Das Boat Fuel-up Log

92 Octane- 10 % ethanol; fuel-up @ 173,685 miles

Balanced the wheels - $ 38 ($ 9.50/tire) Odometer Reading - 173,260 miles

0W-30 Mobil1 and filter it was the first oil change after engine rebuild. All the gaskets and seals are intact - nothing leaks underneath. Odometer reading: 173,260 miles

89 Octane - 10 % ethanol; Fuel-up @ 173,251 miles

89 Octane - 10 % Ethanol. Fuel-up @ 173,027 miles (3-Way Gas station)

89 Octane - 10% ethanol; Fuel-up @ 172,843 miles

89 Octane - 10 % ethanol; Fuel-up @ 172,597 miles

89 Octane - 10% Ethanol; Fuel-up @ 172,342 miles (Casey-s station)

89 Octane - 10% Ethanol; Fuel-up @ 171,871 miles (Caseys station)

90 Octane - 10 % Ethanol; Fuel-up @ 171,450 miles (Thorntons station, Springfield - 6th Street)

89 Octane - 10% Ethanol; Fuel-up @ 171,066 miles (Hy-Vee station) ...Slightly more "city" driving than previous week

89 Octane - 10% Ethanol; Fuel-up @ 170,769 miles (Hy-Vee station) Drove more "economical" - 65-70 mph

89 Octane - 10% Ethanol; Fuel-up @ 107,511 miles (Hy-Vee station). 75-80 mph highway speed

89 Octane - 10% Ethanol; Fuel-up @ 170,273 miles (Hy-Vee station)

89 Octane - 10% Ethanol; Fuel-up @ 169,944 miles (Casey's station)

89 Octane-10% Ethanol; Fuel-up @ 169,526 miles (Hy-Vee station)

89 Octane - 10% Ethanol; Fuel-up @ 169,289 miles (Hy-Vee station) Several daily trips with 80-85 mph (running late) - positively the mpg will reflect accordingly the increased consumption (22-23 mpg?)

89 Octane - 10% Ethanol; Fuel-up @ 169,038 miles (Hy-Vee station) Slightly more in-town driving, as well as driving with 80 mph on three of the daily commuting trips (3 x 30 miles)

92 Octane - 10% Ethanol (Ayerco station); Fuel-up @ 168,615 miles (Previous two tanks 89 octane, car ran just fine)

89 Octane - 10% Ethanol; Fuel-up @ 168,196 miles (Hy-Vee station)

89 Octane - 10% Ethanol; BP Station Fuel-up @ 167,783 miles

89 Octane - BP Station (Muscatine, IA); Fuel-up @ 167,629 miles

93 Octane - 10% Crapinol (ethanol) - Phillips 66 station, just before price went up again 14 cents/gal... strange world we live in, full of money mongering a-holes; Fuel-up @ 167,467 miles. Note: Last fuel-up was before starting the engine work, so lots of the gas was burned after first start-up and the following days with scanning, diagnosing and tweaking - hence the "city-like" mpg (17.something)

Finished engine rebuild on 19th June, but had some idling problems and a CEL related to 4 different sensors (VSS - speedo quit displaying, TPS, Throttle Idle Switch and EGR Solenoid), electrical/vacuum related. Checked everything over yesterday (June 26th), replaced some vacuum hoses I thought were starting to dissintegrate, re-cleaned electric connectors and switched two vacuum hoses I thought I plugged them wrong. Everything is back to normal, speedo displays and idle is great as it should. This concludes end of rebuild! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izfWaY561OE In the process: changed ATF + filter, system has all new coolant in (Zerex G05) and power steering fluid is also fresh. The control arms are also new, along with the engine mounts. All gaskets and oil seals in the engine are brand new. New differential flange seal - fresh gear oil, and also new torque converter seal in the transmission.

- Odometer starting a new "era" : 167,400 miles

91 Octane - 10% Crapinol; Fuel-up @ 167,332 miles

- Checked and refilled the Front Final Drive (Differential)- which alleviated a developing "groan". Need to replace the flange seals, and probably the drive axle seals as well... Too extensive of a job to do it now in the middle of the winter (CV axles need to come off)

91 Octane - 10 % Crapinol; Fuel-up @ 166,959 miles; 75% city driving

*** Changed OIL @ 166,917 miles - Dec 23 (0W-30 Mobil1 Synthetic; Bosch oil filter high capacity) *** Changed Air Filter - MANN

*** Installed Side marker lights in place of Audi oval insignias

91 Octane - 10% Crapinol; Fuel-up @ 166,736; 75%-25% highway-city driving;Also idled the car quite a bit while replacing the brakes and struts (all around - @ 166,600 miles), and fixing the heater (malfunctioning exchange louver inside the HVAC box). I finally mounted back the center and lower consoles, since the problem + non-working radio/cd player were remedied. The consoles remained apart since July, when I changed the heater core and heat valve...

91 Octane - 10 % Crapinol; Fuel-up @ 166,381; 95 % highway miles