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[Stanky]

Sorry if this has been asked before, I'm reasonably sure the answer is 'no' but can a turbocharged petrol engine run away on its own oil (like a diesel) if the turbo oil seals fail?

 

I think not, as a petrol engine has a metered air intake (throttle body) unlike a diesel which only meters the diesel injection, right? Also the compression would not be high enough on a 9:1 (or whatever) petrol engine to make sump oil combust.

 

Or is this another thing I need to live in fear of?

[cobblers]

Nah you're grand with a petrol, like you say they've got a throttle valve, but also the compression ratio is low enough that they're really not likely to ignite oily fumes without a spark.

[somewhatfoolish]

If you are concerned about runaway dizzlers(really only likely if you're running one with a shagged turbot), either develop an easy means of physically blocking the air intake(rags, a softly inflated ball, etc) or carry a CO2 fire extinguisher; whichever method you pick practice the drill for it, with the first method actually doing it will not cost anything and neither will harm the engine so have a go.

[cobblers]

Is there anything that genuinely will deter spiders? 

 

 

One of the fuckers keeps making a web right in front of my most inaccessable CCTV camera, I have to hang out of a window and wipe them off it every other day.

[jonathan_dyane]

Where does one buy motorcycle engine parts (I mean things like piston rings and bearing shells). All of the companies I've dealt with for car stuff don't seem to so bike engine parts and all the bike places I have encountered it seems to be ££££ (stupid stuff like £12 per big end for shells when I would expect more like £20 for a full set)...

[SiC]

Do the fuzz ever buy unmarked cars secondhand?

 

I was just putting some fuel in, and it's a supermarket near the county police HQ. Often get their motors filling up.

On the next pump over was a 63 plate BMW and a uniformed officer putting in fuel. Now 63 plate struck me as a bit old for something that will do mega-miles - but what was also odd was that the numberplate was on squiffy, and on the bottom of the plate had the name of a local Ford dealer across it like they'd sold it.

 

Deffo unmarked car though - the light on the top of the dash pointing out through the windscreen, and when I ran it through TotalCarCheck it comes back as over 3 years old, no MOT status available, no tax status available.

Yes. I've seen 59 plate and older BMWs used by the traffic cops around the M4 near Swindon. Going by the number of cars I've seen pulled over with the unmarked police car behind, they appear rather effective.

[SiC]

If you were to drive an oldish car (>40yrs) home, that hasn't done many miles for a good number of years but recent MOT, on a 30 mile journey. Would you choose the motorway, which has plenty of hard shoulders or A-roads? Motorway is quicker, but very busy and some sections very dangerous to breakdown. A-roads slower to get back, but plenty of "safe" places to stop but still some dangerous.

 

Also continued motorway speeds likely to be harder on a car than one driven on a mix of 60, 50 and 30mph roads?

[trigger]

I'd go the country roads way and take my time, it's only 30 miles after all, get to know the car and build up your confidence in it.

[DeeJay]

Is there anything that genuinely will deter spiders? 

 

 

One of the fuckers keeps making a web right in front of my most inaccessable CCTV camera, I have to hang out of a window and wipe them off it every other day.

Walnuts.

[STUNO]

Walnut spider killer .

Take your sawn-off shotgun from the hidey hole in your attic, sawn-off gives a better shot spread.

load with a cartridge containing the smallest shot you have lying around.

load cartridge into a firing chamber.

Take 3 walnuts and crush the kernel and shell together with the hammer from your hidey hole, very dry walnuts are preferable as the kernels (nuts to you) will form very small pieces.

Tamp the walnuts into the barrel on top of the cartridge.

Lean out the window as far as you can, holding the shotgun in the most comfortable way you can. Do NOT point the shotgun downwards to avoid spillage of the barrel contents.

Ensure the spider is in a visible place to enable removal.

When all is aimed up pull the trigger.

Say bad words as you fall groundwards.

Repeat using as much of the walnut as you can recover from the pavement plus enough new to replace the spillage.

When all is lined up again, pull the correct trigger.

Done !!

so far

Next make a booking at your local hospital emergency as falling twice from the window has done serious damage.

Then purchase a new camera system as although it has not been damaged, the old one has become totally entangled in spider web while you were in hospital.

 

Method 2

Buy a good flyspray and spray over the camera . That will effectively stop it.

 

Hat and coat donned.

[somewhatfoolish]

You need wadding to retain the walnut bits in the cartridge.

[jon928se]

This is very true. South Wales Police had a scruffy 3 door M Plate Fiesta that I saw used on a house raid in Swansea Central. This was back in 2008.

 

I remember back in about 1981-82 ish the local police around the Parbold/Standish area (M6 -J27) used to use a light green Mark 2 Cavalier 1.6L. It would have been about 2 years old so a bit OT, but it was the worst possible undercover car - a fully marked normal police car would have stood out less. It's the only Mk2 Cav in that colour I ever saw. 

[Ghosty]

Saw an unmarked plod Range Rover Evoque near me a couple of years ago. Obviously low spec from the big tyres.

Only blue Evoque I've ever seen...

here in GMP they're all reasonably new cars but there's a lot of variety, albeit mainly German stuff, and some of them have white stickers with 'police' in red on the boot.

Interesting one in London was an about 08 plate Lexus IS.

[Kiltox]

See all sorts of "odd" unmarked stuff around London - things you wouldn't look twice at like Hyundai i30s, a Subaru Forester the other day, etc.

 

I know that's the idea but lots of forces seem to go for the predictable black 5 series

[twosmoke300]

I remember back in about 1981-82 ish the local police around the Parbold/Standish area (M6 -J27) used to use a light green Mark 2 Cavalier 1.6L. It would have been about 2 years old so a bit OT, but it was the worst possible undercover car - a fully marked normal police car would have stood out less. It's the only Mk2 Cav in that colour I ever saw.

Light green mk2 cav would be a military or ex military car - dad bought and sold quite a few when we lived in Dorset

[bub2006]

In Derbyshire the plod have a O2 plated black skoda octavia and did have a y reg vectra b but I've not seen that in a while. My friend lives over the road from the Bobby house in Heanor.

[burraston2006]

Stupid insurance question. The Range is on a classic limited miles policy. I've used it far too much and will run out of miles before the policy ends. I cannot extend the mileage as it's on the max they'll do for it. With two months still to go can I just get a new policy and leave the old one in place ( afaik it will not be insured as I'll have gone over the mileage limit) or do I get arse raped and pay the cancellation?

[Mally]

If you were to drive an oldish car (>40yrs) home, that hasn't done many miles for a good number of years but recent MOT, on a 30 mile journey. Would you choose the motorway, which has plenty of hard shoulders or A-roads? Motorway is quicker, but very busy and some sections very dangerous to breakdown. A-roads slower to get back, but plenty of "safe" places to stop but still some dangerous.

 

Also continued motorway speeds likely to be harder on a car than one driven on a mix of 60, 50 and 30mph roads?

 

30 miles, A roads.

With a following car with tow rope or preferably a bar.

Is it happening then?

[Mally]

In Derbyshire the plod have a O2 plated black skoda octavia and did have a y reg vectra b but I've not seen that in a while. My friend lives over the road from the Bobby house in Heanor.

 

Our Police Stations a Nursery now.

[M'coli]

An actual nursery or do the rozzers just look younger to you every day?

[Des]

Stupid insurance question. The Range is on a classic limited miles policy. I've used it far too much and will run out of miles before the policy ends. I cannot extend the mileage as it's on the max they'll do for it. With two months still to go can I just get a new policy and leave the old one in place ( afaik it will not be insured as I'll have gone over the mileage limit) or do I get arse raped and pay the cancellation?

 

I've been told before it's unlawful to double insure, what about disconnecting the speedo and using GPS, or Johnny Hates Jazz the knacker.

[castros_bro]

I've been told before it's unlawful to double insure, what about disconnecting the speedo and using GPS, or Johnny Hates Jazz the knacker.

 

Shirley if it has gone over it's annual mileage then that insurance is no longer valid so it is not insured so it will   not be insured twice ?

[Sigmund Fraud]

As far as I know, exceeding the mileage limit of a classic policy does not render it invalid - it just reduces your cover to third party only.

 

The policy documents should tell you if this is the case for your policy or not.

[Bucketeer]

If you were to drive an oldish car (>40yrs) home, that hasn't done many miles for a good number of years but recent MOT, on a 30 mile journey. Would you choose the motorway, which has plenty of hard shoulders or A-roads? Motorway is quicker, but very busy and some sections very dangerous to breakdown. A-roads slower to get back, but plenty of "safe" places to stop but still some dangerous.

 

Also continued motorway speeds likely to be harder on a car than one driven on a mix of 60, 50 and 30mph roads?

30 miles? You could probably freewheel that short of a distance if need be.

 

Cowboy up.

A roads.

Lead foot.

Enjoy.

[Guest Hooli]

As far as I know, exceeding the mileage limit of a classic policy does not render it invalid - it just reduces your cover to third party only.

 

The policy documents should tell you if this is the case for your policy or not.

 

That's how all the classic insurance I had worked.

[5speedracer]

Off topic but why is the "Audi drivers....." thread locked?

[Louise2cv]

because it is utter horseshit? 

[TRW]

I've been told before it's unlawful to double insure, what about disconnecting the speedo and using GPS, or Johnny Hates Jazz the knacker.

 

It will all end in Shattered dreams, without being a Hero.

[5speedracer]

because it is utter horseshit?

Possibly true but we're denied the pleasure of telling it so!

[DodgeRover]

Fit a new clock set, problem solved