Split_Pin Posted December 6, 2019 Posted December 6, 2019 "Jeep Cherokee.....belongs to a friend.....intermittent misfire.....said I'd have a look at it". Everyone knows what that really means! stonedagain, aldo135, dome and 1 other 2 2
paulplom Posted December 7, 2019 Posted December 7, 2019 Good to see the charger getting some use. dome 1
skattrd Posted December 7, 2019 Posted December 7, 2019 Fingers crossed you get to the bottom of what's up with jeep without too much trouble. Despite Mr_Cade's recent experience I really like and rate mine. If you do get stuck with the Cherokee there's a friendly and knowledgeable UK XJ group on FB … plus loads of Yankee forums to google. dome 1
hairnet Posted December 7, 2019 Posted December 7, 2019 Is fraz Saab still quicker than it and the S4. ? Fraz 1
cort16 Posted December 7, 2019 Posted December 7, 2019 Sorry to hear of your VAG shite woes I think Fraz's thread on his one tells it's own story. dome 1
dome Posted December 10, 2019 Author Posted December 10, 2019 Well, where were we? Jeep I haven't made much progress with this. I found out that the reason £20 of petrol made the gauge jump up was because it's got a smaller petrol tank fitted to make way for the LPG. That's a pretty cool idea. The only thing I can get it do misfire wise if an occasional stutter as it warms up. It's only done it twice in total so needs a bit more time to get to the bottom of it. i got a code for the evap system which I'll have to investigate. The reason I didn't make much progress? Step forward the Octavia!!1!!!11! Plan was to check the rocker gasket on the Octavia, i suspected I'd not fitted this right as the oil leak was worse since I fitted the new one. It was sitting at the garage door and as it was cold and wet I thought I'd nose it into the garage to work in relative comfort. Key in and no dash lights. Hmm. It fired up but conked out straight away. Fucking fuck. The immobiliser is in the dash on these so it seemed to be something electrical. This horrible bastard of a car is sapping my will to live. I spent far too long checking the connectors under the engine bay fuse box and pulling the lower half of the dash apart to check fuses and got some life but nothing consistent. There was some damp in the car, possibly from me shampooing it and possibly leaking in through the pollen filter housing-I'd chucked the manky pollen filter out but had noticed it needs a pollen filter in the housing to seal things up. I borrowed a fan heater and left it on overnight on Friday night. Saturday it fired up fine and the spurious warning lights had disappeared. By Sunday they had came back on of course, because this is a hateful piece of shit. Last night I pulled off the rocker and sure enough I'd manage to knock part of the rocker cover gasket out of it's channel when fitting it. I cleaned it up, but a blob of sealant on it to hold it in place and refitted it. I'll need to take it a drive to check it for oil leaks but hopefully that's cured now. Cambelt and aux belt looks good too, shame there's no history. I'm not spending another penny on it though. Jazz I tempted fate by saying this was fine didn't I? The backbox fell off on the way home last night. It was rotten and unfixable so I've invested almost 10% of the purchase price on a new one. It's not too loud without it but I don't want to be that much of a pikey to run about with no back box. I did on the Explorer but it sounded good Rusty Jazz is rusty. I should really underseal it a bit shouldn't i? That's what 64k miles in Scotland will do to a car. To be fair I've seen worse. Will it see another MOT? Quite possibly. Ill try and help it on it's way. The Moog, Fumbler, Split_Pin and 2 others 5
dome Posted December 10, 2019 Author Posted December 10, 2019 On 12/7/2019 at 9:08 AM, cort16 said: Sorry to hear of your VAG shite woes I think Fraz's thread on his one tells it's own story. I'm not saying it's his fault I bought the Octavia but it's absolutely his fault. Tickman, Fraz, cort16 and 3 others 4 2
Split_Pin Posted December 10, 2019 Posted December 10, 2019 Jazz: Seen/owned worse rust-wise. I don't envy you with the Octavia does though dome 1
dome Posted December 10, 2019 Author Posted December 10, 2019 Have some bonus* Octavia pics. Shirley Knott and Skizzer 2
somewhatfoolish Posted December 10, 2019 Posted December 10, 2019 Given the obvious fuckedness of the Jeep's battery it might be worth trying a good one to see if better voltage makes it happier? dome 1
Tickman Posted December 10, 2019 Posted December 10, 2019 Pictures from the field of sales. Hopefully that is a sale coming up
Fraz Posted December 10, 2019 Posted December 10, 2019 My Octavia is fine..... now ? I hate that Jeep Patriot I bought more.
Eddie Honda Posted December 11, 2019 Posted December 11, 2019 9 hours ago, dome said: Jazz I tempted fate by saying this was fine didn't I? The backbox fell off on the way home last night. It was rotten and unfixable so I've invested almost 10% of the purchase price on a new one. It's not too loud without it but I don't want to be that much of a pikey to run about with no back box. I did on the Explorer but it sounded good That's a wank aftermarket can in the picture there. I know someone who had 3 aftermarket rear boxes in five years, so as I had a Yutaka/Honda original, I welded it up. I keep meaning to fit the new one I have, but it hasn't given up yet. I'm hoping it will get to it's 2nd anniversary on St Paddy's day next year! Jim Bell 1
dome Posted January 19, 2020 Author Posted January 19, 2020 Ah, winter. What a beautiful time of year Or, if you've been in Scotland for the last month it's been constantly pishing down and blowing a gale so motivation for anything car fettling has been low. I had a rare moment of motivation on Friday night and decided to service the S4s LPG system and fit a set of spark plugs. I'd only had these sitting for about 4 months so not so bad... I'd serviced the LPG on my Grand Cherokee many years ago and was somewhat taken aback by the amount of gas which was released when I undid the filter, even though I'd closed off the tank and ran it till it conked out. Therefore it was with a due sense of trepidation that I undid the first hose onto the filter housing, at arms length, whilst wearing several pairs of gloves. And... nothing. A wee bubble from the hose an that was it. First filter off. This has a large inlet and splits into two to feed each bank It also has a pressure/temp sensor built in which I had to swap over to the new unit Whilst in here I changed the plugs. This bank was fairly straightforward once I was in there The other bank was a bit more of a faff as I had to remove intake pipework. This gave me a chance to replace the air filter-I'd ordered one last year but been sent the wrong one and by the time I got the correct one I never bothered fitting it, putting it off a I often do... There's a second filter on these systems which had came with the kit, this one did release some gas when I undid it which is always terrifying. It was due for changing though. It was a bit of a faff to get the orings all in the right place but after that it went together fairly easily. Fired it up and let it warm up, it switched to LPG fine with no leaks. Win! Oh and check out the old plugs. Spot the difference? Full VAG service history on this thing... Flat4, yes oui si, Jamie and 12 others 14 1
320touring Posted January 19, 2020 Posted January 19, 2020 Top effort there and glad it fired back up ok:) dome 1
J-T Posted January 19, 2020 Posted January 19, 2020 I think I’d be too frightened of messing about with an lpg system, so interesting to see! dome 1
Tepper Posted January 21, 2020 Posted January 21, 2020 On 8/28/2019 at 12:47 PM, dome said: A tip from a mate was employed-the lower dog bone mount that holds the engine in was undone along with the drivers side one. With the engine supported by a jack I could use a ratchet strap to pull it forward allowing better access. I'll be helping a mate out with the same job on the same car (Octavia 4x4) over the weekend. Don't suppose you have any tips beyond what's in the thread?
dome Posted January 21, 2020 Author Posted January 21, 2020 3 minutes ago, Tepper said: I'll be helping a mate out with the same job on the same car (Octavia 4x4) over the weekend. Don't suppose you have any tips beyond what's in the thread? I think I covered most things. If its a PD engine like mine you don't need to take the inlet manifold off to get the turbo out. I spent ages trying to get all the bolts out. Make sure you drop the sump to get all the crap out if the turbo has gone. It's mostly done from the top but there's a few bolts underneath, dpf mounts from memory and something else I can't think of. If I think of anything else I'll let you know. In the main be grateful it's not yours...
Tepper Posted January 21, 2020 Posted January 21, 2020 Spot on, thanks! I'm not quite sure how I've been roped into this but yeah, it'll be reassuring knowing it's not mine at the end of the day. The turbo hasn't completely shat its pants yet, it's just noisy and has a slight* bit of play so hopefully we won't have to worry about dropping the sump. Cheers!
dome Posted January 22, 2020 Author Posted January 22, 2020 So, today 3 gentelemen turned up on time, prodded the Skoda a bit, drove it and handed over some cash. Thank fook for that. In truth it wasn't a bad car, it just wasn't me at all. The Jeep went off to my tame garage to get the lambda sensor replaced. A brief drive and it seems alot better. I still suspect a vacuum leak somewhere. I've told the owner to drive the thing and see how he gets on. Once he gets the leak from the shiny new alloy ebay radiator fixed. I've not vounteered to do that though... I filled the Jazz tonight and worked out it's done 43mpg over the last tank which is pretty decent. Apart fromthe ABS light being on and the slightly wierd steering it drives well. It needs tracking done. It's hard to fault as a daily for my needs, swallowing a bike happily and being cheap to run. So, naturally I've just put it up for sale... mrbenn, J-T, Tickman and 5 others 8
dome Posted February 7, 2020 Author Posted February 7, 2020 Morning all. So, the Octavia has sold as did the Jazz pretty quickly. Space has appeared on my drive for a new daily. Today is the day. I'm heading north on a sunny day with collection this evening. But first, I'm off to hire a car trailer. Yes, of course the new acquisition is broken. Or, "unfinished" as the seller says Eep. Cavcraft, jaypee, Jim Bell and 14 others 17
320touring Posted February 7, 2020 Posted February 7, 2020 I'm sure it can't* be any more broken than the Skoda, or the Jazz... The Moog 1
dome Posted February 7, 2020 Author Posted February 7, 2020 Collection weapon Essentials packed A CD holder. How quaint! Lunch consumed and it's off shortly for stage 1 Jim Bell, Shirley Knott, Flat4 and 11 others 14
davehedgehog31 Posted February 7, 2020 Posted February 7, 2020 Chodspeed geezer. Nice day furrit. dome 1
Jim Bell Posted February 7, 2020 Posted February 7, 2020 He's loaded up with mint chewing gum so I'm gonna guess he's buying something from a busty blonde Milf. stonedagain, TrabbieRonnie, Craig the Princess and 3 others 2 4
Jenson Velcro Posted February 7, 2020 Posted February 7, 2020 7 hours ago, Jim Bell said: He's loaded up with mint chewing gum so I'm gonna guess he's buying something from a busty blonde Milf. Well it’s certainly preferable to having a leaky radiator that needs its hole plugging dome, Craig the Princess and stonedagain 3
Tickman Posted February 7, 2020 Posted February 7, 2020 This happened earlier this evening: Cavcraft, loserone, The Moog and 3 others 6
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