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TC-6 is always under voltage, has a sensor to the speedometer, a sensor to the fuel injector and is connected with the factory tank floater, isn't a perfect tool but can show (even in real time) some variables. For the next 3 days i will follow the ''crank & go" technique and Saturday morning i will make the sum.

It's total consumption, gasoline spended divided to kilometres traveled. The instant consumption changes every 250m, it's impossible to make an average looking the screen. The TC-6 is an indicator and since isn't a NASA tool for sure would be an error, even the gas station pump maybe has an error. Minimal differences doesn't matter but since the route is steady it's a matter of few tests to see which technique works best.

@HardoPiiri No problem with your english, this is not a club of Oxford graduates. Put Contact cleaner in connectors.

Tonight "crank & go" results: Idle frm 1100 to 830 at 2.10 minutes (better than "crank & wait") and fuel consumption 10,62 ltr or 26,60 Uk mpg (slightly worst). The temperature was one click higher than yesterday and the weather was wet. I had to try tomorrow, i am not happy.

I just make some calculations, those 3.40 minutes i burn about 110ml of fuel. Till now (with the "crank and wait") the fuel consumption is 10,57 ltr / 100 km or 26,72 mpg but let's see in few hours if the "crank and go" technique works better in my modified Felicia.

I will make another test tonight this way, i have done it in the past but i tell you that i didn't like the car's behavior at that time. Let's see tonight what the TC-6 will show after this kind of driving. No oil cooler installed.

Mine (plus the @HappySkoda car) does not, is it a coincidence or your Felicia has something different or special than ours? Yesterday i made another test, i let the car idle for 1.30' and the drove slowly with 1st gear to the exit of the parking, when the idle drooped to 830 rpm i look at the timer. So where is the ''drive it immediately to get warm faster" theory? Why this does not happening?

When you haven't modify or drove sport style your Felicia you think like this. If any one tries to drive fast this car only after 5 minutes of driving will and up on a pillar-barrier-cliff or the front car's rear bumper. The participation in this topic is not mandatory, if a member does not find this topic interesting he can proceed to other, "no hard feelings".

Another test today: my second cold start of the day was shorter in time than the older 3.45 but i didn't measure it exactly because i wanted to go to boulevard before i return home. Unfortunately it had traffic, i manage to engage even the 4th gear but for a while, disappointed i took the ordinary route to home but although it's cold here the fuel consumption was 10,12ltr / 100km or 27.91 Uk mpg.

DP4438R, these are what you have? https://www.ebcbrakeshop.co.uk/info-brake-parts?range=Pad&make=SKODA&year=2000&model=Felicia&engineSelect=1.3&engine=1.3&bhp=

Rally or Track or Racing brake pads wont ruin quicker the stock brake discs? I jusy find something about EBC brake pads https://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/425257-another-reason-to-avoid-ebc-pads/ I had a similar problem with Ferodo.

This cable harness is from the factory for the fuel injectors, i haven't touch it at all nor me or any mechanic. Has the factory tape on which is A' class quality, stiff no melty and very durable.

The more ''rally'' or ''race'' the brake pad the more time needs to get warm so in city traffic or normal use will take too long time to come to proper temperature to have a decent brake. It's like the tyres for example some Bridgestone have much worst gripping in the morning because it takes too much time (distance) with normal use to get warm.

Without going to something expensive as Tarox you mean something like this style or like this one?

Can you point that with arrow or cycle? i don't understand what you mean. MPG update: I gathered 4 receipts with notes for my latest gasoline refueling, old fashion way measurements and the results are: 1) 99 Km distance, 13,23 ltr/ 100 Km or 21,35 mpg (citty traffic) 2) 153 Km distance, 13,33 ltr/ 100 Km or 21,19 mpg (citty traffic) 3) 248 Km distance, 12,9 ltr / 100 Km or 21,89 mpg (city traffic plus some km in boulevard and few round on a small mountain route) 4) 110,3 Km distance, 11,87 ltr / 100 Km or 23,79 mpg (city traffic plus a small trip in the highway) The No1,No2,No3 were with the car still having issues (BMC filter on, damaged plug on coolant sensor, iridium spark plugs still new, air intake manifold not clean etc) The No4 still had some Km with all the above problems, then there was the fixing of the plug and later a small trip to the highway which means about 50km distance in city traffic (with issues) then about 15 in highway and the rest in city traffic. The TC-6 helped me till few days ago and then i accidentally pressed the zeroing button and this ruined my No4 calculations. So now can't rely on the Average fuel consumption, i can not always watch the Instantly because i am gonna crush, i can't rely on the Remaining kilometres because shows different when you are moving and when the car is parked and there are no turbulence in the fuel tank. I relay on the Total fuel consumption (now that the odometer is zeroed) which (by surpise) in the screen has the letter Σ which means ''total'' (Συνολικα is written in Greek). After at least 50 km i can have a good idea for the fuel consumption with the car having no issues (let's pray that i will not discover anything new) and will see all the ''improvements'' how good worked.

You will change the stock discs with bigger? You think for bigger 2 piston calipers (stock from other cars) or 4 piston afyermarket?

The plug is original with VW code on, i haven't touched the wires-pins etc for 22 years. I have changed some coolant sensors yes but never ''mess'' with the plug except that maybe me or a mechanic while working pressed the cables down with his elbow. Here are some photos (Google search) from other Felicia.

I have found and older photo of my engine bay, i crop the part which shows the cables already be bent. Later became rigid and with that ''abused'' look.

I searched in my archives, i have photo that all the cables are bent but i can not explain why they were so rigid, even now the plug can stand upside down like a spider because the cables are like tree branches. By the sensor with Yellow ring? By the engine bay? Hmm... Must affected the signals otherwise i can not explain the immediately change on the instand fuel consumption at cold start.

It's supposed to be Blue but it's Yellow, i put it as a test (maybe something was wrong with the previous Blue) and works fine. The cables were rigid and bented many years ago but for those cuts i have no explanation plus i don't know how much these affected the "signals" that this sensor was sending. The 1st morning start is slightly better (one click) but the late (night) start must be the same. I have done tests for 2 days plus a small trip on the highway but accidentally i zeroed yesterday the Average fuel consumption so i have to wait few days to verify the results.

I bought my Felicia at spring 2000 with Green G11 inside and after many years i change it to Blue G11 because i could find more quality products (Repsol, Motul etc). The majority (and maybe all) of new mechanics since they don't know the Felicia or don't want to bother more they suggest G12 ''because the sensors can read better" or ''all the Skoda now are using G12" as they have told me. I have tested G12 for few months and i didn't notice any difference to G11, i didn't like the idea and i flush it so i am using G11 for about 20,5 years and i don't see why should i change it since i have an old design (Favorit) motor.

I was present when he removed it and gave it to my hands and there was no need to pull the wires, my order was to cut them few cm back and install new wires. You didn't noticed the yellow ring, ha ha. I will upload them in higher resolution. I am more surprised than you gentlemen, i have mention in older post that the cables were rigid and one of them was loose but i didn't expect such mess.

If your car is hard to start when warm, you can trace the issue to one or more several potential faulty components, for example: Clogged air filter Corroded or loose battery terminal or cable Corroded or loose engine ground connection Vapor lock in the fuel system Faulty fuel system Engine control system problems One or more electrical sensors https://axleaddict.com/auto-repair/My-Car-is-Hard-to-Start-When-Warm

Noboby look for this item because the cables were covered with tape plus when they asked me ''did you change the coolant sensor?'' and i was replying ''yes'' the searching was over for them about this. The thought that my Cold start was not proper was every day and night in my mind and when i removed the tape and i saw this: i said to my self ''i gotcha you son of a b@itch''. This sneaky-submissive-dishonest-cunning-b@stard-crook was the main cause for my bad cold starts and the terrible fuel consumption. I haven't tested it yet with a multimeter but when i change it i cover the cables with a plastic tube plus Tesa cloth tape outside. Here is the new plug of the coolant sensor (in Greece the mechanics call that sensosr as: Cold start valve). The BMC filter ruined my MAP sensor and my fuel consumption, if i had remove it on time i would save the MAP plus the Lambda sensor (i paid extra money when the blame was not on these) but now it's done, i can't go back. I have take photos from that day that i changed the plug, from another day with trip in highway plus from another two days in city traffic. Nor me or any other Felicia driver will believe the results, today i made a reset to TC-6 to check another two days the results before i post the photos. An almost 3 years old nightmare it's near the final End!

Gentlemen, as i reach the top of the ladder for my problem's solution let's take a final look of than BMC filter before goes to recycle bin. I have found another one missing part but there are some others which stuck like gum on the bottom of the air filter box and i throw them away. I installed that filter at 41930 Km, removed few years later for cleaning-oiling with the maintenance kit and reinstall it. Remove it at 78078 Km (i saw that the frame started to show signs of cracking and i glued them) to test a Peper filter but place it back after a week 84932 Km the end of story, this what's left of it. So that numbers of 150.000 miles that i am reading are just for show-off and that's the end of story for gauge filters for me. __________________________________________________________________ Meanwhile let's take a look at the coolant as is today morning, everything looks fine, no dark spots of sludge. After checking one by one every sector (finding mistakes and giving the proper solution one thing over and over was in my thought, the Cold Start. I had the instinct that it was the ''guilty", the responsible for not finding the final solution. I checked the coolant sensor, replace it just for test and as i had no positive results i was ready to send the ECU to another programmer to check IF there is something inside which controls the cold start (i don't know, i was just wondering) till my eye caught the plug and the cables which were covered partially with tape. I had the suspicion that something is wrong with those cables, one was very lose and the other three were very rigid and two of them had a cut on their insulation. With some help i found the code and ordered a new one, i went few days back to the electrician to cut those wires and install the new one. I made the first cold start of the day, drove for about 1 km and the fuel consumption was 12,1 or 12,3 ltr which is 23.34 or 22.96 Mpg (i am not remember correctly) ,when arrived i was waiting because there was another customer before me and when he finished the car had cool a bit. That was my last step, i could think anything else, i was run-dry by ideas, i was desperate and many have told me to be compromised with the idea of such high fuel consumption in city traffic but deep inside me i was telling ''NO". Somewhere was a mistake, something was wrong and i haven't find it, there must be a solution and no matter what some mechanics said my fuel consumption wasn't this one! With the head full of thoughts i made reverse, went to the road, start driving for few minutes and with agony i looked the TC-6 for fuel consumption. You can not imagine the expression of my face that time, was like this: