles thing doesn't work for me as diesel has gone up 20p in the last 4 months and can be 10 p different in stations round here, so too many variables. 

 

I was getting about 450 from a tank.  I thought the tank was 65l? 

 

Quick fag packet calcs on your numbers say;

 

60 litres - 600 miles is about 46mpg.  

3/4 tank (45l) to 299 miles is 33mpg. 

Your best is 

168 - £20 @£1.20 is 16.6 litres (about 3 gallons) so 56mpg 

 

 

Sticking caliper? 

That is a good point, I hadn't thought of differing prices of derv. Maybe I'm imagining it, but it does seem less than it was. Will wait for the light to come on and see what the mileage is.

 

I don't think it's the calipers, if I knock it out of gear it rolls forever. The back isn't sitting right due to the height control rod not being correctly fitted, maybe that's not helping.

 

I'll wait for it to drop to 20mpg and buy a 4.0 jag, it seems a sensible solution

[beko1987]

I was getting about 55mpg out of it in stock tune, however I drove it.  Most of the time I was off-boost because keeping it on boost was always a bit of a chore unless I was on the motorway.  Never got into the 60s, never seemed to drop into the 40s and it was always better on veg than diesel, economy-wise.  I didn't often go above 60mph in it, I rarely had the opportunity, but if you did hoof it you could watch the needle move.

I sit at 70 normally on the motorway, backroads are whatever speed the traffics at. Rarely nutter it, normally change up at 2.5k revs.

 

I suppose what I should do is buy 15l of veg and keep it in the boot then run it until it dies, just incase the float sensor is gubbed and it does another 150 miles after the light comes on, but that could be annoying if it conks out near home on roads with nowhere to pull over and lots of corners.

 

I did run it on veg a bit thinking about it before the weather turned, so it could be that it likes veg more...

[vulgalour]

I'll wait for it to drop to 20mpg and buy a 4.0 jag, it seems a sensible solution

 

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[SiC]

If jags get 20mpg, perhaps I should change to one as the Laguna is only getting 18mpg around town...

[bub2006]

I changed oil etc when I first had it and again after 5k. I did 9k in it so probably ready for service again. As for Mpg, I was getting 38 to 40 on not so economical driving in rush hour traffic. 45+ on a run and made no noticeable difference in economy with van on back either.

[Lacquer Peel]

High 30s-mid 40s MPG is about right for one of these. 55MPG is nearly impossible unless you drive it without engaging boost.

"£20 for x amount of miles" is very vague and inaccurate.

[beko1987]

I know, it's a terrible way to calculate mpg, but I rarely brim it because I can rarely afford to. £20 used to last me the week, and now it doesn't.

 

I'll not worry about it for now, got just under 1/2 a tank left, and tbh I shat all over my mpg calculations tonight by nuttering it onto the m40 after taking 25 minutes to crawl 3 miles up the bypass... it does indeed glf again, not quite to the standard it did, but good enough! I then went back to 65/70mph in l1 with the radio on!

[scdan4]

Fuels gone up a good bit recently, and winter diesel is here as well - mines noticeably less economic on it.

 

Can't be doing with these hand waving sums though. Bloody measure it!