Irukanji
101% Lunacy
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- 2000 VT Exec LS1 A4
Thread dig, haters gonna hate.
On the fuel economy bit, I was getting 7.7L/100km on the highway(Bendigo in Vic to Perth) in a 98 VT with about 270k on the clock. Fully loaded however, probably 300kg in stuff plus me.
Fuel filter should be done whenever the recommended replace time is. I need to do mine shortly as the car is hesitating on acceleration, presumably from those unleaded tanks across the desert which haven't been cleaned in 30+ years(and the junk which gets sucked into the car). Getting close to 1000km/tank from a Commodore on the highway is pretty nice, lets you avoid most of the expensive fuel stops(Border Village, $2.04/L, Eucla $1.86/L, November last year).
If you do the oil every 10,000km or so, you could just about remove the plug, remove the filter, then stick the plug in with a new washer("gasket") and the filter half full and be done in under an hour. If it's been a long time, better to let it drain, top it up with some cheap oil, run it for 15-20 minutes, then drain it again and refill with fresh oil and filter. Depends on the colour when it comes out the bottom. Black = long time, gold(like honey) = almost new, somewhere in between = probably a mixture of the two.
Coolant should be done every 200,000km I think, but when you do the coolant it is probably best to do the thermostat, flush the entire system with clean water, replace the top/bottom hoses(and the heater hoses if you run the heater often).
On the fuel economy bit, I was getting 7.7L/100km on the highway(Bendigo in Vic to Perth) in a 98 VT with about 270k on the clock. Fully loaded however, probably 300kg in stuff plus me.
Fuel filter should be done whenever the recommended replace time is. I need to do mine shortly as the car is hesitating on acceleration, presumably from those unleaded tanks across the desert which haven't been cleaned in 30+ years(and the junk which gets sucked into the car). Getting close to 1000km/tank from a Commodore on the highway is pretty nice, lets you avoid most of the expensive fuel stops(Border Village, $2.04/L, Eucla $1.86/L, November last year).
If you do the oil every 10,000km or so, you could just about remove the plug, remove the filter, then stick the plug in with a new washer("gasket") and the filter half full and be done in under an hour. If it's been a long time, better to let it drain, top it up with some cheap oil, run it for 15-20 minutes, then drain it again and refill with fresh oil and filter. Depends on the colour when it comes out the bottom. Black = long time, gold(like honey) = almost new, somewhere in between = probably a mixture of the two.
Coolant should be done every 200,000km I think, but when you do the coolant it is probably best to do the thermostat, flush the entire system with clean water, replace the top/bottom hoses(and the heater hoses if you run the heater often).