Forum: General Maintenance and Repair
07-13-2006, 09:39 AM
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Forum: General Maintenance and Repair
07-11-2006, 12:41 PM
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Forum: General Maintenance and Repair
07-11-2006, 10:22 AM
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Forum: General Maintenance and Repair
07-11-2006, 09:40 AM
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Wait a minute...I just found a site with the...
Wait a minute...I just found a site with the formula for converting cc/min to gal/hr and it suddenly clicked that you listed your liters/hr in your warm-up time experiment.
0.5 Lph was your...
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Forum: General Maintenance and Repair
07-11-2006, 09:02 AM
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Forum: General Maintenance and Repair
07-11-2006, 08:26 AM
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Forum: General Maintenance and Repair
07-11-2006, 08:06 AM
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Forum: General Maintenance and Repair
07-11-2006, 07:50 AM
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Forum: General Maintenance and Repair
07-10-2006, 02:55 PM
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I think you're right. That's why I considered...
I think you're right. That's why I considered wear-and-tear into my 202,500 km engine compared to MetroMPG's <5,000 km engine (What are you at, Darin?).
I'm certain an engine rebuild would...
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Forum: General Maintenance and Repair
07-10-2006, 02:50 PM
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I should check vacuum on my Aunt's 1.3L 4-cyl...
I should check vacuum on my Aunt's 1.3L 4-cyl Metro. I wonder if it would read a fair bit higher than the 3-cyl?
If we consider MetroMPG's Blackfly as the "standard" or "best" at 19-20 in. Hg...
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Forum: General Maintenance and Repair
07-10-2006, 01:30 PM
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The transmission/gear oil discussion kind of...
The transmission/gear oil discussion kind of peaked my curiosity so I've done a little research.
Apparently gear oils and engine oils are actually the same viscosities, but are given different...
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Forum: General Maintenance and Repair
07-10-2006, 09:57 AM
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Yeah, mine is typically in the 5 in. Hg or less...
Yeah, mine is typically in the 5 in. Hg or less range while I'm accelerating. The engine is small and needs a lot of air to get the vehicle moving. I'm thinking that the G10 is pretty sensitive to...
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Forum: General Maintenance and Repair
07-10-2006, 09:09 AM
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Okay. Darin, I think your Blackfly's vacuum is...
Okay. Darin, I think your Blackfly's vacuum is fluctuating between 19 and 20 in Hg. Here's how I figure that.
A decrease in manifold vacuum means an increase in manifold pressure (acceleration)....
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Forum: General Maintenance and Repair
07-10-2006, 08:52 AM
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Forum: General Maintenance and Repair
07-10-2006, 08:37 AM
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Forum: General Maintenance and Repair
07-10-2006, 08:33 AM
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Forum: General Maintenance and Repair
07-10-2006, 08:10 AM
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Replies: 34
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Metro 3-cyl General Info
Okay, motivation for starting this thread is a few things that have been bothering me lately. Any info anyone can provide is appreciated.
1...When I installed my vaccum gauge, krousdb thought my...
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