Turbo RL tidy up.

[Scotty2]

Posted some photos on "Show us your classic" on pages 234/235 of my 96RL getting the usual suspect bits sorted for another 15 years. Bilt Hamber cavity wax and underbody also applied.

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

[DCS01]

Doing all the work yourself, top man.

[Scotty2]

I didn't actually do it myself - I used to do all my own restoration work- but worked closely with my local body shop. He is now a convert to Bilt Hamber products after 30 years of others.

Economics now dictate it's better for me to work then sub out jobs that are too time consuming for me.

[jinkster]

19.8mpg average thats pretty good. I thought the MPG was circa 11!

[Scotty2]

It's a 96 with electronic fuel injection and 4 speed. It makes 14 mpg on daily driving / commute but on a longer run can be almost bearable! The older carbed ones were around the 11 mpg mark.

[Crapaud]

I managed exactly 20.0 mpg over a 4,000 mile Euro trip. Only time it has dropped as low as 11mpg is when I'm back in Jersey with constant stop start and lots of hills. Mine is 1990 injection model. Overall average is 18 mpg which is very acceptable for the performance. My wife's V8 Jeep was worse as that averaged 17 mpg. Before Greenpeace or FOTE declare a fatwah on me, I should point out that I offset this with a Skoda Octavia which never gives less than 60mpg.
Petrol price today was only 107 at Tesco. I've got a 5p off voucher so nearly at £1 per litre when I can fill the Bentley up.

[matt5791]

I don't think these cars are anywhere near as bad as people think. The contemporary road tests by the likes of Autocar etc. always say 13-15 mpg, but I jut don't see it this low, apart from stop start driving - Since buying the Continental R 12 months ago I have found it to be really quite economical on a trip because if you are driving sensibly, the engine hardly has to do anything, it's so under stressed.

I really think that the 6.7 Rolls Royce engine is one of the top 10 greatest car engines of all time.

I regularly drive from Birmingham to rural North Shropshire, so a mix of Urban > Motorway > A Road > B road > country lane. This journey easily returns 20, driven fairly fast.

[Scotty2]

Went to move the old gal for use again after being tucked up. Funny whirring noise on start up. Funny pool of red fluid on the deck. The power steering pipe down the N/S chassis leg has a pinhole.
The pipe is around 60 cm 3/8" steel with a swivel fitting on one end, so I thought I'd order one from the suppliers as it can't be too expensive... £195

Took old pipe to local hydraulic supplier to make me one up... £35

Now happily back on the road.

(The swivel fitting is an Aircon type fitting, not usual hydraulic olive type)