I had the engine temperature sensor replaced last week, just need to go through this tank to see where I'm at. The previous tank was 10.14l per 100km.

Next step that the garage has suggested is to send the air flow meter to Tauranga to be checked. Does this sound reasonable?

Put me down for one

I had another wee chat with an office on the side of the road re my lack of front licence plate....

Any updates?

Just had my shock tower brace polished and I sandblasted and painted the brackets.

Don't get me wrong I'm all about saving money/not wasting gas but I just hope you have run the numbers as to how much 'extra' per tank you will save by spending money to fix this issue. At some point this is going to be an uneconomic exercise, you have already dished money & time on a new O2 sensor...

I called into Autoways last week (or the week before) and was told the main guy who knows all about MX5's was away on holiday for a month and would be back around the 5th of October. I wend through all that I had done with the guys there and they had no suggestions.

I replaced the K&N filter with a stock one during the last service. This was one of the first things I changed trying to sort out this problem. Then watched the MCM video on performance gains using after market air filters giving no performance difference I decided to leave it off. I changed the plu...

That's awesome guys!

GRUVBB do you want to be added to the list?

I drive from Te Aroha to Hamilton every day, about 90km of open road and 15km of town driving. I cruse at about 105kph and rev up to about 4000 in the open road and about 3000 in town, to overtake I (might) drop down to 4th With the weather how it has been the roof has stayed up almost all the time....

Just gone through a tank... in record time

10.06 liters per 100km

MrGrey wrote:Thank you for looking into this, I appreciate your time and efforts

No problem, I really want one of these brackets and money for toys is a bit tight at the moment so any way to make it a bit cheaper is good for me too!!!! so really this just a selfish trip I'm on

I think that I would send them out flat and people could bend them however they preferred.

At this stage I think we will have them laser cut using Snapfrozen's CAD drawing if he consents.

Bump!

Edited the first post to show who is interested.

The new 3 wire O2 sensor is now fitted. Looks to be making a bit of difference as there is now no black smoke when the motor is run up. Will fill it up tonight and keep an eye on the fuel...

you dont even need all that bracket. the number plate is fairly rigid as it is....just get some 50x3 flat bar from bunnings and bend it to suit. I am sure you could make a bracket like you suggest. I though prefer a more finished / professional look. I will edit the first post with to show how many...

[quote="SLYDIT"] i think from memory the 1600 injectors are blue and the bigger ones are tan or red. your bad cold running could be a gunked up throttle butterfly, youll need to clean it and reset your idle rpm. heres how... quote] The injectors are blue on my car. How do you clean the throttle butt...

OK, been back to BNT, now feel like I've been butt raped for price but now am the proud owner of the universal O2 sensor with 3 wires!

I will go and have it fitted tomorrow.

I've added a couple of photos showing the sensor locatio

Yea, that looks perfect!

That could work out. Just have to see if people are more interested in having a name brand option or the cheapest option. I have not contacted Garage Star yet to ask for prices, but I guess that they would be somewhere about $70.00 NZD each depending on the amount of people who partake. Having them ...

Snapfrozen wrote: Have you considered throwing it on a dump with a wide band to check your afr?

Sorry, but What???? I'm a bit thick sometimes, can you please explain?

Did not fit a heated O2 sensor.... long story, but basically BNT ordered a standard 1 wire unit and when I said that I wanted a heated one the guy there was just being a bit of a dick.... The K&N was a panel, changed it back to a stock one when first chasing this problem as first thoughts where that...

ok guys, time to report back. I've filled up the car 5 times since I have changed the O2 sensor. Done a mixture of driving and can say that the new O2 sensor has not made a big difference to my fuel usage. It's now down to 8.8 litres per 100km of driving. Don't know what to try next... I'm open to s...

Hey guys, I was wondering if there was any interest is getting together a group buy for the Garage Star licence plate bracket? http://garagestar.com/shop/type1_license_plate_bracket.html The guy who was selling these on TradeMe is/has moved to Australia. If there is enough interest I would be happy ...

I have a bolt in roll bar that I might be talked out of...

Great to see so many people out even on a rainy night!
Well worth the trip up, nice to put some face's to names, see some cool cars and get some inspiration for my car.

To top the night off we didn't even get a speeding ticket!

Chris