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 Post subject: Re: 04 Territory TX - It's a good old girl
Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2011 9:01 pm 
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I just want the exhaust fixed and the ETC sorted under warranty

 

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Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2011 10:58 pm 
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Nice pick up with the BA.

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Rick's EF Fairmont Wagon
 Post subject: Re: 04 Territory TX - It's a good old girl
Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2011 8:51 pm 
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Hey Ash I was thinking about LPG engines today...

Running on LPG you tend to burn off a little oil over time. LPG is a "dry" fuel and as such does not leave by-products from combustion in the engine.

Note that all engines burn oil. :shock:
It's just that running on petrol the oil gets diluted with petrol and other combustion by-products like water etc. The level may not seem to drop on the dipstick but the oil is being contaminated.

When you run LPG the oil stays cleaner generally. Over time the engine uses oil as it burns in the combustion process. So long as it remains clean and you only add a litre over 15000klm I would not be too worried. I will have a look at what the FG is using. I don't check it generally as it's a company car and is serviced every 12 weeks or so as 15k intervals come around.

Since you say the Terry has clean oil I would not bother swapping engines in any sort of hurry. :lol:

 

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Rick's EF Fairmont Wagon
 Post subject: Re: 04 Territory TX - It's a good old girl
Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2011 10:37 pm 
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thats a lot of oil for a 200k engine I would think

My hard worked old EF uses less than that even with the cracked head!

 

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Rick's EF Fairmont Wagon
 Post subject: Re: 04 Territory TX - It's a good old girl
Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2011 10:54 pm 
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I will be very interested to see how they work for you. I am still leaning towards the stiffer springs for $90.

 

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Rick's EF Fairmont Wagon
 Post subject: Re: 04 Territory TX - It's a good old girl
Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2011 11:17 pm 
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Ahh they havent got any listed at the moment. the guys at Benalla had tthem several times for $89.95

 

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Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 2:32 pm 
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Wow! Pretty lucky there! Should do quite well out of it.
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Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 4:52 pm 
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 Post subject: Re: 04 Territory TX - It's a good old girl
Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2011 9:53 pm 
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http://shop.ebay.com.au/northeastexhaus ... 4340.l2562

these are the guys who were selling the springs

awesome score with that car

 

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Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2011 8:45 am 
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How did the airbags work out?

 

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