Thursday, Mar 09, 2006 at 18:36
Ah! no flies on you
young 'Batwom', never miss a trick.
Oh good and bad.
Just spent 3 days at the JEEP National transmission 'Doctor' in Ringwood having a new torque converter and transmission pump being fitted under warranty (28,000kms).
At this stage I fully suspect that this was the root cause of all the engine management module(4 computers) hiccups that were causing lights to suddenly appear on the dash. There are 26 lights on the dash that all make the 'brown eye' go into 'blink mode' when they come on.
I now have laminated quick ref cards to tell me what they mean and in what different combinations. (F***ing nightmare)))))))
It is now back to how it was when I first drove it out of the showroom.
Good thing (maybe) is the other day a privateer JEEP specialist was doing 'something' for me and whilst doing same discovered that the air filter (paper) was choc a block with C H I T. (Original from maunfacture)
He took the
liberty of replacing it with a K&N filter and instantantly the fuel consumption dropped exponentionally . Really noticeable.
Haven't had a chance to figure out exactly how much because of the transmission/torgue converter repairs.
Will monitor from next fill up tonight.
Makes one wonder what goes on at the dealer 10,000km
services. (oil change only I think for $250.
K
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