These fuel/performance figures are like those given by those seeking to invest your Money, pure imagination.
As I doubt there is no real criteria used to evaluate the performance of a vehicle, its a free for all.
I stand unequivicably behind everything I say , I just dont ever remember saying it !!
If u want to go on an expedition get a Land Rover, if u want to come home from an expedition get a Landcruiser!
Years ago I bought a 4 Cylinder engine out of a Toyota to fit a VC Commodore.
I believe the Holden version was called a 'Star Fire'.
It had this 'thing' mounted on the drivers side and driven by the fan belt that had a 1 inch pipe from it to what we found was a 'Non Return valve' and it then branched into 4 pipes that joined into the exhaust manifold above each piston.
When I first saw 'it' I thought it had something to do with A/C but we worked it out it was a AIR PUMP and all it did was add fresh air into the exhaust gas which as oceanboy was told, it would give a lower emissions reading from the Tail Pipe.
What a pure bloody Con Job !!!
The engine would still be producing exactly the same amount of pollutants but before it exited the Tail pipe, it was diluted by the additional fresh air.............
I pulled all the crap off and blocked off the pipes by bending them over and filling them with Muffler Putty.
By removing this pump, I probably helped both the economy and output as the engine didnt have this rubbish to drive.
I am pleased to see nothing has changed in the automotive industry over the last 20 years, their still bullshitting to Joe Public.
I stand unequivicably behind everything I say , I just dont ever remember saying it !!
Its a EGR valve boys (exhaust gas re-circulation valve), yes it does assist emissions and its been used by virtually every car maker from the 80's.
My 1970 Toyota crown had an air pump that pumped air into the exhaust to help with emissions.
I suppose that was the forerunner to EGR.....
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I stand unequivicably behind everything I say , I just dont ever remember saying it !!
I thinks that's the PCV (positive crankcase ventilation) - feeds the volatile vapor off the hot oil back into the inlet manifold so it gets used for fuel.
EGR units are on the exhaust manifold and have solenoids that open a valve to let exhaust gases into the intake stream.
I remember some members here calling this was the end of VW, they would go broke, etc etc
Well
The maker of Volkswagen, Audi, Seat, Skoda and other brand name cars sold 10.83 million vehicles, beating its 2017 record of 10.74 million cars by 0.9%. Marketing head Christian Dahlheim said increasing sales in a global passenger car market that contracted by 1.2% last year was “a great result”.Jan 11, 2019
If u want to go on an expedition get a Land Rover, if u want to come home from an expedition get a Landcruiser!
allover (23-02-19),enf (23-02-19),Uncle Fester (23-02-19)
doesnt matter how many they sell i would never buy a VW or anything related to them
Well, the wheels turned slow, but finally a conviction!
Last edited by ol' boy; 18-04-19 at 11:55 AM.
If u want to go on an expedition get a Land Rover, if u want to come home from an expedition get a Landcruiser!
hinekadon (18-04-19),VroomVroom (19-04-19)
And after conviction, comes a settlement.... $127 Million
If u want to go on an expedition get a Land Rover, if u want to come home from an expedition get a Landcruiser!
What a total crock of Do good gooder shit this has all been.
Boo hoo, these cars put out a bit more emissions. Truth be known much of these emissions controls are a con anyway. They cause the cars to burn more fuel. What is coming out of the vehicle at any time may be cleaner but the very fact they burn more fuel with these emissions measures means the overall amount of emissions is higher.
The whole thing that people could be so upset and offended that their car put out more pollution when I'll guarantee not 1% of owners knew or paid any attention to the numbers is just a lefty PC green washed load of crap.
The only reason it was made such a big deal out of is there was compensation money in it and everyone wanted a slice of the pie.
still , at about $1200 compensation per owner , thats nothing compared to thier loss of resale value because of this debacle. and i suspect the "increase" in sales figures is only because they are dumping thier cars cheap into third world countries where emissions controls are not cared about anyway
If u want to go on an expedition get a Land Rover, if u want to come home from an expedition get a Landcruiser!
VroomVroom (24-09-19)
what's wrong with the turbo's?
Most people i've known that have a VW Petrol of Diesel Turbo, have done a Turbo at around 90K
VW forums are awash with multi page Turbo Failure pages
To answer your question, as in what's wrong with them?
No idea, i've never had a reason to know, i just know what i've read and been told, as i was considering a second hand VW Transporter a while ago
This is the reason i stopped looking.....
Last edited by ol' boy; 23-09-19 at 11:08 AM.
If u want to go on an expedition get a Land Rover, if u want to come home from an expedition get a Landcruiser!
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