98 v70 rubber brake line

[oragex]

The brake line replacement was as easy as advertised. Start to finish in about 2 hours. Even with the DIY one man brake line bleeder I still hate working on brakes, but it did make it A LOT easier. I'm moving on to the O2 sensors for my next project. Gas mileage is better than I thought (around 23 mpg highway) but there is still a good deal of room for improvement.

I did replace the front O2 sensor on mine, because in bumper to bumper traffic the car was drinking gas like the tank was punctured. It solved this issue, but I still got around 16mpg in city driving. Then I removed the injectors and sent them to an injector cleaning service (the ultrasonic type, under $100 for 5 on Ebay). The filter baskets on the injectors were clean, but there was gasoline varnish inside the nozzle caused by poor gasoline. They sent them back with a paper indicating the injector flow before and after cleaning - about 14cc/ before and 19cc after. I'm getting around 22 mpg city now.

[98v70dad]

Nice idea, but this car is my daily driver. I can't take a week fixing something by sending it off to be cleaned. I appreciate the idea though.

[erikv11]

For the record, you can get 5 spare injectors for really cheap, that's how a lot of people do a cleaning (send in the spares). Junkyard or just ask on this site. Not that yours sound so bad, just sharing info.