Bazmac69
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I recently bought an 2000 Onvi Yellow 1.8 20v Turbo Leon. Its a great car that's been remapped to 220bhp lowered with a set of jamex springs and uprated grooved and vented brakes and a sweet set of 17in Metalic Anthricite OZ Allows
Its so much fun except for a few small issues.
First, twice over the past few days the air intake pipe from the intercooler , beind the offside front splitter, to the turbo has came off. The ruber part that's attatched to the plastic bit behind the intercooler. While its easy enough to put right again its happen twice now. It appears thats the rubber pipe is collapsing when it gets to hot. and therefor coming of. I have put a new jubilee clip on it but was wondering if this is a common issue or if it is caused be the heat shield needing replaced. It has also been remaped to 220bhp by previous owner so also wondering if the increased power is causing it to distort and if so is it worth looking for an aftermarket replacement i.e. silicon hoses or just get a full new intercooler and pipes.
Second, when starting from hot it doesnt always start straight away, you have to remove key and try again, usually it will start on 3rd or 4th attempt. This is only an issue when the engine is hot, it starts 1st time from cold, also there are no issues when its running, it runs sweetly.
Third is the fuel economy. From a full tank, depending how i drive i get between 180 to a maximum of 250 miles out of it. Other than driving like a granny on sedatives what can I do to try and improve this. Changing filters, plugs or whatever.
Finally it is quite high milage around 105k, is there anything i should be looking out for i.e. gearbox damage, struts, wishbones anything else worth checking tho it does seem to running nice ither than the above problems.
And just as an afterthought what sort of top end should i be getting i cant seem to get any more than 120 out of her.
Any help would be greatly apreciated
Its so much fun except for a few small issues.
First, twice over the past few days the air intake pipe from the intercooler , beind the offside front splitter, to the turbo has came off. The ruber part that's attatched to the plastic bit behind the intercooler. While its easy enough to put right again its happen twice now. It appears thats the rubber pipe is collapsing when it gets to hot. and therefor coming of. I have put a new jubilee clip on it but was wondering if this is a common issue or if it is caused be the heat shield needing replaced. It has also been remaped to 220bhp by previous owner so also wondering if the increased power is causing it to distort and if so is it worth looking for an aftermarket replacement i.e. silicon hoses or just get a full new intercooler and pipes.
Second, when starting from hot it doesnt always start straight away, you have to remove key and try again, usually it will start on 3rd or 4th attempt. This is only an issue when the engine is hot, it starts 1st time from cold, also there are no issues when its running, it runs sweetly.
Third is the fuel economy. From a full tank, depending how i drive i get between 180 to a maximum of 250 miles out of it. Other than driving like a granny on sedatives what can I do to try and improve this. Changing filters, plugs or whatever.
Finally it is quite high milage around 105k, is there anything i should be looking out for i.e. gearbox damage, struts, wishbones anything else worth checking tho it does seem to running nice ither than the above problems.
And just as an afterthought what sort of top end should i be getting i cant seem to get any more than 120 out of her.
Any help would be greatly apreciated
