rich on fuel

hey i have eg b16a just recently noticed lots of black shit on back of car and its real shitty on fuel. whats the problem ?

too many things could be contributing to the cause.
Driving style
Service/maintainence
Fuel type
list goes on, why don't you tell us a bit more

i use shell v power fuel. i drive fine most of time. same as when i first brought car.. and it was fine.. just all of a sudden its started running rich on fuel. like i put in 30 litres it barely lasts me 300kms

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lots of black smoke usually means ur running rich, could just be that ur driving it harder than usual....VTECs usually blow a bit of smoke, could be an O2 sensor thats gone...which is makin u run richer than normal, but u'll really notice this cause ur fuel will just disappear

anyways 30L for 300kms is pretty good for a b16a, mine gets bout 400 km per tank and when i fill up its usually bout 38L or so.

u know why matt, its because ur a hoon:P

Your car loves torque that's all! It's a good thing IMO.

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Originally Posted by ef-civic

i use shell v power fuel. i drive fine most of time. same as when i first brought car.. and it was fine.. just all of a sudden its started running rich on fuel. like i put in 30 litres it barely lasts me 300kms

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that is normal with Shell fuel... u get black stuff coming out of the exhaust and sometimes ur bumper gets black marks out it :)

lol i dunno i used to get really good kms to tank.. like 400 - 500 a tank lol now its barely 300 for 30 litres..

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Originally Posted by ef-civic

i use shell v power fuel.

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thats your problem right there, get rid of the shell fuel and use bp ultimate. problem solved

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can u plz justify ur statement

shell fuel gives your the black soot /carbon build up at the tip of your exhaust and worst case on your rear bumper, there are countless statements of this by many members of this forum that i have read over time.

so i m pretty sure i m not alone in making that statement. god knows what the carbon build up is like further up the exhaust if not on the valves :-S

also a mate of mine used to work in a shell servo in kallangur (brisbane) when shell v-power racing was intoduced. he was told that shell v-power abd v-power racing were desgned specifically with V8 engines in mind. and out of all my mates and family who have a wide variety of vechicles from 4 to 8 cylinders both stock and modded. only the 8's and 6's seem to run well on the fuel (still get black soot though).

i m quite surprised that any 4 cylinder runs well on any type of v-power.

anywho just my personal opinion.