Kiltox's 1997 Rover 216 Cabriolet (30/05 - Fixery)

[Kiltox]

Think I have a self healing Renault - it now gives me a reassuring* "OIL LEVEL OK" when I start the engine

 

EDIT - it did, once this morning and has resumed the broken state

[Kiltox]

Bit closer to having a working Panda - started cleaning up the new engine today.

 

Good job I'm replacing the sump - the plug is seized solid which I assume is the reason it wasn't drained of oil upon removal (ask me how I know..... grrrr)

[Kiltox]

Remember that Audi that started this thread?

 

It will return!

 

 

Should be sufficient to bodge up the exhaust enough so I can see if it has an acceptable amount of power again!

[Kiltox]

So this happened

 

 

Rocker cover to be painted separately and new sump before fitting

[Kiltox]

[spartacus]

Is that a trick of the light, or have you just found several of those 'Humbrol' enamel tins of glow in the dark paint?

[Kiltox]

It's "plant yellow" from Toolstation - it is pretty bright though!!

[Kiltox]

One primed rocker cover

 

 

Panda joined this week by this shite that has been cluttering my yard for too long and needs a new steering rack before I can take it somewhere for a weldathon

 

[Kiltox]

MX5 steering rack is ready to go back on. Panda sump almost painted so not far away from the engine being ready either!

 

Provisionally bought a Corsa C at auction tonight but that'll be a quick tidy up and sell on job so not much good to this thread!

 

Scenic still works, failed to start once today but no drama

[Kiltox]

Looks like I'm bringing a Corsa home tomorrow - hope it's more fit for the journey than the Panda was!!

[Kiltox]

Scenic bullshit of the day - "TOP UP OIL LEVEL" (fair enough, really must check it) and "CHECK AIRBAG"

 

Nice and rainy this morning I notice

[SiC]

That's because it knows that tomorrow you've owned it for a month.

 

The oil level could be the oil sensor having an intermittent connection/intermittently broken. As you might expect, the dipstick is in a silly place. Accessible, but you have to reach all the way down the front to near the sump to pull a 15cm long dipstick out. I suppose shouldn't moan as at least Renault fitted one.

 

Will be interested to see what code has sprung up for the Airbags. I guess probably just intermittent connectors under a seat as per usual with these sort of things.

 

How many miles has the old girl done now?

 

Got the Corsa back and all sorted?

[Kiltox]

Just under 152k. I've done around 1100 miles in it so mustn't grumble, 18p a mile and decreasing

 

Corsa is back and isn't quite as nice as I thought (I looked at 6 so got a bit mixed up). Mechanically seems fine, needs a thermostat/coolant temp sensor, coolant flush and some front drop links but that's trivial. Need to sort out the mileage display too but I think you were right about it being a bulb - the photo on the auction website made it look like it lit up blank but it doesn't.

 

Interior needs a deep clean and general tidy up - I suspect the garage it was traded into used it as a runaround for their mechanics because it's that kind of dirty.

[Kiltox]

Airbag and oil level have fixed* themselves.

 

Wonder if it's getting damp somewhere and getting upset?

 

Steams up like a bastard when it's rainy. Must check the pollen filter.

[Kiltox]

Scenic bullshit of the day

 

Horn isn't working today!

[SiC]

Airbag light and then horn .... Clock spring in steering wheel?

[Kiltox]

Airbag light went off to be fair but you might be right.....

 

Horn is weak as hell though so it equally might've just given up totally

[Kiltox]

Scenic bullshit of the day....

No faults today!

[SiC]

That's because its sunny, dry and warm outside today.

[Kiltox]

Yep, fair weather car for sure

Anyone interested in buying my shite Audi once I've bodged the exhaust back on?  MOT Dec, 324k miles, only need a few hundred for it....

[Kiltox]

MX5 now has working power steering that doesn't leak!!

[HH-R]

I'm looking forward to the Panda being sorted. Can we (well I) have a money shot of the high mileage odometer plz?

[Kiltox]

Of course but it'll need to wait until the engine is back in - don't want to confuse the ECU by powering it up with everything disconnected!!

[SiC]

For all their electrical woes, Renault ECU suppliers have done a very good job of hardening them. I regularly short the outputs to 12v, ground, inject noise, etc in them on the bench. They're usually disconnected from all sensors, sometimes connected and sometimes mis-wired too. At no point have they farted and locked up/died/done something wierd.

 

I guess Sagem/Bosch/Siemens/Delphi knew they were designing them to survive Renault wiring...

[Kiltox]

Decided the Scenic needs some loving so I've ordered a couple of window modules and will give it a good clean with the wet vac next weekend too. Might even continue fault finding the air con and look at how much of a pain sorting the oil level sensor would be! Really must find a replacement horn because the current one is woeful when it wants to work!

 

Corsa is pretty much done so it'll hopefully be gone soon (shiter discount available)

 

Picking up a 307SW 1.6HDi with injector issues soon.... Yikes

[Supernaut]

Picking up a 307SW 1.6HDi with injector issues soon.... Yikes

 

You should have stopped at 307, but you had to go on...

 

You fucking masochist.

[Dave_Q]

You know, if I had more time I would make myself a hobby of buying the most famously unreliable heaps to see if I could fix them using some spanners and an internet.

 

1.6HDi and friends would be up the list, one with a blown turbo to see if it could ever be made to live again.

A £250 spears or reapers E46 320d.

Any modern Renault.

A Mercedes Vito with "some surface rust to sills"

 

Etc.

 

 

Luckily I've got threads like this where I can see what would happen if I did. Best of luck!

[Kiltox]

The Peugeot is so cheap I can't really pass it up (I could probably sell it's wheels for the cost of the car)

Still don't know why I do it to myself though

[Kiltox]

Quite impressed by these pressed metal number plates I ordered for a Corolla T Sport I'm either going to retail or use as a track toy, might order a set for the mighty Panda!

 

£18 on eBay

 

[Kiltox]

Scenic now has 4 working electric windows!