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[SKR]Phoenix

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Picked up my ST3 (2007) today and it's awsome! Just my sort of car.

35k on the clock, good price, excellent condition. Bit thirsty compared to the Cupra I had, but worth it. That engine sounds fantastic!

Anyway, just after a bit of advice regarding the position of the needles on the gauges. They are probably all normal and some vids on youtube seem to suggest the same, but I would like some ST owners to confirm.

Water Temp: Needle sits just under 50% of total (just over middle of grey section)

Oil Temp: Needle sits at exactly 50% of grey section.

Oil Pressure At idle, sits about 25% into the grey section, never drops into red. Increases with engine speed as expected. Wondered if this should be higher at idle?

Also, all dash lights work etc, but this evening I noticed the boost gauge is just ever so slightly dimmer (not by much) than the Oil Pressure and Oil Temp. This could be that it's just a bigger gauge with the same lighting config as the smaller gauges, hence the same light having to light a bigger gauge.

Any advice welcome!

Thanks!
 
No they do not all it in the middle. Engine temp slightly below midway, oil temp 1/4 to half in summer & pressure does drop near red at idle, whilst driving goes back up, cannot remember exact position, will look over the weekend :). Oh and the boost hits 1.1bar so get a chip ;)
 
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thepharcyde said:
No they do not all it in the middle. Engine temp slightly below midway, oil temp 1/4 to half in summer & pressure does drop near red at idle, whilst driving goes back up, cannot remember exact position, will look over the weekend :). Oh and the boost hits 1.1bar so get a chip ;)
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Excellent, that sounds spot on!

Have owned VAG cars for the last few years and their needles are always bang on in the middle of the whole gauge. So when you see something different it seems a little odd at first.

DreamScience coming soon. ;)

Heading over to OC now!
 
gauges are the same as my 2007 ST-2, just remember with the ST3 you cant have 3 up in the back as it only has 2 places in the back, your v5 will confirm this
 
9designs2 said:
Just out of interest what Cupra did you have...... (Get mine on Tuesday :)
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52 Plate Cupra 180 (facelift), not the R. Couldn't stretch to the R back then, was about another 5k for a good one. Still, was a great car and enjoyed every minute of ownership. Had it 5 years until some silly bint ran me off the road on a dual carriage way. Despite the quite serious accident, the car held up well. I only suffered with being a bit stiff for a few days. Car was written off and luckily I had GAP Return To Invoice Insurance, so I got £9200 back! Hence, I needed a new car and didn't need to put much towards the ST3.

MrMoonX said:
gauges are the same as my 2007 ST-2, just remember with the ST3 you cant have 3 up in the back as it only has 2 places in the back, your v5 will confirm this
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Yeah, I knew this before I purchased the car. It's rare I carry anyone else other than my Mrs. We don't plan on having more than two kids either. Also, I managed to bag a superb 5 door example. I know the 3 door looks better, but in reality I prefer the 5 doors. Also, I would have seriously had problems with the large doors in my garage.

Also gone through about £50 in fuel in two days! :eek: Worth it though! (saying that, done a fair few miles in that time).
 
My brother has an orange one (Flymo). Get to go for a few spins, they're decent cars.

Though the point about the STOC is interesting - I've hardly ever seen an ST without the sticker in the back!
 
What sort of MPG, on a good day, does the ST see? And how many miles you roughly get out of a tank?

I'm after a new car this summer and can't quite stretch to an RS but do like the look of an ST.
 
Whilst there are a few owners in one place, a friend recently got one, and has found the power delivery at WOT to be rather stuttery?

I remember a thread about taking a fuse out to reset something to increase mpg - does any one have any more info?
 
MikeHiow said:
KAM fuse is what I suspect you're referring to.

Stuttery power delivery sounds like a misfire or AFM though.
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Its only a few months old, not missing or anything - its faint but noticable. He took it back to the dealer (who reversed a van into it) and the guy claimed it was normal!
 
Kyle009 said:
What sort of MPG, on a good day, does the ST see? And how many miles you roughly get out of a tank?

I'm after a new car this summer and can't quite stretch to an RS but do like the look of an ST.
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about 250 miles to nearly £60 now! i track my fuel economy on fuelly and get an average of 25mpg and most of my drive everyday is 15miles at motorway speeds, anyone who tells you that they can get 30mpg has just reset the trip and is faking it as far as im concerned!
 
Or they maintain their car properly/know how to drive it/understand the car runs better on different fuels.

If someone says it will do over 30MPG on a run, how is resetting the trip computer cheating?

For the record, I reset mine with each tank and have seen over 30MPG over an entire tank before.
 
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