Just use ethylene glycol and change it every two years

5 hours ago, D.FYLAKTOS said:

@HappySkoda : Have you ever clean the inside of the 4 black sockets (mpouzopipes in Greek) of the ignition coil?

The spark plugs are as the factory ones, Champion RC89PYC ?

No, I've never done this. Yes, i use Champion RC89PYC spark plugs, but none of the mechanics i have change has never mesure the gap of the spark plugs. 

1st photo, cold start with 3C  temperature. The other photos are  about consumption. 253km from a full tank. Is normal? 

10 hours ago, HappySkoda said:

253km from a full tank. Is normal? 

What? With what kind of traffic,speed?

11 hours ago, HappySkoda said:

No, I've never done this.

It's very easy, 2 allen screws and one plug and it's out.

For the gap you can buy a filler tool but as is from the factory i think it's OK.

4 hours ago, D.FYLAKTOS said:

but as is from the factory i think it's OK.

Never assume always check, factory could have it wrong (the plugs may go into many other types of vehicles) and the plugs might get knocked or set at incorrect gap.  A set of feeler blades, or a tool, are so cheap now - but check what ever set you buy covers the size(s)* you need and that it includes the correct gapping tool too.   *You may also want(?) a size for checking or setting "the tappets" / engine valve clearances.

 

Edited 9 December, 20214 yr by nta16

16 hours ago, HappySkoda said:

253km from a full tank. Is normal? 

No no I get 500+ until reserve light turns on. 

1 hour ago, nta16 said:

 *You may also want(?) a size for checking or setting "the tappets" / engine valve clearances.

 

I don't want to open the cover and touch anything inside, if i do something wrong "i will pay the bride" as we say here which means "it will cost me a lot".

It's a risk for me.

1 minute ago, Thefeliciahacker said:

No no I get 500+ until reserve light turns on.

On national highway?

Just now, D.FYLAKTOS said:

On national highway?

Yes going 100kph

26 minutes ago, Thefeliciahacker said:

Yes going 100kph

I have seen even 5 litre per 100 Km this way but in city traffic the things are very different.

27 minutes ago, D.FYLAKTOS said:

 

I don't want to open the cover and touch anything inside, if i do something wrong "i will pay the bride" as we say here which means "it will cost me a lot".

It's a risk for me.

Based on the other stuff you do this would be easy enough, even an idiot like me can do it, these are not Formula 1 engines and as long as you set them consistently it would be fine, everyone has their own feel to how tight and some have different methods but with an old engine there's going to be wear and inconsistences so you don't need to work to Formula 1 standards.

 

1 hour ago, nta16 said:

 these are not Formula 1 engines and as long as you set them consistently it would be fine

 

I have it as a principle since i was young. No matter if it is my motorcycle or my car I do not touch a gearbox,a piston, a ball bearing, a shaft etc.  I do not want to take responsibility, it's a huge risk for me.

Edited 9 December, 20214 yr by D.FYLAKTOS

9 hours ago, D.FYLAKTOS said:

What? With what kind of traffic,speed?

20-40 km/h in the city, 50-60 out of the city, 110km/h on highway. 

3 hours ago, Thefeliciahacker said:

No no I get 500+ until reserve light turns on. 

See the pics above, the fuel level, 253km after filling the tank. 

2 hours ago, D.FYLAKTOS said:

I have it as a principle since i was young. No matter if it is my motorcycle or my car I do not touch a gearbox,a piston, a ball bearing, a shaft etc.  I do not want to take responsibility, it's a huge risk for me.

You seem to do more difficult tasks but fair enough I do not blame you, cars are very dirty and unrewarding to work on.  If I could afford to pay others and trust them to do a reasonable, not even good, job I would and sometimes do.  My mechanical work is not of particularly good quality but still often better than some of the professional mechanics and 'specialist experts' I have previously employed.

 

13 minutes ago, nta16 said:

cars are very dirty and unrewarding to work on

 

I have posted some photos showing me working (i have not a private parking) in the side of the road, many times at winter, my tools are down in the ashpalt and the other car passing close to me.

I have done it so many times (although is dangerous) but since i have no one to help me i don't mess with some things that i mention before because if something goes wrong i will have to abandon my car and try to find another way to go to work plus i have to wait for the road assistance truck to carry my car in the local repair-shop.

All these mean money and time and i don't have that luxury.

Work outside for the bike-for the car-for the house, many times i have catched a cold, i got a pain in my back, i have to take medicines etc...i am tired !

 

43 minutes ago, HappySkoda said:

20-40 km/h in the city, 50-60 out of the city, 110km/h on highway. 

 

8-8,5 ltr / 100 Km it's not a bad consumption for a ''mixed'' driving.

16 minutes ago, D.FYLAKTOS said:

i got a pain in my back, i have to take medicines etc...i am tired !

I know how you feel, at least I have a hardstanding to work from and no longer really ned the car so if it starts to rain I either don't start or pack up.  Sometimes the rain has stopped before I can get all the tools out of the rain but I still call it a day, life's far, far too short to mess about with cars that much.

 

2 hours ago, HappySkoda said:

See the pics above, the fuel level, 253km after filling the tank. 

I see no issue 

@nta16 : below is a characteristic example of me working on the side of the road, hot sun-rain-wind-cold and cars-busses-trucks passing 1m far away from my tools, if i make a mistake of one step away from the orange cone i am gonna get hit and injured or die.

I took the risk so many times, i can't do this especially for things that need space and proper tools (work on valves, pistons, shaft, fuel line etc).

 

 

 

By the look of that you might be safer with your head under the bonnet!

 

No car is worth that to me.

 

I see you have five lots of tools and materials, I find if I only want to undo a nut, bolt or fixing I usually end up with at least five tools boxes out and even then I never quite have the most convenient tool for the job.

 

I see you have a car with a dark interior too, I find whenever I'm trying to do something it is always on something black against a black background and particularly when lying with my head in a footwell and looking up I can't see because of contrast of the daylight of the sky.

 

We live at the top of a rise so it can get very windy blowing grit into my face or tools and materials roll away wind powered and it is not good to have the bonnet up.  The only good days are dry and calm in which case I should be out driving or doing anything else rather than farting about working on a car - and so should you.  🙂

 

Very tidy car you have, those front door windows tints would probably be too dark (illegal)  here.

 

Edited 10 December, 20214 yr by nta16

Looks like a parking area with bays to me, but having spent too many years working on car park barriers in close proximity to impatient and unskilled drivers I would feel safer at the side of the road especially if most vehicles were commercial.

 

Sometimes I would not even have put my tools away after having replaced a cardreader and its pedestal before someone reversed into it and knocked it flat again.

 

 

14 hours ago, nta16 said:

I see you have a car with a dark interior too,

 

Very tidy car you have, those front door windows tints would probably be too dark (illegal)  here.

 

It's leather on the door panels plus painted plastics, i have done them many years ago.

The limit here in Greece is 38% light restriction, the rear membrane yes is one click darker but this saves me many times at night because some stupids buy cheap chinese xenon lights which spread the light irregularly.

 

14 hours ago, J.R. said:

Looks like a parking area with bays to me,

 

It's a crossroad in Athens, the front is small for one car only (where the pedestrian is) and on my left is a main road enough wide for a car and a motorcycle or a big vehicle.

Up and left you can see the wheel of another parked car, one step away from the ''line'' of the end of the door and the orange cone and ''i am done''. Usually the drivers of the busses-trucks horn to me from a distance because they afraid that i will move to the left and they will crush me.

It's dangerous and tedious but some things must be repaired and i can not visit the repair-shop often.

 

https://youtu.be/9HRhuTTBtKE  

Ok guys, Scenario No3 today early morning with 7C temperature. 

And few hours later, Scenario No1.!! 🤯🤯🤯