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56 minutes ago, beko1987 said:

Ouch, hope the damage isn't too bad once you get it dragged home 

Temperature sensor split, thus pissing coolant everywhere. Walking to the motor factors now to pick up a replacement. 

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2 hours ago, Borsuq said:

Have not considered this to be honest. I'll make sure to investigate.

Was your Lads throwing a check engine (or equivalent light) through all this?

Cheers!

Yep.  The error it was showing was error 31, no oxygen sensor signal.  Basically because there was a +1.3V offset on the signal because the ground was floating. 

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3 hours ago, SRi05 said:

Swede dreams are made of these 

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And fin. So the background to this purchase,  I posted a thread a month or so ago looking for a car for my in laws, they hummed and hawed over the few I sent to them, then last week they phoned to say they were going to buy a 63 plate Peugeot 208 from Arnold Clark for 5.5 fuggin grand. My wife offered them her own higher spec lower mile 208 for half the price. They snapped her hand off for it, she now has my Saab 9-3 floppytop which left me needing some wheels. I wanted something similar to the Saab, Nice comfy auto with a bit of grunt for cruising to work.

This thing ticks all the boxes. That trip home was genuinely one of the comfiest drives I’ve ever had ! Seats are mega comfortable, air con ice cold , sound system is unbelievable as well. Cruise on and point towards Scotland. 

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9 minutes ago, SRi05 said:

That looks damn tasty

Thanks,i was a bit aprehensive about buying it blind,but the dealer gave me the previous owners phone number and after a couple of lengthy phone conversations about the car i agreed to buy it,it was delivered today on a transporter and he took the ungrateful BX away as a part exchange,i was most surprised that he did!

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4 hours ago, Vantman said:

Thanks,i was a bit aprehensive about buying it blind,but the dealer gave me the previous owners phone number and after a couple of lengthy phone conversations about the car i agreed to buy it,it was delivered today on a transporter and he took the ungrateful BX away as a part exchange,i was most surprised that he did!

I was hoping to come across another Saab for sale this week, I really like the 9-3. I’ll settle for the other Swedish slab

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today has been my 46th birthday.

to celebrate i have spent a good part of the day rolling around on the floor getting filthy doing a service on the black mini 1000.

changed the oil and filter, 

after first wrangling the grille off to get some access, then greased up the suspension points and adjusted up the brakes.

it took far longer than i had thought it would, due in no small part to me been unable to find any bloody tool at the first try.

see, kerry has been buggering about with the metro that has been in bits in the garage for some time. 

and kerry doesn't put anything away when she is finished with it.basically it seems to be dropped on the floor, and there it stays,so when i want something, oddly enough its not where it is SUPPOSED to be. that gets very boring after the second or third time of trying,to fond something,

well, eventually we got the car sorted, serviced, cleaned up and then put away,cos the weather forecast for the weekend is crap.

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and on the way back,i spotted this wee gem in town on the way back to the garage.

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another Mini 1000, a mark 4,in vermillion? and on an R,so not much younger than Rodney. and very nice it looks too

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so i did take the chance to snap this along with mine.

i've seen it around town a couple of times, and its nice to see another unmolested and none cooperised mini around on the road.

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I would start with cleaning up the earths and putting a lamp between the switched live to the starter and earth, at least that way when it doesn't turn over you'll be able to see if the switched 12v from the ignition switch is getting to the starter,

If yes and the earths are ok the in would guess it's pretty conclusively the starter itself.. 

4 minutes ago, Ghosty said:

Can someone with experience of French Electrics help me with the 205's starter? I don't do car electrics and my dad just puts a multimeter across it and declares it ok. 

(I don't mind travelling).

 

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4 minutes ago, Floatylight said:

I would start with cleaning up the earths and putting a lamp between the switched live to the starter and earth, at least that way when it doesn't turn over you'll be able to see if the switched 12v from the ignition switch is getting to the starter,

If yes and the earths are ok the in would guess it's pretty conclusively the starter itself.. 

 

I'll try that for myself on Sunday maybe. The relay/solenoid(?) clicks so it's getting reasonably far. My dad's saying starter, but I'm sceptical of his advice, as he has a track record of being wrong. 

 

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Done about 30 miles in the Mondeo this evening and no misbehaviour so far - drove OK with no untoward noises or plumes of smoke.  I've not yet plucked up the courage to floor it though...  I'm going to whip the pipe off the turbo again at the weekend and see if it's got oily again or not.  I'm not entirely sure what the setup is with the turbo on these (there's various pipes going here there and everywhere and I struggled to trace all of them as the crossmember is right in the way) so I don't know whether the fact it's pulled through oil once means the seals are fucked and it'll do it again, or whether it's picked up oil some other way due to there being too much of it in the sump.  A secondhand turbo is not a lot of money but I'm really not sure if I can be arsed.

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2 hours ago, Ghosty said:

I'll try that for myself on Sunday maybe. The relay/solenoid(?) clicks so it's getting reasonably far. My dad's saying starter, but I'm sceptical of his advice, as he has a track record of being wrong. 

 

Assuming it's a pre-engage starter(most are, identified by having a solenoid on the side for pulling the pinion into mesh which is what you hear clicking) and the battery is in good health it's almost certainly the starter; the solenoid also switches the current for the starter and it is likely this which is the problem. As FL says check the cables for loose terminals or broken strands where the wire has flexed, but aside from that it is the starter. I'd have it off and strip and clean the solenoid but depending on the price of a new 'un you may as well buy a replacement.

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4 hours ago, vulgalour said:

French electrics are a law unto themselves.  Try it again tomorrow, it might be different, or it might not, or it might be an exciting new problem.  Who knows?  The mystery!

It's consistently inconsistent. It always cold starts first thing in the morning, but any time after that it's a complete lottery. More use has made it less likely to start, but sometimes it does after a few tries, sometimes it needs a bump start.

It's massively frustrating as it's the most usable car I have right now.

 

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On 7/23/2020 at 1:06 PM, danthecapriman said:

Do you see many old Soviet era cars over there still?

I only ask, as I’ve got the major horn for a Volga 24!

We catch the odd old car when we venture into town,the supermarket carpark usually has something. 

Yesterday there was an immaculate mk3 Escort parked up but didn't think it worthy of a pic

Volgas? How many would sir like?

 

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7 minutes ago, andy18s said:

We catch the odd old car when we venture into town,the supermarket carpark usually has something. 

Yesterday there was an immaculate mk3 Escort parked up but didn't think it worthy of a pic

Volgas? How many would sir like?

 

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Oof!

Theres still a few about then!

Id love a Volga 24, ideally the earlier type with that lovely chrome grill. You don’t fancy finding one for me do ya!?

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4 hours ago, Ghosty said:

It's consistently inconsistent. It always cold starts first thing in the morning, but any time after that it's a complete lottery. More use has made it less likely to start, but sometimes it does after a few tries, sometimes it needs a bump start.

It's massively frustrating as it's the most usable car I have right now.

 

Does the starter always work or sound like it's working? 

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8 hours ago, Ghosty said:
12 hours ago, vulgalour said:

French electrics are a law unto themselves.  Try it again tomorrow, it might be different, or it might not, or it might be an exciting new problem.  Who knows?  The mystery!

It's consistently inconsistent. .....it's a complete lottery...

This. 100% this!

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2 hours ago, Ghosty said:
3 hours ago, Lacquer Peel said:
Does the starter always work or sound like it's working? 

No, either it works or I just hear a clicking relay. Wouldn't start at all this morning, I had to take the Mini to work.

Put a wire from the solenoid switching terminal and touch it against the battery positive - if the starter works reliably when you do this, it's probably voltage drop on the solenoid wiring (fairly common 205 issue) and if it still doesn't, it'll either be the starter itself or poor battery/ground connections.

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3 hours ago, Ghosty said:
5 hours ago, Lacquer Peel said:
Does the starter always work or sound like it's working? 

No, either it works or I just hear a clicking relay. Wouldn't start at all this morning, I had to take the Mini to work.

Get your dad to turn the key whilst you clatter the starter with a hammer, sounds like it's failing to me. 

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Since the previous owner of the 75 had the battery out for storage as he was not using the car, the electric sunroof no longer stayed tilted as it needed to be reset.

I finally found out how to do this and I now have a sunroof that I can have open on the motorway rather than it blowing a hoolie with it slid open.

I haven't used the Audi very much at all since I got the 75 as the latter is just so nice to just get in and waft. I'll extract it from the garage on Monday and go a run to my folks with my son when my wife is at work.

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