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Sun 20 Jan 2002 17:58
EUNOS ROADSTER - IAN J
I HAVE RECENTLY PURCHASED A EUNOS ROADSTER 1.8.
THE FUEL CONSUMPTION SEEMS TO BE A LITTLE HIGH AS I ONLY GET ABOUT 60 MILES TO £10 ON A GOOD RUN.
HAVE YOU ANY IDEAS WHY THIS MIGHT BE OR IS THIS NORMAL.
I HAVE CHEKED THE AIR FILTER WHICH IS CLEEN.
ANY SUGGESTIONS WILL BE WELCOME.

THANKS IN ADVANCE
IAN
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Sun 20 Jan 2002 18:04
Re: EUNOS ROADSTER - Honest John
The ECU will be programmed for Japanese 100Ron petrol and will not have been re-programmed to enable the car to run on 95Ron UK 'Premium' unleaded. It might run okay on 99Ron Shell Optimax as it is, otherwise the ECU needs chipping.

HJ
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Sun 20 Jan 2002 18:25
Re: EUNOS ROADSTER - T lucas
Nothing to do with the ECU needing chipping to run on UK fuel.HJ where did that come from?Ian,why not work out exactly what your Mazda is doing MPG and then if you think its using too much fuel check the simple things 1st,like fuel leaks,poor running,slow thermostat,brakes binding and check emissions.The one thing you can g'tee it wont need is'chipping'the ECU.
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Sun 20 Jan 2002 18:42
Re: EUNOS ROADSTER - crazed idiot
i dont know if it applies here

but in new zealand where they import second hand jap cars big time they have pretty much all the issues sorted

one such issue is that some home market jap cars have a lower top gear than export cars, when imported in nz the appropriate cog is often changed

nz car trade has completely accepted the massed import of second hand jap cars and works with it, not against it as here

mostly the excessively tight jap MOT regs are there not force people to buy new cars to keep the home car purchase baseline sales going, there is really little wrong with the cars mostly, so they make a good source of 3 year old cars for any nation with the wheel on the right

i'd look for a few NZ web sites on this issue
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Sun 20 Jan 2002 20:23
Re: EUNOS ROADSTER - Keith
I had an MR2 turbo jap import and recollect there being a sticker saying minimum 95 ron - same as normal unleaded here.
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