DC2R milage problems etc!! (i.e ASK tinks)

[l3vnd1]

nah ~ 50L, and I have filled 50 before.

[Absolut R]

What!! i was sure its 45 man. i always watch how much i put in n from what i've noticed its no bigger than 45

[Absolut R]

no wait your right, did some research
"Fuel Capacity 13.2 gal."

which is about 49.96 liters, sorry about that mate, spot on tho.

[Andys]

I filled 46 point something Litres once

[TAFKA TMB]

50 litres? Crap!!

I’d sweat when the indicator light came on and feel lucky when I put 40.5 litres in the tank (assuming the petrol pumps are calibrated right).

Does that mean I’ve got 10 litres (8 kg) still sitting in my tank when the low tank light comes on. I’m thinking of all the wasted laps on track days, etc that I’ve wasted when I pulled in thinking that I’d run dry.

[ChargeR]

50 litres? Crap!!

I’d sweat when the indicator light came on and feel lucky when I put 40.5 litres in the tank (assuming the petrol pumps are calibrated right).

Does that mean I’ve got 10 litres (8 kg) still sitting in my tank when the low tank light comes on. I’m thinking of all the wasted laps on track days, etc that I’ve wasted when I pulled in thinking that I’d run dry.

True story. Brochures from Honda suggest that the capacity is 50L too. I don't pull in until I get my motor cutting out coming onto the main straight at Winton. It is a disconcerting feeling when you go full throttle and there is no power there .

[fezp]

well i just found out the cause of my poor milage issue.
my temp bar goes from warm to cold even when im driving.
any ideas on how i can replace the thermostat myself?? (FULL BEGINNER) so think you're talkin to the dumbest person in the world when you try and tell me how to do it. =P and no i cbf paying to get it done. if it's easy enough to do then i'd rather do it myself.

[l3vnd1]

So does mine...

If your cruising at say 80 and not pushing, the wind will cool the car.

Hence lowering the temp guage.

[fezp]

mine goes down just after pushing or sometimes while pushing.

[l3vnd1]

If im gunning it on the highway at high speeds, it still stays cold because the cold wind is keeping the engine cool.

[DC2R]

yeah ive found the same thing lately, my temp gauge is running really cool even when been driving for ages, if not giving the car heaps the cold air keepsthings really cool. but that wouldnt affect the mileage would it?

[fezp]

well my logic of it is the colder the engine the more gas you gotta give it to get to higher revs ect.. more gas = poor milage.. plus i get black soot on my rear bar(like completely covers my rear bar.. and today i noticed under my spoiler there's black dots like as if it was liquidy then turned to soot). so you can tell im burning fuel. well i hope i am dont like the sound of my car blowing out black smoke for no reason...

of course please tell me if im wrong cause im getting my thermostat fixed on saturday which is gona be like another 100bucks. so yeh..

[DC2R]

When my engine is cold, from not being driven, I dont rev it high anyway, only when its upto its normal operating temperature, usually after 2 or 3 kms of driving, but when its warm/but running cool from cold outside temperatures I dont think this makes a difference on fuel enconmy, my last tank in my DC2R I got 370kms and I didnt see the fuel light once, and it does work, lol....

[fezp]

do you get soot on your rear bar?
i get heapsss
even when not thrashing, i normaly don't rev above 4k and i still get that black crap.

[DC2R]

Get a bit and as you mentioned on the wing and stuff, but thats normal for DC2R..

I don't baby my car either..