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I smell fuel and i'm only getting 70kms to 10lts??

coza456

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My NA has been wonderful to me and this would have to be its only problem. I was wondering if anyone out there could help me out. I put 10 litres in and it only serves me 70kms. For an NA that can't be right. With soaring fuel prices at the moment i've had enough. I have just recently changed the oil, oil filter, spark plugs and fuel filter.... But one ongoing thing is i've always smelt fuel every now and then when driving her. If there was a leak it would have to be ever so small because i've had this problem for ages now. Is this a job i take to the mechanics to get her tuned? If so how much would that cost? and where in the east melb area would be the best.....

If any help could be given..it'd be greatly appreciated

Thanks heeps

COREy

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have a look where the petrol cap is that reducer bit there is sometimes a bit loose

if your stopped with your engine running you might b able to c fumes coming out of there look in side mirrior

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have a look at the injectors, see if they are damp around the plugs.

the smell will drift into the car through the air vents , and will probably be a bit stronger when car is stationary than moving.

could be o-rings or cracked injector body

Stephen

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10 litres for 70ks

jeez and your whinning??? u NA boys got da life

i get life 20L per 100ks

PS i have the same prob with petrol smell, let me know how ya fixed it and then i'll give that a go, i have had the prob for two years now, its only when i push in the hills think the slooshing around has some thing to do with it

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yeah there is always fumes coming out of there when it's running....i know that my fuel filler thing comes straight out with the fuel hose when im filling it up...i doubt the fuel could be just evaperating... o rings or cracked injector body doesn't sound like a great load of fun.. let's just hope it isn't that.. i can't really take it anywhere either due to my wonderfully maxed out credit card.. the problem seems to be around the board...and as for you turbo ticoons! 20litres per 100kms...is that wonderful air rushing noise really worth it at 1.15 per litre?

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yeah there is always fumes coming out of there when it's running....i know that my fuel filler thing comes straight out with the fuel hose when im filling it up...i doubt the fuel could be just evaperating... o rings or cracked injector body doesn't sound like a great load of fun.. let's just hope it isn't that.. i can't really take it anywhere either due to my wonderfully maxed out credit card.. the problem seems to be around the board...and as for you turbo ticoons! 20litres per 100kms...is that wonderful air rushing noise really worth it at 1.15 per litre?

most of us buy turbo skylines to go fast and not to be a poser in a 'line, so in repose that whushing noise question. it is worth 1.15 a litre

Viscount Community Regular

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most of us buy turbo skylines to go fast and not to be a poser in a 'line

Some of us 18/19 year olds are too young for insurance companies to want to touch, so an N/A is the best option.

As to your 'poser in a line' comment, keep them to yourself mate. I would rather be seen in a non turbo R34 than a Mazda 6 or something equivilant, and that's the option I was faced with.

Whose to say there aren't posers who drive our turbo counterparts? Your comment has me wondering if you would fit into that very catergory.

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let me clarify my statement.

if you buy a fast car, turbo/non turbo and not drive it fast (and in doing so use more fule than usual) the way the car was designed to be driven. then you are a poser.

and back onto the subject of this thread.

70K's to 10lts is bad for a non turbo. i get 200-210K's to 27litres. and thats fast acelerating/fast driving action.

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let me clarify my statement.

if you buy a fast car, turbo/non turbo and not drive it fast (and in doing so use more fule than usual) the way the car was designed to be driven. then you are a poser.  

What a silly statement ! By your reckoning a person who drives a GTR must drive it fast else he is a poser. Who cares about traffic laws or the fact that you share the road with others or the fact that some of us dont desire to drive a car fast.

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