barefoot Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 The Rover 75 is sorted. The gentle coolant leak was gradually getting worse, so off it went to the garage who diagnosed a knackered thermostat to be the culprit. Luckily* this is hidden deep down in the Vee between the cylinder banks & requires much time to be spent dismantle before you can even see the bloody thing. The coolant leak is cure. Do you know, to fill a 2.5 litre KV6 up from minimum to maximum coolant takes what appears to be just less than 200ml of fluid. I'm no engineer, but that doesn't appear to leave much margin for error does it? How often do folk check their big Rovers? The Scirocco is still irritating me. The tracking is set, but the camber is out. Chap can't correct that because the bolts are seized and he's waiting for replacements before he removes them with much force. The tick-over is also griefing me up a little. It will start easily with choke or a pump on the pedal, but after a mile/five minutes around the houses, the tick-over becomes erratic and requires choke. Then as the engine warms up, the idle speed becomes just that little bit too fast. I'm sure it'll all be right by next xmas... Six-cylinder, fatharris, Split_Pin and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 Guess what I'm doing after work... Six-cylinder 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barefoot Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 Wanking? HillmanImp, SiC, DeeJay and 6 others 3 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 38 minutes ago, barefoot said: The Rover 75 is sorted. The gentle coolant leak was gradually getting worse, so off it went to the garage who diagnosed a knackered thermostat to be the culprit. Luckily* this is hidden deep down in the Vee between the cylinder banks & requires much time to be spent dismantle before you can even see the bloody thing. The coolant leak is cure. Do you know, to fill a 2.5 litre KV6 up from minimum to maximum coolant takes what appears to be just less than 200ml of fluid. I'm no engineer, but that doesn't appear to leave much margin for error does it? How often do folk check their big Rovers? The other thing that annoyed me with my 75 V6 Auto was the temp needle sat perfectly at mid normal until it was hot and went straight to max. If it had started to creep up I would have known there was a problem developing. Turned out to be the electric fan stopped working and the amount of dismantling made it look like I had crashed it! Shite Ron, barefoot and Split_Pin 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 9 minutes ago, Ghosty said: Guess what I'm doing after work... Well what are you going to get???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatharris Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 Wanking?I was going for this answer too.Sent from my VOG-L09 using Tapatalk barefoot 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 7 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said: Well what are you going to get???? All will be revealed. It's a local one, and tidy at first glance. Price is right so can't say no. Not a Honda, but pretty typical fare for me. Six-cylinder and Shite Ron 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 2 minutes ago, Ghosty said: All will be revealed. It's a local one, and tidy at first glance. Price is right so can't say no. Not a Honda, but pretty typical fare for me. Yes I was thinking Honda, so wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 75 is in the garage today for both front suspension top mounts and they discovered that the NSF spring is also broken. They normally go through the front tyre. A new spring is a lot cheaper than a tyre so lucky escape! Lacquer Peel and Tickman 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mintwth Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 The Saab 9-5 decided to FTP. 🙁 It's looking like the DIC has died. Should I go with an ebay special or go to the local saab specialist who has one in stock for £260? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 6 minutes ago, mintwth said: It's looking like the DIC has died. Give it some Viagra, be reet. mintwth, Minimad5, Shite Ron and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saabnut Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 14 minutes ago, mintwth said: The Saab 9-5 decided to FTP. 🙁 It's looking like the DIC has died. Should I go with an ebay special or go to the local saab specialist who has one in stock for £260? Personally, I would go genuine. It may be dearer but not long term. Ebay specials range from just as good as genuine through to paper weight straight out of the box. Most last around a year... So, do you feel lucky? mintwth 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruffgeezer Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 1 hour ago, Split_Pin said: 75 is in the garage today for both front suspension top mounts and they discovered that the NSF spring is also broken. They normally go through the front tyre. A new spring is a lot cheaper than a tyre so lucky escape! You haven't found how much the top mounts are yet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crackers Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 MX5 has developed a new noise recently under certain conditions, which I think might be related to a slightly dragging brake, or something in that area. I'm sure* it's not safety critical (brakes aren't that important are they) so I'll live with it until either I die in a horrific brake-related accident or survive long enough to investigate between Christmas and new year - unless it fixes itself, which this car has now done three times already. fatharris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 1 hour ago, ruffgeezer said: You haven't found how much the top mounts are yet! I supplied them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barefoot Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 3 hours ago, Six-cylinder said: ... thing that annoyed me with my 75 V6 Auto was the temp needle sat perfectly at mid normal until it was hot and went straight to max... To paraphrase something that someone else recently wrote on here, '...it's for decoration only and doesn't move unless the coolant is frozen solid or the engine is on fire'. catsinthewelder, LightBulbFun and dome 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 6 hours ago, barefoot said: How often do folk check their big Rovers? Every 2 weeks. If you have the translucent header tank, get a small torch or if you have a smartphone use the one on that. Press it to the rear of the tank and move it right to the nearside corner and the beam will shine through the coolant and tell you where its at. Saves undoing the cap repeatedly as keeping the seals in good condition is particularly important on a Rover. You can also enter diagnostic mode (Google will find it) and this will tell your the precise temperature of the coolant. The guage is indeed designed to be linear until its too late - useless. barefoot 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 Feeling like shit at the moment with life seemingly wanting to conspire against me. Anyhow to cheer myself up, I've been doing a bit of Moggie work. Not many pictures as not feeling up to another write up. Got the master cylinder in though, remote brake reservoir and gravity bled the brakes. Still air in them, so will need to try pumping them with an assistant. But there is pedal pressure now and I've been able to adjust the rear drums + handbrake. Also put the fuel tank in and gave it a start. Took quite a lot of churning to get it to start but eventually it did. Then a huge amount of smoke as the carb overflowed onto the exhaust. Wasn't overflowing before, so no idea why it's decided to now. Unfortunately a replacement needle and seat are backordered at most places. Apart from that, it just needs the offside rear outer wing bolting back on and going for a drive. Looking good on the weller wheels though. puddlethumper, GMcD, Dyslexic Viking and 17 others 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 Weller weller weller Ugh! Sorry, for me the original steelies work best. LightBulbFun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 Well it turns out @barefoot and @fatharris were closer to the truth than they thought, after having agreed a time to view the car with the seller, I messaged him an hour beforehand only for him to tell me he wasn't in and would let me know when he was back. I messaged him two hours later asking if he would be in or not, he read it instantly then replied 20 minutes later saying he thought he'd be home late and had no idea what was going on in his absence, which was a bit cryptic. Said he'd get back to me tomorrow - I'll believe that when I see it. I doubt I'll end up getting it but you never know - it's a very tidy 960 on 120k with 11 months test, for £1k. Six-cylinder 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatharris Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 Well it turns out [mention=4623]barefoot[/mention] and [mention=18190]fatharris[/mention] were closer to the truth than they thought, after having agreed a time to view the car with the seller, I messaged him an hour beforehand only for him to tell me he wasn't in and would let me know when he was back. I messaged him two hours later asking if he would be in or not, he read it instantly then replied 20 minutes later saying he thought he'd be home late and had no idea what was going on in his absence, which was a bit cryptic. Said he'd get back to me tomorrow - I'll believe that when I see it. I doubt I'll end up getting it but you never know - it's a very tidy 960 on 120k with 11 months test, for £1k. Enjoy that wank, son.Cars come and go, so go and come.Sent from my VOG-L09 using Tapatalk catsinthewelder, Minimad5, Coprolalia and 2 others 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 1 hour ago, fatharris said: Cars come and go, so go and come. Words of wisdom there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 I can haz choonz in the Charade. Yesterday lunchtime I took the passenger side front door card off to see what was going on with the speaker. It wasn't obviously damaged, but there were two spare speakers in a box in the boot that came with the car so I took the speaker out of the door and plugged in one of the spares. No change, so I assumed it must be a wiring issue. Went back out at lunchtime today to have another play, and whilst checking the wiring in the door for obvious damage I decided almost on a whim to try the other spare speaker in the boot. Plugged it in and immediately the dulcet tones of Radio 2 issued forth. So I have three knackered speakers and one working one. Obviously a weak point... Because it's such a small narrow car though the single speaker on the passenger side is perfectly adequate for listening to the radio, even at A road speeds. So that's good. I've ascertained that the issue with the Laguna is that the pressure pipe that goes from the exhaust just before the DPF through to the sensor under the bonnet has split where it goes over the exhaust. It's rubber and obviously couldn't cope with the heat. Given that the OEM pipes are silly money, I've decided I'm going to try cutting out the section of rubber hose that sits above the exhaust and replacing it with copper brake pipe. I've had to order a reel because the DPF pressure hose is 1/4" and all the brake pipe I have is 3/16", but it's still a lot cheaper than buying a replacement pipe from Renault. I may attempt it this weekend if the brake pipe has arrived by then, weather and Covid booster jab permitting. DVee8 and fatharris 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 fiat club FB page. guess the year. Dyslexic Viking, BeEP and Shite Ron 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gm Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 I received a Christmas card from screw fix today with a £5 off £25 voucher inside - very nice but lets just check the expiry date on that : 19th dec 2021 todays date 17th dec 2021 ffs ! Tickman, fatharris, richardmorris and 3 others 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitsisigma01 Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 Impulse buy required. We received some from Sainsbury's the first weeks worth already expired !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 I had a reward* email from Great Magazines the other day - "Your free £5 Amazon gift voucher has arrived". No it fucking hasn't - the offer is limited to the first 1750 subscribers, who must have all got there within an hour of the email being sent to me. Not impressed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LabRat Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 Being brave and taking the MG6 from Oldham to Skegness to visit my parents. Surprisingly it's behaving itself for once! George wanted in on the photo too. Yoss, Six-cylinder, chodweaver and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaseracer Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 7 hours ago, richardmorris said: fiat club FB page. guess the year. That's shouting 1978-79 at me. In a Turin accent... richardmorris, Stevebrookman, Six-cylinder and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 Between 75-80 Racer would know he was in his thirties then 😛 chaseracer and richardmorris 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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