doza28
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So, after previous failed attempts to make the trip up to Brooklands due to Gf birthday shopping and illness, this one was going well!! Car was all packed last night. Lunch was made along with a Flask of coffee and plenty of warm clothes.
I was ready and raring to go.........
Car was not however. I got 2 MILES and noticed that my MPG gauge was not reading as it should. Typically i get 40-42mpg out of my little Clio Sport, and even during the warming up, i read high thirties, yet this was reading mid-high 20s..... not good. Working for a Renault tuner and Specilaist does help when you own a french car. Right away i was thinking Injector fault/Lambda Heater circuit fault or the beginnings of so i decided to drive it for a little further to see if it cleared itself. It didn`t so i turned round to come home. I could not risk a breakdown.
Annoyingly after giving it a bootfull, it coughed, sprang into life and then started to read normally. By this time, it was 7:15 and too late for me to make the 3 hour drive in time.
Wonderful.
I was ready and raring to go.........
Car was not however. I got 2 MILES and noticed that my MPG gauge was not reading as it should. Typically i get 40-42mpg out of my little Clio Sport, and even during the warming up, i read high thirties, yet this was reading mid-high 20s..... not good. Working for a Renault tuner and Specilaist does help when you own a french car. Right away i was thinking Injector fault/Lambda Heater circuit fault or the beginnings of so i decided to drive it for a little further to see if it cleared itself. It didn`t so i turned round to come home. I could not risk a breakdown.
Annoyingly after giving it a bootfull, it coughed, sprang into life and then started to read normally. By this time, it was 7:15 and too late for me to make the 3 hour drive in time.
Wonderful.