What have you done to your mk4 (golf/bora) today?

I finally received my replacement auto-dimming rear view mirror from the UK (after the first one got lost in the mail) and swapped it in. I hope it doesn't crap itself again this summer in the heat..

sheeeiiiit, sorry.

went to start the 4mo today = Batt Flatery :( havnt touched it in 4 weeks.
poor things neglected.
waiting for my headlights for motivation change the alternator,headlights and spray the bowser.

I replaced the O2 sensor 2 weeks ago. And filled up today after the 1st full tank.
Fuel consumption is now about 0.5l/100km better. Down to 7.6 litres/100km
So the ROI on the $100 spent is
0.5litres / 100km
3.5litres per week (700km/week) or $5.6/week ($1.60/litre)
17.85 weeks or 4.5months to ROI

I'm quite surprised as I have been flogging it on the hwy to work each day sitting around 3000rpm in 5th.

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Originally Posted by JustCruisn

I replaced the O2 sensor 2 weeks ago. And filled up today after the 1st full tank.
Fuel consumption is now about 0.5l/100km better. Down to 7.6 litres/100km
So the ROI on the $100 spent is
0.5litres / 100km
3.5litres per week (700km/week) or $5.6/week ($1.60/litre)
17.85 weeks or 4.5months to ROI

I'm quite surprised as I have been flogging it on the hwy to work each day sitting around 3000rpm in 5th.

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Good to hear , i reckon they should be a service item at least 90k, i see Skoda have it in the service book now for 100k change, simply clever
Cheers
Jmac

RE: After engine swap from 1.6L to 1.8T GTI, my speedo was running about 10-12% slow...

This morning I finally got the USB drivers for my ebay vagcom cable to work, and finally got into section 17, allowing me to change the frequency/multiplier number, so that my speedo is now nearly correct! So, now instead of my speedo saying 50km/h and I was actually doing ~56km/h, it now reads 50km/h when I am actually doing 49km/h!

I will write up more on this when I can to help others sort it out..

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Originally Posted by JustCruisn

I replaced the O2 sensor 2 weeks ago. And filled up today after the 1st full tank.
Fuel consumption is now about 0.5l/100km better. Down to 7.6 litres/100km
So the ROI on the $100 spent is
0.5litres / 100km
3.5litres per week (700km/week) or $5.6/week ($1.60/litre)
17.85 weeks or 4.5months to ROI

I'm quite surprised as I have been flogging it on the hwy to work each day sitting around 3000rpm in 5th.

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Nice one. One of the next things on my list after I do a whole tank with the new speedo settings... chasing fuel consumption..

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Originally Posted by kenbot

Nice one. One of the next things on my list after I do a whole tank with the new speedo settings... chasing fuel consumption..

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1.6 to 1.8T and now fuel consumption is a priority?

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Originally Posted by JustCruisn

1.6 to 1.8T and now fuel consumption is a priority?

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Hahaha, not a priority, just wondering why it is so bad!

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Originally Posted by kenbot

Hahaha, not a priority, just wondering why it is so bad!

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Might be something to do with the right boot ;)