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Thats spot on - I have the same toroidal tank in my D3 and I concur with those figures
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Confidence is the feeling you have before you know better . . . . Audi A8 D2 3.7 Quattro Sport 1999 FL - Melange 2nd Place Winner - A8-Freunde Annual German Meet 2012 at Edersee 20" x 9" Bentley GTC Wheels with 385mm W12 Front Discs & Bentley Caliper Covers, Front Lowered on Coilovers, Xenons, Combined DRLs and LED Foglights to modified OEM front fog lamp position, Alcantara/Leather, Full Black Alcantara headlining + pillars and blind shelf, Bespoke Flat Bottomed Sports Steering Wheel, Dark Myrtle Wood, Autodim Mirrors, Bose, Blinds, Digital TV, Ski Hatch, Modified rear exhaust section for extra V8 Burble Audi S8 D2 Final Edition 2002, Avus Silver with Red Leather Interior Tiptronic with Sport mode button, Sony rear entertainment package, Bose sound system, Audi Navigation Plus, 20 inch Final Edition alloys, Full Cat Back Stainless Milltek exhaust, giving a great V8 burble Audi A8L D2 4.2 Petrol with LPG - Ebony Black Audi A8L D4 FL 4.0T Petrol twin turbo - Havana Black Audi A2 1.6 FSi Sport - Dolphin Grey with Votex body kit and Red Leather Interior and some other A8's A8L's and Mercs |
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I used to get about 350km out of mine.
But it was a fuel guzzler, horrible inlet/exhaust design on a Holden Red Motor (push rod straight 6cyl 3.3L). LPG system was also the poverty model with a constant flow venturi vapour ring design. Vera's system looks to be a thoroughly more modern vapour injection system. Far more efficient and necessary on variable inlet multi-valve heads. Still inefficient compared to petrol, and probably a noticeable power loss, but all in all not a bad compromise when looking at cost per mile (LPG runs about 55c-60c/L here, compared to $1.25-1.40/L for petrol ($1.40-1.65/L for 98RON)). The only thing better than that is a liquid injection system, which are very expensive.
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Cheers Marty ____________________ Current: 2001 Audi S8 - Brilliant Black with Black interior, C5 RS6 rims (whenever I actually put them on...), Solar Sunroof, Tinted side and rear glass, RNS-D, Grom, Bose, clunky old phone in arm rest! 2002 Audi S8 - Project Replacement head coming arrived thanks to MJ Silver with Black interior. All features as the '01, with the 'S' mode auto shifter. Dodgey rear tint (need to find a way to get rid of that). Family: 2009 Volvo XC90 V8 R Design - has a louder more obnoxious exhaust than the S8, sounds great! Love this thing - Q7 was double the price, and certainly not double the car! Sold: 1997 Audi A4 - Hamilton's Club Sport, Achat Grey (will miss the old girl) |
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Reminds me of when I had my first car, a Vauxhall Nova 1.5TD. Had an interest in music then, and remodelled the boot to accommodate a CD multi-changer (a big brute in the late 80s) on one side and a couple of amps and lockable storage space for the head unit on the other. Had to then redo the floor to get access to the spare and used some Aluminium checker plate that was hinged, with gas struts. Rear shelf was replaced with MDF to take the 7" speakers and 10" sub-woofer, with a further six speakers upfront.
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2001 A8 D2 FL 3.7 Q - LPG Conversion, Engine: AKC, Gearbox:FBB, Colour:LY5X Aqua Blue pearl effect, Interior:WJ light beige/dark beige valcona leather with burr walnut inserts My DIY jobs - Replaced alarm horn, Replaced Coolant Temp sensor, Updated RNS-D firmware, Installed Reversing Camera and Digital TV, Dashcam Installation, Retrofitted Rear Blinds, Auto-Dimming Rear View Mirror, Chrome Boot Struts Sold! 2008 S8 D3 5.2 V10 - Engine: BSM, Gearbox:KLW, Colour:LY7F Suzuka Grey Pearl Effect, Interior:Black/Black with Silver/Black valcona leather with carbon atlas inserts, Bang & Olufsen, Heated windscreen, Soft-close doors, TV, DAB, AMI, Quad Zone, Auto Boot, Auto dim Mirrors, Keyless entry, PDC with rearview camera, AFS II Headlights My DIY jobs - Fan Jet Windscreen Washers, Retrofitted Electric Side Blinds |
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Scuttle panel and windscreen washers tonight.
When I took the e-box lid off I discovered the wires and pipes were hanging down, and it turned out it had a random piece of pipe in there which didn't fit very well so stripped it down and started again New washer jets since the heaters didn't work in the old ones Jets installed New clips to hold the pipes down Pipes fixed in place Wires nice and neat Installed and wipers back on Covers back on and we're done under the bonnet |
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I'll probably be doing something similar fairly soon; where did you get the 4D0955491A clips from, I might need a few?
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2003 D2 FL S8. Irish Green Pearl/Beige. Solar sunroof, auto-dim mirrors, electric rear seat functions, ski hatch retrofit; extended leather. Aftermarket DVB-T, reversing camera and full XCarlink (Bluetooth etc.). 2016 Volvo V40 T5 Cross Country (4WD) with ALL the toys including adaptive cruise etc. etc. Osmium Grey with Blonde/Charcoal leather interior. Polestar performance "optimisation". (A much rarer model than a D2 S8 by the way!) Oh, and a brand new engine at just under 30,000 miles on the factory one! Finally: gone, but not forgotten..... 1998 D2 PF S8. AgateGrey/Platinum. Every option (I think) except electric rear seats, tiptronic steering wheel, ski hatch, towbar & dimming door mirrors. e.g. Cruise control, NavPlus/TV, Bose, GSM, Xenons, Solar roof, Parking sensors, Alcantara/leather everywhere of course. (internal dimming mirror added later) 1998 (very early) Ford Focus 1.8 Zetec; ABS/TCS, Heated screen/mirrors, Aircon, Auto-dim mirror, Leather, Trip computer, Cruise control, OEM Ford SatNav with CD changer. And before that a lot of Rover 800s, a few oddities, a lovely Triumph Dolomite 1850HL with Overdrive and way back in my schooldays an Austin Seven aka Mini 850! |
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TPS. I bought a bag of 20 since they were on back order. 7 per car so I can do the next one too.
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And when you think there's nothing left another detail shows in that perfection!
How did you find out the heaters won't work anymore? It's summer! Thank you so much, Mikki Jayne! The LPG is by Zavoli. It is an Italian make with a master slave system. Both my Vento 2.0E and the A6 3.2 FSI run flawlessly on Zavoli, too. The LPG tank lets me fill up approx. 64,8 litres and it lasts for approx. 300 km. In average it's approx. 12 mpg. A loss of power cannot be denied so the LPG sometimes needs to be switched off depending on the circumstances.
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S8 FL manual drive, 11/1999, pelican blue, customized by the Quattro GmbH, KAW 60/40, Supersport silencer, 19" from the S8 D3. LPG & 385mm front brakes (D3). |
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S8 FL manual drive, 11/1999, pelican blue, customized by the Quattro GmbH, KAW 60/40, Supersport silencer, 19" from the S8 D3. LPG & 385mm front brakes (D3). |
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Couple more jobs tonight:
One of the mounting points on the undertray was broken. I've cut a chunk out of an old broken tray to use as a repair piece. Stuck the repair piece on using panel-bond. This is a structural polyurethane for sticking bodykits on so it ought to stick the plastic quite well but still be flexible. This is rather experimental so we'll find out in a day or two if it works! With that done, moved on to the missing fridge bracket. I made a new one from 25mm aluminium flat bar, bent to shape. Using a 'mandrel' to get a radius on the bends: Rough shape I needed to tuck the front of the bracket in round the shape of the fridge to get to the mounting holes so used a couple of bits of steel to form a kink Wrapped the completed bracket in anti-rattle felt tape and its ready to fit Here the car threw me another little challenge. I was expecting the sheet metal to have captive nuts of some sort, but it turned out they were just through-holes. Back seat out then, to get a nut on the bolts! Employ Mr Tickle to hold the bolt in the boot and the nut in the cabin at the same time Bracket bolted in place and secured to the fridge with plastic rivets And finished with it's cover panel Pretty happy with how that turned out |
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My word. You put us hobby bodgers and plenty of professionals to real shame!
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2010 A8 SE Executive 4.2 FSI D4 2007 Mini Cooper S R56 2008 D3, gone, but not forgotten after 9 years and 90k. |
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