Bradders59

Thats lovely. I would sell my beloved Omega Elite if it was being replaced by one of those. It will be a very different car to the Audi though. I believe the steering column motor is a very common issue.

Ok will do, thanks.

It was made by Custom Covers. Its actually for a 987 but fits my 986 ok. Porsche Boxster 987 Tailored Half Cover - Black (2005-2012) (ukcustomcovers.com)

Havent had it long, so havrnt used it much so far, so cant really judge to be honest. When I have used it, its been fine. Must try and remember to have a look at what brand it is. I was given it by a member of the Boxster forum, who had paid about £90 for it less than a year previously.

I have a cover for the top half of the Boxster so just protects the roof. Other than that, I make sure I take it for a drive every week or so during the winter. Not having a garage, I dont think theres much more to be done.

Send me your kestrel cans and I will fill them up for you foc. 😂

I think we will call that a decision then.😂 Need to drain about £60 worth of diesel out of the tank now. 🙄

Ive tried both those things and there didnt seem to be a lot of pressure. Its near Halstead Essex. Its manual. The thing is Ive farted around for months spending time and money and got nowhere. Unless I had a reasonably definite and easyish fix, Im at the end of my tether with it. I still have a slight niggling that it might be something much simpler, but Im at a loss as to what it might be. Might be the scoring around the cam carrier area of the head, as suggested earlier ? If it was thats going to involve changing the head, and Im not up for that tbh. Having said that, I think that would probably take longer than the 1 minute it took to knacker the new seal, and Ive looked around there several times and not noticed anything amiss. Who knows ? Not me, thats for certain.

I have the old cam old injector and old turbo so can either chuck them in the boot or screw them back on for appearance, but will tell them its a non runner before they collect. Tyres are ok, but nothing special.

I had three, but weighed them in a few months ago. 🤣

Instant quotes from removemycar - £353. Motorwise £330. I wonder how much that cat is worth seperately ? And would the collection price be reduced by the same amount ? Im guessing it probably would.

Actually, the battery is pretty new. Might have to pull that off too. 😂

Plus what I can get back by flogging the new cam and newish turbo and injector. So hopefully around £500 all in.

Fair enough. I see what you mean now. Looks like its doomed then. All advice so far is to scrap the fucker.

Seperate dipstick / oil cap. I didnt know about turning the cap upside down. I wish I had. Ah well, too late now. I would have to replace the seal again before trying things now and Im completely out of motivation.

The old camshaft did have a bit of scoring on the nose. and I initially used an SKF speedisleeve with a new seal, but that didnt fix the problem. Surely the only thing the scoring would damage though is the seal ? I then tried a new camshaft and seal, which I was pretty hopeful would solve it, but it didnt.

If I advertised it, I would be honest and clear in the advert. You may well be right, but scrapping cars goes against the grain a bit with me. It feels like failure. Someone who knows more might still bring it back to life and have a very economical car for not much money. Scrapping it is probably the easier option though. I have cleaned the breather system more than once with no effect. I dont know how to tell how much pressure from the oil cap (or anywhere else) is too much pressure to be honest.

Sell it as spears or rapiers, or just weigh it in. Cant decide at the moment. Its a 59 plate with 121000 on the clock. Previously cat S, due to being hit up the arse. The damage isnt that noticeable and doesnt affect usage in any way. It was a great little car, but started to become unreliable. In the last year it had a new injector (not cheap), a new genuine Renault turbo , new cambelt, aux belt, oil & filters. Developed an oil leak, believed to be from the cam seal , so I replaced that. After a few months it started leaking again so changed the seal again but it didnt help. A week ago I put a new camshaft in it along with a genuine Renault oil seal,and new rocker gasket, but it was throwing oil out again within seconds. Im suspecting blow by or similar, and tried a mixture of ATF / Acetone into the cylinders to hopefully free up any stuck rings. Have cleaned out PCV valve, intercooler, EGR valve,with no joy. Im at the end of the road with it now and want it gone. Dont know if its worth asking £500 spares / repairs, or pull off the new parts to sell on ebay and weigh the rest in. It couldnt really be driven any distance. Would need to be collected by a trailer, unless buyer was pretty local. Opinions welcome.

Its a 2002 3.2 Elite. Should have mentioned, I have also fitted Monaro top mounts to the front struts and polybushed the front anti roll bar. Just need to uprate the rear a bit more and it should out handle my Boxster. 😂

My memory is that the HB was 1159cc and it was "upgraded" to 1256cc when the HC was introduced. Memories can trick us though. Truth be told they were pretty crap engines. Even the late great Bill Blydenstein couldnt do much to improve them. I could do a clutch change on my HB in under an hour. Those were the days. 😃

Around 1986 I sold a pretty rusty, high mileage, Mk1 Capri 1600GT for £20.

I try to convince myself thats true, and also that a bit of pain never hurt anyone, but the remains of my right knee strongly disagree. I really need to go and get it replaced soon.

Accident was in 76. Got £12500 in 79. Should have been a lot more than that, but it later transpired that my solicitor probably pocketed the rest. He was later jailed for imbezzling clients funds. Anyway, the injuries - Compound tib / fib fractures. Nerves cut to right foot meaning no ability to lift it ever since. Right knee joint shattered. Left kidney fucked. Minor spinal fractures and chipped vertebrae. Dislocated jaw, lots of broken teeth. And the best black eye youve ever seen. Apart from that lot, Im fit as a butchers dog. 😂 Sorry, I should have included a quote of gr8platem8 post for that to make sense.

In 1979 I was introduced to a bloke who was selling a Porsche 911T for £2500, which needed a little bit of work to recomission it for the road. I told him I would buy it and offered to bring the money over in a couple of days. He wouldnt take me seriously as I was only 19. Thought I was a dreamer who was probably hoping for a test drive, and politely told me to far cough. A couple of weeks later I went back to see him in the Chevette HS I had just bought for 5 grand. His jaw hit the floor and I drove off with a smile on my face. I wasnt some spoilt rich kid by the way. Just a council estate kid who got a claim for injuries in a motorbike accident.

Imo, around the turn of the century, they just gave up. Ialso had a Viceroy, 24v Senator, and am on my 5th ( I think) Omega. Cant imagine them thinking of making any of those kinds of cars now, never mind Droopsnoot Firenza, Chevette HS. Lotus Carlton..... Now they are French owned, I have zero interest whatsoever.