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[dave j]

How bad does it smoke? My Octavia is a bit smoky but it has passed the last 2 mot's with just  an advisory... I think the dpf has been removed in it but not certain 

[SiC]

36 minutes ago, dave j said:

How bad does it smoke? My Octavia is a bit smoky but it has passed the last 2 mot's with just  an advisory... I think the dpf has been removed in it but not certain 

Petrol emissions tests look a bit more thoroughly at the exhaust contents than a diesel test. But then chucking out blue smoke is likely to fail any year car - including classics. 

[17-Coffees]

Selling a car before you put it to general sale to someone you worked with for 2 months, is as much of a ball ache as selling to general public.  Allegedly because I offered it to another ex-workmate cheaper 10 months ago. Things change. It was't fully running and I was employed. It now works, I'm now unemployed...

Offering for much less than national price for one of it's condition, call it a case of "I no's whats i gots" but screw that...

[AndyIggs]

5 minutes ago, 17-Coffees said:

Selling a car before you put it to general sale to someone you worked with for 2 months, is as much of a ball ache as selling to general public.  Allegedly because I offered it to another ex-workmate cheaper 10 months ago. Things change. It was't fully running and I was employed. It now works, I'm now unemployed...

Offering for much less than national price for one of it's condition, call it a case of "I no's whats i gots" but screw that...

Another bonus is you'll get reminded constantly from the buyer if/when anything goes wrong with it

[Mally]

6 hours ago, SiC said:

 But then chucking out blue smoke is likely to fail any year car - including classics. 

Another reason for not taking a classic for MOT. Adds character a bit of smoke.

For full effect, put a bit of Castrol R in your fuel tank, lovely!

[Split_Pin]

16 hours ago, stuboy said:

And... it failed few silly bulbs and the mot tester reckons it blue smoked so badly it fill work shop... so either rings going/valve stem seals..

 

Any suggestions?

The MOT Tester noted how my Mini was burning oil but it didn't affect the emissions. It's the valve stem seals on mine that's the problem.

[Aston Martin]

18 hours ago, stuboy said:

And... it failed few silly bulbs and the mot tester reckons it blue smoked so badly it fill work shop... so either rings going/valve stem seals..

 

Any suggestions?

 

 

Can I suggest a bonfire??

[stuboy]

 

All I noticed was some unburt fuel from nackered lambda which I replaced,  researching it turns out very common problem..

[Andyrew]

Ohh dear, that sucks.  Hope you can get it sorted for a decent sum

 

[Aston Martin]

I replaced the clutch master and slave last year in the Alessi, but for the past few weeks it hasn't been sticking like when they failed. But the pedal was squeaky and in first gear I was like Maureen from driving school.

In the shed, 2 bottles of copper aerosol... Both fucked and empty. Couldn't find the grease, so I WD'd the cylinder inside and it's perfect again.

 

P.s. I know WD is a water displacement and not for lubing and the car will implode. ?

[clayts450]

Fleet audit time

214 stuck in a Council garage for the last three months. Went to visit it last week in the hope the garage roof had caved in and wrecked the car. Fail. Interior now akin to Kiltox's R8 cabbie, mould everywhere. And I didn't leave a window open. Arse.  Shut garage door in disgust. Boris MOT until Jan 2021, so that's a fuck it and forget it for now. Battery already disconnected and handbrake off.

420 (number of times battery went flat during lockdown - twice) is behaving itself but I need to overhaul the brakes as they're making some interesting noises. Also suspect NS CV joint is on it's way out. Oh and a slow puncture  NSF. To be fair, I need to sort out the wheels and tyres properly. I have four alloys of the same design (I bought five wheels off a bloke in Brum for 50 quid rather than forking out on new tyres all round), three of which aren't shiny, one of which is. So I need to get my shit together and get shiny new tyres on the shiny alloys. Eventually I'm aiming to get it up to Craig at Rover Revival in Stalybridge to sort out the trailing arm bushes, and possibly the timing belt too. Boris MOT until November 2020.

620 (number of times battery went flat during lockdown - once) the old trooper,  developed a microswitch fault which meant I couldn't centrally lock with the key - back to the old fashioned way of press the knob in and keep the handle up. TADTS issue, but mysteriously the car started locking normally again the other day. Typical old car idiosyncrasy. Generally this car is my go to Mr Reliable. Boris MOT until October 2020.

820 (number of times battery went flat during lockdown - once) barely driven in anger since I won this in a roffle last November. A few niggling issues to sort out before it possibly goes onto a fellow Shiter, negotiations paused due to Covid, recommencing imminently. Boris MOT until December 2020.

Streetwise (number of times battery went flat during lockdown - twice)  finally hit 70K miles in the old fella, gave it a new grille badge to celebrate. Number of niggles to sort out, namely front discs/pads and CV boots. Bozza MOT until October 2020

Accord Coupe (number of times battery went flat during lockdown - once) another neglected car during lockdown, to the extent the battery completely died, so replacement bought and fitted last week and given a good old run out. Still need to sort out groaning brakes to the front. The new battery also cured the sporadic bursts of alarm noise, usually at 2am, and the failure of the fob to unlock the driver's door. Still brings a smile to my face when I bury my foot in the carpet. Boris MOT until October 2020

[Eyersey1234]

I put the 10000th photo on my site today. 

[mitsisigma01]

Dare you upload them all in one go on here !! 

[Eyersey1234]

25 minutes ago, mitsisigma01 said:

Dare you upload them all in one go on here !! 

Lol it would take too long ?

[stuboy]

5 hours ago, Andyrew said:

Ohh dear, that sucks.  Hope you can get it sorted for a decent sum

 

seems quite common, one minute alls ok then next the durawreck engine reaches over 100k and can happen or really luck not happen.

 

so now have a car ive just insured i cant use presently, i think some magic potions in the engine and italian tune up, and book in a test, at a different garage

[wuvvum]

Been running around in the Renault 6 today - worryingly it's the only fully functional road legal car I own at the moment (Mondeo is in bits, Hyundai is drivable but the clutch is a pain in the arse, 75 and Carina are on SORN).  It's been buzzing along happily as it always does.  I drove up to a mate's this afternoon for a barbecue and passed a red Renault 4 parked up along the sea front at Walcott - the owner was sat in it so I gave a toot and a thumbs up, it took him a second or two to register but then he waved back.  I couldn't stop as I was in a line of traffic and there was nowhere to park.

The Mondeo has had all of the intake pipework including the intercooler removed and cleaned out - there was quite a lot of oil in the intercooler...  I'm now just waiting for the MAF cleaning shiz I ordered to turn up, then that can go back on and I can take the car for a test drive to make sure it hasn't suffered any permanent harm.

[brownnova]

Saw an MX5 mk1 advertised for ten grand today... TEN GRAND!!! 
 

???

[Eyersey1234]

4 minutes ago, brownnova said:

Saw an MX5 mk1 advertised for ten grand today... TEN GRAND!!! 
 

???

Fuck me was the name at the bottom of the ad Dick Turpin Motors? ?

[Six-cylinder]

6 minutes ago, brownnova said:

Saw an MX5 mk1 advertised for ten grand today... TEN GRAND!!! 
 

???

Shame our Eunos's aren't worth that!

[brownnova]

27 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said:

Shame our Eunos's aren't worth that!

Isn’t it just! 
 

if I put mine on a white background it’d just make the rust stand out more! 

[Tadhg Tiogar]

1 hour ago, brownnova said:

Saw an MX5 mk1 advertised for ten grand today... TEN GRAND!!! 
 

???

KGF special?

[Ghosty]

8 hours ago, clayts450 said:

Craig at Rover Revival in Stalybridge

If you're going to see Mansley, you better bloody well let me know! That's about 2-3 miles from me, I live in Stalybridge. Revival is in Mossley  

[Bren]

BBS have filed for bankruptcy.

The wheel has fallen off.

[Borsuq]

Managed to get in quite a lot of Polonez driving this weekend. It's a really great countryside exploration car. Comfortable, has enough ground clearance to shame many SUVs, very soft suspension that doesn't care if the road is terrible. I'm really glad it's working out in that way, because fear of running out of decent road was always hampering my drives in the 126.

Also, got my first breakdown in the FSO; luckily it was diagnosed and fixed within 10 seconds of me opening the bonnet (HT lead popped off the coil) and it happened in a place where I could stop safely. I guess I'm gonna have to look at getting new HT leads and keep hoping that didn't knacker the coil.

[richardmorris]

[Pat Earrings]

Did the shortest ever collection the other day. Walked all of 10 mins to collect this beauty and I absolutely love it. Perfect for my needs and drives absolutely spot on. The history file is amazing, it's even been terracleaned a couple years ago. A few little jobs already done to it. Put Gtechniq C4 on all the plastic scuttle and trims and looks brand new again. Also scrubbed up the interior and comes up a treat. Genuinely lovely to drive this, even if the LSD and rear wheel drive took me by surprise on a roundabout in the wet...leaving me facing the opposite way! Will be changing the number plates over and I've ordered the Lexus and is200 badges from Lexus direct to make it look better. 

[SiC]

At Lyme Regis beach on Saturday.

 

At Beer Beach yesterday

Brave places to park such cars given their value vs the salty sea air. 

[wuvvum]

Finished putting the Mondeo back together this evening.  It took longer than it should have done - turns out the bolts I used to reattach the EGR pipe on Saturday were in fact MAF sensor bolts, and the EGR bolts weren't quite long enough to hold the MAF on.  The bottom bolt on the EGR pipe is a bit of a twat to get to so it took me quite a while to get it undone and the correct bolt back in its place.

It's back together now though, and it fired straight up and didn't make any untoward noises - the EML was on, but I think that was a result of me starting it with the MAF removed on Saturday, I cleared the codes and it hasn't come back on.  I took it for a short drive - enough to get it up to temperature - I didn't push it very hard but wound it up to 60 and it seemed happy enough, with no plumes of smoke visible in the rear view mirror.  The real test of whether I've fixed it or not will come tomorrow when I have to drive into Norwich to pick up my shiny new work laptop.  We shall see.  I have a bike in the boot if it does decide to shart itself...

[richardmorris]

Mike Harker (visa person in the ccc has emailed). May be a source of parts for those of you with visas, Amis, cxs and gs.

Hello Guys,

 

You may know this already, but for those who don’t Bullwinkle’s Garage in Lincolnshire has closed and Phil Bullwinkle is selling their ex stock Citroen parts, trading as pjbparts on eBay.

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/pjbparts/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_ipg=&_from=

 

Mike Harker

Visa, LN/A, Axel & C15 Section.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

2 hours ago, richardmorris said:

....Bullwinkle’s Garage in Lincolnshire has closed and Phil Bullwinkle is selling their ex stock Citroen parts, trading as pjbparts on eBay.....

Enquiry sent already