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[Metal Guru]

52 minutes ago, SiC said:

Even fuel injected cars aren't great until their catalytic converter has warmed up! Depending on the age of vehicle, how clever the ECU is and miles on the cat this could take a good few minutes before they reduce too. 

I’ve never been able to trigger the CO alarm in my garage or even get a figure on the read out. MOT result is always 0.0 ppm.

However that doesn’t make it safe. Carbon dioxide is always produced and this will replace the oxygen and can kill by asphyxiation rather than poisoning in a poorly ventilated space. It will take longer but you can be equally unaware that it’s happening.

[Sunny Jim]

Just a reminder that workplace exposure limits for CO = 100ppm over 15mins or 20ppm over 8hrs. CO is a chemical asphyxiant, it robs the ability of your red blood cells to carry oxygen. If you think you're being affected by CO, (dizziness, headache, nausea, inability to think clearly) switch the engine off and get outside into fresh air immediately.

[Metal Guru]

1 hour ago, Sunny Jim said:

Just a reminder that workplace exposure limits for CO = 100ppm over 15mins or 20ppm over 8hrs. CO is a chemical asphyxiant, it robs the ability of your red blood cells to carry oxygen. If you think you're being affected by CO, (dizziness, headache, nausea, inability to think clearly) switch the engine off and get outside into fresh air immediately.

The CO molecule is a very similar size to the O2 molecule so can fit into the “slot” in haemoglobin where oxygen normally goes to be carried round the body. Cyanide (CN) works in the same way. 

[IronStar]

Feeling much better this morning, I think I got away lightly. Fuck doing that again though.

I've realized it hasn't been helped by the fact that there's an exhaust leak somewhere, so I kept inhaling CO even after I left. 🫣 It must've gotten worse since the last time I drove it. Booked it at the exhaust shop to get it fixed.

[artdjones]

Clean pass for another year.

[captain_70s]

12 hours ago, SiC said:

My carbon monoxide detector on the back wall always goes off pretty quick when starting one of my classics in the garage.

 

The detector in our kitchen goes off if there is a car idling on the driveway!

[Markeh]

I've had to warn my friend who has a habit of sitting in her car idling outside for a good 10-15 minutes before coming into the house to either turn the engine off or stop reversing so close to the vent that feeds into my living room...

[wuvvum]

I'm finally going to have to bite the bullet and fork out for a new 096 battery - I've run out of swapping around options and the van's battery appears to have died.

Also the Renault 6's fuel tank has started leaking again.  To be fair my last attempt at patching it up has lasted a good couple of years, but it's going to need doing again and I think this time I might attempt to take the tank off and make a better job of it.

And the Merc failed its MOT this morning, but only on the broken spring (which I knew about) and two anti-roll bar bushes on the back, so that's not too bad.

[MJK 24]

I had to move some cars today that have been used for filming in a period drama.

One of them was an F reg Escort.  Basic model without elec windows, central locking or the fancier instruments.  Engine was the 1.4 CVH.  

The 1400 CVH always seemed much smoother than the 1.6 or 1.8?

Anyway, I wouldn’t want to have a crash in this Escort but I have to say, what a very pleasant car to drive.  Everything was just right.  The weight of the controls, the performance, engine noise, ride quality.  Just a really nice thing to drive.

It looked to have had a very easy life.  Only 55k on the clock and unmarked inside and out but still, I really liked it.

It makes we wonder have we made as much progress as we think we have with cars?

[High Jetter]

19 minutes ago, MJK 24 said:

I had to move some cars today that have been used for filming in a period drama.

One of them was an F reg Escort.  Basic model without elec windows, central locking or the fancier instruments.  Engine was the 1.4 CVH.  

The 1400 CVH always seemed much smoother than the 1.6 or 1.8?

Anyway, I wouldn’t want to have a crash in this Escort but I have to say, what a very pleasant car to drive.  Everything was just right.  The weight of the controls, the performance, engine noise, ride quality.  Just a really nice thing to drive.

It looked to have had a very easy life.  Only 55k on the clock and unmarked inside and out but still, I really liked it.

It makes we wonder have we made as much progress as we think we have with cars?

Interesting, can you reveal the production? CVH engines were renowned for smoothness BITD

[MJK 24]

1 minute ago, High Jetter said:

Interesting, can you reveal the production? CVH engines were renowned for smoothness BITD

https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/legends-release-date-cast-news
 

I used to drive a lot of cars from this era because I worked in a car auction as a teenager.

The Fiesta 1.4S was a CVH.  And they were always much much smoother in terms of vibration and sound than the 1.6 which was very common in Escorts and Orion’s and the 1.8 which was Sierra only?

[lesapandre]

Just a plug here this morning for the excellent 'Roads.org' website. If you are interested in anything to do with historic highways or recent road building this is a fascinating site with a detailed yet accessible look at the UK road network in all it's glory:

https://www.roads.org.uk/

Enjoy 

[Asimo]

 

[Stinkwheel]

12 hours ago, High Jetter said:

Interesting, can you reveal the production? CVH engines were renowned for smoothness BITD

Were they? I remember an awful lot of Course Vibratory and Harsh comments due to the CVH acronym

[chadders]

My Y reg Escort 1.6GL was fine.

I guess that it depends what you're used to or what you're comparing it with.

It was certainly better as a car than the Sierra 2.3 Ghia or BMW 525e that succeded it as it actually had working suspension.

[High Jetter]

1 hour ago, Stinkwheel said:

Were they? I remember an awful lot of Course Vibratory and Harsh comments due to the CVH acronym

I thought so, but then my memory ain't what it used to be

[Stinkwheel]

32 minutes ago, High Jetter said:

I thought so, but then my memory ain't what it used to be

To be fair, I only ever had one CVH ford, which was a '90 Orion 1.4 Ghia. It did just soldier on and on and i really did abuse it. (Towing a GSA on trailer from midlands to Glasgow for instance) And my memory is it was pretty rough and ready for a supposed ghia spec car. But again, my memory aint what it used to be either

[richardmorris]

Behind this on the tunnel queue

[artdjones]

1 hour ago, richardmorris said:

Behind this on the tunnel queue

A VW? WOB is Wolfsburg.

[Dyslexic Viking]

Someone here today had an unusual start to the day.

[Wibble]

29 minutes ago, Dyslexic Viking said:

Someone here today had an unusual start to the day.

I saw that on a news site earlier. A bit too close for comfort!

[comfortablynumb]

Looks like it's leaking quite badly too😱

[Dyslexic Viking]

26 minutes ago, comfortablynumb said:

Looks like it's leaking quite badly too😱

There's no mention of it in the media here, but there's clay in the ground and it's possible that's what's colored the water as there was a clay slide that occurred in the area when the ship hit shore.

There is areas in Norway where the ground consists of unstable clay that can turn into clayslides. And this looks to be such an area.

Example of clayslide. Verdal 1893 105 farms lost and 116 dead.

[richardmorris]

2 hours ago, artdjones said:

A VW? WOB is Wolfsburg.

Merc lights.

[richardmorris]

1 hour ago, comfortablynumb said:

Looks like it's leaking quite badly too😱

Wouldn’t you?

[hairnet]

3 hours ago, artdjones said:

A VW? WOB is Wolfsburg.

thats merc based (lights)

[richardmorris]

Just now, hairnet said:

thats merc based (lights)

I thought it was an older thing, but when it moved off it was the more rounded shape (but still had the merc sticky outy blocky side repeaters).

[Metal Guru]

On 21/05/2025 at 22:53, MJK 24 said:

I had to move some cars today that have been used for filming in a period drama.

One of them was an F reg Escort.  Basic model without elec windows, central locking or the fancier instruments.  Engine was the 1.4 CVH.  

The 1400 CVH always seemed much smoother than the 1.6 or 1.8?

Anyway, I wouldn’t want to have a crash in this Escort but I have to say, what a very pleasant car to drive.  Everything was just right.  The weight of the controls, the performance, engine noise, ride quality.  Just a really nice thing to drive.

It looked to have had a very easy life.  Only 55k on the clock and unmarked inside and out but still, I really liked it.

It makes we wonder have we made as much progress as we think we have with cars?

I had a 1.6 Orion with a CVH. I remember they had hydraulic cam followers which were a weak point, but wasn’t a massive job to change them . Also Ford originally specified a 100 000 mile cam belt change and many snapped after 60 000 or so. 
Other than that , they were fairly decent. I drove mine 180 000 miles. The body work was way worse than the mechanicals by then. 
 

[comfortablynumb]

I've got the mfi engine in my escort, not sure how many miles(Speedo reads 25k!🤣) but apart from the usual valve stem seals it's been one of the most reliable and willing engines I've ever had 

[Snake Charmer]

Mot chod.