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[wuvvum]

My dad had that a few weeks back, was indeed caused by an inner ear infection.

[egg]

If you're under a load of stress, can cause dizziness.

When I joined this forum I had this Ford Fusion, I sold it to my aunt in Cornwall - drove it all the way from Kent to St Ives for her!, in 2018. It gave her 18 months cheap motoring, but then the dreaded EAC fail came, she got a new throttle body at £250 (if she'd told me, I would have said probably don't bother!), then MOT'd it (including some welding) - and now EAC is back so she is giving up as next stage is changing the PCM (ECU)...

[juular]

1 hour ago, paulplom said:

What causes dizziness? For the last few days I've been suffering from it. 

Friday afternoon I walked to the kitchen, I had to grab on to the fridge freezer to stop myself from falling. I've since had dizzy spells while sitting down where the whole room is spinning. It passes quickly but it happened again half an hour ago and I'm feeling sick now. 

Should I be concerned? I've checked and it's not a symptom of covid. I've also been quite breathless for the last week of and had to get an inhaler off my mam.

I think I had the same back in January. Turning over in bed was like going downhill in a barrel, I felt like I just kept going. Walking was like being on a rollercoaster. Driving was impossible.

It went away in about a week. I did try the movements that are supposed to cure vertigo, which might have helped.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.salisbury.nhs.uk/leaflets/HomeEpleyManoevrePI1403.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwj05t7Z3tTrAhUksaQKHR5mBVIQFjAAegQIARAB&usg=AOvVaw3S4YvzfhbMX9HMcI7GuKA1

[somewhatfoolish]

4 hours ago, paulplom said:

What causes dizziness? For the last few days I've been suffering from it. 

Friday afternoon I walked to the kitchen, I had to grab on to the fridge freezer to stop myself from falling. I've since had dizzy spells while sitting down where the whole room is spinning. It passes quickly but it happened again half an hour ago and I'm feeling sick now. 

Should I be concerned? I've checked and it's not a symptom of covid. I've also been quite breathless for the last week of and had to get an inhaler off my mam.

Labyrinthitis; I had it a few years ago. I spent 10 days clinging to my bed for fear of tipping out as the room was spinning, with regular intervals(every 90mins-3hrs) of nausea and vomiting, the only way I could get to the lav without falling over was leaning on the wall or crawling. Horrific. I still perceive I have impaired balance as a result, although there's no way of testing this.

[dozeydustman]

18 hours ago, Cavcraft said:

Pictures, or STFU.

 

Not the car!

How about a 4Sell fred?

[dozeydustman]

3 hours ago, paulplom said:

What causes dizziness? For the last few days I've been suffering from it. 

Friday afternoon I walked to the kitchen, I had to grab on to the fridge freezer to stop myself from falling. I've since had dizzy spells while sitting down where the whole room is spinning. It passes quickly but it happened again half an hour ago and I'm feeling sick now. 

Should I be concerned? I've checked and it's not a symptom of covid. I've also been quite breathless for the last week of and had to get an inhaler off my mam.

I have suffered with vertigo since 2015. Lost my licenses for 18 months as mine was severe. 
 

Most likely cause is labyrinthine infection to the inner ear. Ring your GP and get checked over and ask for a Hallpike test. You lie on your back and GP observes your eye movements with your head in different positions to see if it’s infection or ear damage.

If it goes away or gets worse with your head in a certain position or angle, it’ll more likely be benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, which can be lessened with an Epley manoeuvre, but not all GPs know how to do this.

[Cavcraft]

The Lambretta is doing its bit by deciding the back brake should go crap today. Bit of adjustment saw that better, then later it helped* by running badly just over tick-over rpm. If you held the throttle at an estimated say 3,000rpm, the revs would rise and drop dramatically instead of staying fairly stable. It pulled brilliantly when on the move, but had to be kept revved at tick over, or the bastard would die . My mate reckon it'll be the small jet clogged up. Obviously those woes weren't quite enough though, and the little bastard worked one rear light screw out on route somewhere, and the other was very loose.

 

Bit later on decided to remove all the veg/diesel from the Galaxy,...

 

 

...then had to visit something called a 'petrol station' where 20 odd litres of diesel was thrown in, followed by some sort of diesel treatment gubbins...

 

 

...after that a nice little* twatting round the back lanes and onto the M53 where it decided to create it's own version of limp mode just as I was overtaking someone at 80 70mph. Got it home, left hand injector wasn't quite tight enough and lobbed some diesel out (thankfully hadn't jet washed the engine as planned yet) so was tightened up. Then noticed a very slight bubbling/weep from the bottom, so it probs needs to come out again, follow by a clean of the area and ensure the copper washer is in right.

 

 

 

 

*Edit, down the river was this...

 

 

...which apparently has a Ferrari engine. It certainly sounded nice when revved.

 

 

 

[holbeck]

I appear to have unexpectedly bought a mini.

Anyone want a xantia hdi?

[N19]

The Capri has a habit of tiny dribbles of oil appearing at the bottom of the diff housing, immediately making me suspect it's leaking. Contrary to what I expected, the diff was full to the brim and no leak could be found. I remembered this had been from the gearbox before, and sure enough the gearbox took 3/4 of a Carex pump bottle of gearbox oil. I think it travels down the prop and collects on the diff. The gearbox tail oil seal has been replaced a couple of times but typically lasts a few months before starting to slowly leak - possibly some grit on the prop.

[stuboy]

Popped over to see a friend and he's in process of respraying his front bumper, got there and he's not happy as filler primer hadn't set/dried,  turns out he was sold 2k filler primer but with no hardener, and he didn't realise that it was 2k, so we scraped it all off and wiped clean with thinners, hes ordered hardener and lacquer of E of the bay....

[SiC]

Looks like I'll need to do a Cambelt job on the 172 to sort this out. 

[ProgRocker]

I managed to clear out my dad's shed today and I found this. I doubt that's been used since 1993 as tht was when the last BLARG car my parents last had (MG Maestro 1600 with the aRse series engine) was traded in.

I take it that brake and clutch fluid has a limited shelf life?

 

[Tadhg Tiogar]

3 minutes ago, ProgRocker said:

...I take it that brake and clutch fluid has a limited shelf life?

 

Limited to the extent that the standard is now DoT4 rather than 3.

[Mr Pastry]

Just now, Tadhg Tiogar said:

Limited to the extent that the standard is now DoT4 rather than 3.

Yes.  Should be OK if it is sealed, but not really worth bothering with.

[richardmorris]

I’ve had hours looking at cars today online. None I can post here as they’re for my sister, who very specifically wants a 2019 69 or 20 reg Renault Kadjar 1.3 petrol in red. Luckily one near me ( weybridge) and one not too distant in Basingstoke. The year is important as she says Renault have been altering their warranty from 4 to 3 to 5 years recently. Makes me remember why I don’t want a modern car!

[somewhatfoolish]

1 hour ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

Limited to the extent that the standard is now DoT4 rather than 3.

DoT 3 is still a valid standard, it's just got a lower boiling point than Dot 4. A sealed bottle will be fine and compatible with DoT 4.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

13 minutes ago, somewhatfoolish said:

DoT 3 is still a valid standard, it's just got a lower boiling point than Dot 4. A sealed bottle will be fine and compatible with DoT 4.

Probably best left on the shelf as a collector's item, I think. DoT4 or, in my case, 5.1.

[richardmorris]

1 minute ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

Probably best left on the shelf as a collector's item, I think. DoT4 or, in my case, 5.1.

I can test brake fluid for water content at work, but at £50 a go it’s cheaper for you to buy a new bottle.

[somewhatfoolish]

39 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

I can test brake fluid for water content at work, but at £50 a go it’s cheaper for you to buy a new bottle.

That's it, most fluid-related infarction is down to people not changing it at appropriate intervals; as it slowly absorbs water the boiling point drops and eventually the driver really needs brakes and the pedal goes. The lower spec of DoT3 is a triviality in comparison.

[dome]

3 hours ago, SiC said:

Looks like I'll need to do a Cambelt job on the 172 to sort this out. 

Fucking hell. It's quite some achievement to get one that far out. They're either timed up right, or they're not.

If I can do it surely an ACKSHUALL MECOMIC can get it right.

[stuboy]

On 9/4/2020 at 10:34 AM, Tadhg Tiogar said:

Incoming or outgoing?

Seeing the plate on the trailer, I wonder if the contents will be coming back here on foreign plates....?

going out the uk.

[wuvvum]

Well I've been running around in the Mondeo all week, done another 100 or so miles in it, and this evening I plugged Forscan in to see if it's tried to regenerate the DPF again.  It's showing distance since last regen as 243km, and the diesel content in the engine oil is exactly the same as it was.  So I'm going to declare that fixed.  I might step up my efforts to sell it now too.

The Spacy still won't run.  It's definitely the carb - fuel is flowing, there's a spark, and it runs on Easystart or - as happened earlier - when I squirt a shitload of carb cleaner into the inlet, but it won't run on its petrol.  So I've taken the carb off again and I'm going to have another go at trying to find out what the problem is - sadly it's a lot more complicated than the Mobylette carb but I'm hoping I'll be able to sort it.

The rest of the fleet is pretty much as was, except that the Innocenti now has a working rear foglight after I ran a shiny new earth wire from the bulb holder, and the cheapo headlight relay I ordered off eBay arrived yesterday and has restored dipped beam.  I got it up on the ramps this afternoon and knocked a load of manky old gun gum off the exhaust - it's a lot louder now but I'm going to try some of that heat curing wrap that someone recommended and see if that does a better job of fixing it than a Holts bandage.

[SiC]

51 minutes ago, dome said:

Fucking hell. It's quite some achievement to get one that far out. They're either timed up right, or they're not.

If I can do it surely an ACKSHUALL MECOMIC can get it right.

I've been reading up heavily on changing Clio belts. If you don't have the pulley locking tool, like most locking kits, you risk things slipping as you tighten. Especially as you apparently never should tighten against locking tools. So if nipped up, remove tools and then tightened fully, you get things moved out of whack. 

That picture actually isn't completely accurate as I realised the crank pin wasn't fully in. Even so, when fully in its still out by a fair old margin. This is the exhaust pulley side. Nowhere near. 

Could also explain the rough idle and feeling not as quick as I expected it to be. 

[Tadhg Tiogar]

12 hours ago, mitsisigma01 said:

....CX is looking good ??

C'est normale

[Carlosfandango]

Lovely afternoon in the workshop. Galvanised RRC chassis has been painterated and awaits some small detailing.. 

 

CFD 

[paulplom]

Still dizzy af this morning. I'm not sure I should be driving the van.

Maybe a trip to Barnard Castle is in order.

[beko1987]

1 hour ago, paulplom said:

Still dizzy af this morning. I'm not sure I should be driving the van.

Maybe a trip to Barnard Castle is in order.

The one upside to me having this cold is I don't have to drive with it. Hate driving ill. 

Be nice if I could take a few days off sick but I doubt I'll be allowed... Be fun to see the mayhem it causes though 

[paulplom]

They might appreciate you more in your absence.

[Supernaut]

9 hours ago, Carlosfandango said:

Lovely afternoon in the workshop. Galvanised RRC chassis has been painterated and awaits some small detailing.. 

 

CFD 

I wonder if you'll rebuild that quicker than my dad's been rebuilding his S1 landy on a galvanised chassis. He started in 2013 and we might be just about ready to start on the bodywork soon!

 

10 hours ago, wuvvum said:

Well I've been running around in the Mondeo all week, done another 100 or so miles in it, and this evening I plugged Forscan in to see if it's tried to regenerate the DPF again.  It's showing distance since last regen as 243km, and the diesel content in the engine oil is exactly the same as it was.  So I'm going to declare that fixed.  I might step up my efforts to sell it now too.

The Spacy still won't run.  It's definitely the carb - fuel is flowing, there's a spark, and it runs on Easystart or - as happened earlier - when I squirt a shitload of carb cleaner into the inlet, but it won't run on its petrol.  So I've taken the carb off again and I'm going to have another go at trying to find out what the problem is - sadly it's a lot more complicated than the Mobylette carb but I'm hoping I'll be able to sort it.

The rest of the fleet is pretty much as was, except that the Innocenti now has a working rear foglight after I ran a shiny new earth wire from the bulb holder, and the cheapo headlight relay I ordered off eBay arrived yesterday and has restored dipped beam.  I got it up on the ramps this afternoon and knocked a load of manky old gun gum off the exhaust - it's a lot louder now but I'm going to try some of that heat curing wrap that someone recommended and see if that does a better job of fixing it than a Holts bandage.

Link to heat curing wrap please? I've got gun gum over a weld on the Saab's exhaust but I'm not sure how long it'll last.

[paulplom]

2 hours ago, paulplom said:

Still dizzy af this morning. I'm not sure I should be driving the van.

Maybe a trip to Barnard Castle is in order.

I have an inner ear viral infection. Diagnosed by a doctor over the phone.

I have a perscription to pick up. My first one for twenty years. I'm not sure I'll bother. The doctor reckons it can take up to four weeks to shift it. No tea or coffee and no alcohol!!