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Old 01 January 2007, 02:07 PM
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The car is an my99 uk turbo and since changing from optimax to v power its a totally different car.
Uses more fuel- Instead of 50 miles to £10 its more like 40
Seems down on power - in 5th especially it seems to pull then stop then pull again as if something is blocked
Just generally slower and lumpy revving.

I tried bp but it was slightly worse i reckon and i also put some total i think it was. That was just called high octane in yellow writing and was at a service station down the m6 somewhere. That was really good and it felt back to its old self again just a shame its about 100 miles away and my two local petrol stations are shell or a tesco that only does 97 sul (not tried ).

When i bought the car from main dealer they reset the ecu and filled it with optimax and ive used it for last 2 years.
Do i just need to fill it with v power and go andhave it reset again? Will this sort it out do you think?

cheers leon
Old 01 January 2007, 02:22 PM
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take your battery off over night to reset your ecu but go steady for a mile or two so the ecu can learn whats new dont floor it build up
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Can you do it anyway with th alarm or the key? I had a transit van and to reset the ecu you put 2 pedals down at once and did some on and off type things with the key in ignition. Cant remember what exactly
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if you look under the dash you will see black and green plugs they can be joined to do a reset also give you falt codes

do a search
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you think this will solve the problem?
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