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Thanks for the extra PM 'jiffo'. We live in Christie Downs SA so a trip to Qld would be a bit of a trek. I appreciate all your help in this matter along with the other users that have responded. Step daughter wants to keep the car for now so we'll work on it piece by piece, or untill she gets sick of it. Cheers everyone...

Thanks for the pics 'jiffo', car looks quite reasonable. I will def work on her about getting another car and will contact you about getting a closer look at it. She has had a look at your pics and thinks it looks nice. Is RWC Road Worthy Certificate and if so, does that mean it needs to go over the pits?.. Cheers...

Thanks Terry_GT-R34. Yes it is an auto. Worked the fuel out to be 10L/44kms. I think that's pretty bad and as i've stated before, if it was mine i'd get rid of it. Trouble is that she has no money. I'm gonna keep working on her though. Thanks for everyone's help in this matter... Thanks for the PM 'jiffo', I can't send PM back yet as i don't have 10 posts. How much for your wife's VS and i'll put the question to her. Cheers...

Thanks 'Wacky Dee'. Will def do the oil change. Rear muffler has been replaced but the hand brake hasn't worked for a long time. My girlfriend's son, who had it before, said to never put the hand-brake on as it will stay on and not release. If it was up to me I would have sold it already and got her something smaller. The 17yo step-daughter doesn't want to get rid of it cos her brother gave it to her. I will get it to a brake place and get the hand-brake checked out. Thanks for the help...

Thanks mad082. Looks like we need to start the elimination process. I have put injector cleaner in with the first lot fuel and the gauge didn't initially move but now does. Don't believe it's had an oil change for some years so something else to get done. Thought about changing spark plugs and leads as well. We did notice a strong petrol smell when she first put the $50 fuel in but that disappeared when the tank got below 1/2. Another suggestion has been the seals on the injectors and we are having somebody check that out. Car temp climbs pretty quickly and normally sits on 1/2. She does have to give it a bit of stick when 1st starting off as the car takes off slowly. Thanks for all you help and we'll look into each of those until we solve the problem. Cheers...

Good morning people. I am new to this site and decided to join for the benefit of my girlfriend's daughter. In short - My girlfriend's son gave his sister a Nissan Skyline R31 for her 16th birthday (great guy). She hasn't a clue about these cars and neither do I. Question - Is the fuel consumption on these cars excessive. She put $50 of unleaded in the car and only got 175kms out of it. The car has been sitting in the back yard for almost 2 years and has only just been put on the road after getting her P's. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Cheers...