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[Sigmund Fraud]

Chris, if I were you I'd get that exorcism arranged ASAP ! I'd probably also fill the radiator with an antifreeze/holy water mixture, just in case !

[saucedoctor]

I can haz Volvo V50. It had Scotch numberplates on it, so I went and got it re-regged with an NI reg. Very impressed with the chaps in Belfast, I got a new number issued with no fuss. FOUR QUID for the car park, mind. I bought the car to tidy up and sell on, but my sister (a) wants it and ( knows what I paid for it! Ho-hum. C'est la vie.

 

2005, 1.8SE mit cow.

 

 

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

Whoever on here told me rubber gaskets stretch and are hard to reuse, points to you. Splashed out £16 on a new rubber rocker/cam cover gasket and the difference is vast. The new one is noticeably shorter and nothing like as soft and flexible. I feel daft for trying to reuse the old one now, I've wasted a lot of time, effort and oil. 

[derskine]

Gave the 18 a wash before the epic shite collection tomorrow

 

 

 

Bit of a grinding noise from a wheel bearing or driveshaft but I've just paid for some AA cover so not worried.

Hopefully no issues though - and finally got a cassette to aux thing.

[trigger]

My Focus is still having starting problems even after spending £500 on a new fuel pump and it's making a slight humming noise now too, so i took it back to the diesel specialists, it now turns out that the alternator bearings are going hence the noise and that the starter motor is also on it's way out now, apparently when the pump goes the starter has to work harder meaning it draws up more power, now that the pumps fixed it still drawing up too much power and taking the power away from the rest of the engine.

 

I've not heard that before but there was another Focus there also with the exactly same issues, he said they all suffer from it?.

[saucedoctor]

^ Nowt on Autodata about it Trig.

[Junkman]

They all do that, Sir.

[trigger]

That seems to be the gist of it, Oh it's a Ford TDCi? They all do that.

[twosmoke300]

Hate to be the bringer of bad news but starter motor failure on Ford's is sometimes the first signs of dmf failure

[trigger]

The clutch isn't at it's sharpest either, there's no rattling or knocking yet though.

[twosmoke300]

I'm breaking one with a good engine , turbo , injectors , dmf , pump gearbox etc

[Sloth in a bowl]

The Rover of d00m developed a rattle in the engine bay. The culprit was quickly found, one of the alternator bolts had shaken off its nut, which was missing. I couldn't find a nut with the correct thread, so I took the bolt out and replaced it with an OMGMETRIK one as a temporary measure until I could obtain the correct nut. I was more than worried what the evil spirit would have in petto for me, having the audacity to implant something metric.

 

Needless to say that the revenge followed suit shortly afterwards, it didn't charge properly on the drive home yesterday. All signs of one of the rectifier diodes being AWOL were displayed. So I got me the correct nut and re-installed the original bolt, gave the alternator a good whack with a hammer for good measure, started up the car, and lo and behold, it's charging better than it ever did.

 

I would drive it to a scrap yard and clearly point out its future if it isn't going to behave.

Failing that a stake through the oil filter at a crossroads on a moonless night is meant to work*

 

Have a spare oil filter with you (and oil)

[catsinthewelder]

Sounds like it's time to ruin your ebay feedback.

[cort16]

Sounds like you want to get rid of that Focus trigger it sounds like a right pain in the arse. I can tolerate unreliability in my old cars to an extent but with my more modern daily's I want to burn them to the ground the minute they start playing up.

[trigger]

That's just how I feel! I got in it tonight and now the LED driver display has stopped working again, it just lights up but the mileage and info is missing.

 

The trouble is I can't afford to change it and it is a nice car when it's not broken, I wouldn't mind so much if it was old or high mileage but it's neither, fortunately the Acclaims running well to make up for it!

 

[andy18s]

 

Seller insists it's a 1993 on an A plate.........

 

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=641529039253675&set=gm.573215149443086&type=1&theater

[twosmoke300]

Oh it's a mk2 . Not breaking one of those.

[cms206]

 

Seller insists it's a 1993 on an A plate.........

 

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=641529039253675&set=gm.573215149443086&type=1&theater

It is a '93 Rover Maestro Clubman though...

[The Moog]

serviced the xsara today. Sparks, air,oil and fuel filter. Used my new 16l drain tub as recommended on here. It was mega excellent, not a single drop on the floor. Total cost was 38 quid which is a bit of a bargain.

 

I took all the plastic engine covers off. Do these actually do anything? Or can i leave em off.

 

To celebrate i tidied my garage. Swept it and everyfink. Now need to save a few pennies to get Scooters triumph shipped here

[Heidel_Kakao]

That's just how I feel! I got in it tonight and now the LED driver display has stopped working again, it just lights up but the mileage and info is missing.

 

The trouble is I can't afford to change it and it is a nice car when it's not broken, I wouldn't mind so much if it was old or high mileage but it's neither, fortunately the Acclaims running well to make up for it!

 

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Only just realised that you have my old Acclaim trigger lol.

[trigger]

Small world isn't it! Mind you with about 14 previous owners I don't think there's many people who haven't owned it!

[wackywacerwill]

Our internetz and phone is back up working after I made a huge booboo a few days back. Was tiling the kitchen wall when I noticed it had started to rain and the washing was hanging up out the back, tapped my pocket for the keys and rushed downstairs (4 flights) to get in the now wet through washing. Got upstairs to find the keys in my pocket were for the van! Doing some quick man thinking and taking into account I had wet tile adhesive on the wall I promptly kicked the door in. I've done this before and just bust the yale latch off the frame so no major drama, unfortunately this time I scuffed up the door I glossed last week, bust the frame, lock and catch to buggery, blow out the plaster on the newly painted hall and snapped the incoming phone line that ran down the door frame too. All in all major butt hurt which has cost me in pocket and much time not to mention the earful I was obliged to take too.

 

The only auto goings on of note is that the van is now being used as storage for pre flat sale tat clear out. Road tax is cheaper than big yella.

[Angrydicky]

 

 

Seller insists it's a 1993 on an A plate.........

 

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=641529039253675&set=gm.573215149443086&type=1&theater

It is a 1993 model. I think the first owner had the plate from her previous Maestro transferred on from new. Sounds a bit strange, but the car is an absolute steal - FSH and virtually no rust. 

[dollywobbler]

EDIT - phone fail again. The new caliper slider bolts for the Sirion have arrived. In the past ten minutes, the temperature has dropped from 10 degrees to 5 degrees, and we've had rain, sleet, snow and hail. I'm trying to decide if I can bring myself to hurl the 2CV out of the garage into this grimness so I can work on the Sirion in there. It's winter all of a sudden, so being able to drive the car with winter tyres would be good.

[derskine]

Epic shite collection didn't go to plan.

18 seems to be using a fair bit of fuel at the moment, perhaps due to the slipping clutch, so would have cost far too much to go 800 miles.

It's also horrific trying to go up hills on motorways - considering getting a diesel engine for it.

[dollywobbler]

What engine does it have? Can't see any of the petrol engines being so feeble that a motorway would be hard work. Don't assume diesel is any better - without a turbo, hills still require a fair degree of planning (ie momentum is key!).

[Spiny Norman]

Surely a new clutch is all it needs?
Even a basic 1.4 will romp up hills in something as light as an R18. The Diesel's no more powerful and a hell of a lot heavier.

[wuvvum]

I don't think they ever sold the turbo diesel R18 here did they?  A mate in France had one when I was about 17 - that thing went like the clappers, even with seven of us in the car.

[Junkman]

I would drive it to a scrap yard and clearly point out its future if it isn't going to behave.

Failing that a stake through the oil filter at a crossroads on a moonless night is meant to work*

 

Have a spare oil filter with you (and oil)

 

This would be certain death.

It's not a little gremlin infested. It's possessed by an evil spirit that is powerful beyond imagination.

[derskine]

I think the clutch cable just needs adjusting, but even when the engine is running tip top I don't expect the fuel economy to be more than 40.

I would much prefer the reliability of a diesel too as this one needs constant attention to stay running correctly.

Something_awful says the diesel in his is very torquey, I drove behind him to a car show once and his seemed to cope much better with windy, up hill roads.

 

I'll have a tinker with it first and see if adjusting the clutch cable and sorting another potential inlet air leak make a big difference.

The clutch has only started slipping recently, if I pull out to overtake something and stamp on the pedal, the engine gets faster but the car doesn't, same with big hills.