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[DVee8]

Nice part of the world, just the right mix of being a bit quieter than the town centre but all of the amenities in easy reach.

 

 

 

Not too far then.

 

Yes, probably harder to spot in a Nissan/BMW, your signature mentions a Daimler though...

Yeah I have a 250 v8 but it's a little pooly at the moment.

[AlabamaShrimp]

Whatever happened to that Lancia Y10 that used to go out on loan?

[Skizzer]

I presume this is some sort of scam ?

"

From: Alex Mitchell

Hi, Would you take £2500 for this vehicle? I could pay a deposit over the phone today and collect within two weeks. Thanks."

Yes. Would YOU buy a £2500 car youve never seen. Expect him then to come up with some batshit story about accidentally paying you £25,000 so you pay him the £22,500 back.

Not necessarily a scam. I’ve bought a few cars unseen for that sort of money and either paid or offered a deposit up front, either via eBay or after a phone call to check out whether it feels genuine or not. Rover SD1, Renault 16, Mk1 Golf, Lotus Elite, XJ-S...

 

I’m so shit at cars I don’t find inspecting them beforehand helps much.

[Eddie Honda]

Whatever happened to that Lancia Y10 that used to go out on loan?

Think For Fiats Sake bought it about a year ago, so ask him.

[AlabamaShrimp]

Think For Fiats Sake bought it about a year ago, so ask him.

Ok and ta. I don't want it or anything I was just wondering did it die or anything.

[Eddie Honda]

The thread is there if you look. I don't remember it going back into circulation, so I'm assuming it still there.

[Richard]

Good point on the ABS light - I had just assumed that the all-encompassing 'STOP' light would have come on on?  I know that it did have a new reluctor ring for the last MOT, and also I just had a new brake pipe put on after its green and puddly FTP the other month.  Gonna go out and do a fair bit of 'citrobics' this morning and lots of pedal pushing.  Then look into bleeding them I guess.  Something I havenae done before - also I have no Hbol yet (cannae seem to find one for a 2001) - so possibly a day of interesting discoveries.  Possibly not.  Cheers Richard. 

 

 

There is an ABS warning light, which should go through some sort of sequence when you turn the ignition on.

 

IIRC the PH 2 HBOL didn't really give much information about stuff that was specific to the later cars.

[Dave_Q]

Anyone got a clue on diesel leak off testing?

 

My wifes 147 jtd has started playing up, hard to start some mornings and occasionally refuses to rev in 1st or 2nd when trying to pull out of junctions.

 

I suspected injectors so I did a leakoff test, here are the results.

 

This first one is after a few mins on idle

 

 

This one at 2000rpm

 

 

Sorry I can't quote ml/min or anything as my precisely calibrated test equipment was cobbled together from Wilkos fishtube and travel bottles. But is this result that bad? #3 is clearly leaking off slightly more but its not as bad as many I've seen.

 

Should I be replacing that injector? What level of difference is allowed?

[bigfella2]

There is nothing wrong with those injectors, not a noticible difference there to effect running. Can you do the trick used on vag and disconnect the MAF and see it it runs better or worse.

[binhoker668]

How do you know the ABS is intermittent? What are the symptoms that show this?

 

Ok.  As my rather long and fearful post said - I had been worrying over this for a while, due to varying degrees of 'surge' and non immediate brakes etc.

 

So I got up this morning and got on the case.  Citrobic work out for a good LONG while - much to the neighbours' entertainment of course, and then went here for some PUREST GREEN.

 

 

Filled up as much as I dared (the wee level jobbie dusnae seem to work at all), and then entertained the cheerful shopkeep with many more Citrobics.

 

Then, good drive out to the Citroen dudes at Langley Mill (on the way, the speedo stopped working) , where I explained my worries and asked their advice.  Great bloke said "Sure let's take it for a drive".  He drove me up the road and back and proclaimed it fine but understood my worries.  By that time of course, after it had been driven a good bit and topped up, I think all was well again.  Great garage - they will be having my monies when specialists are needed.  Some nice stuff there too of course.

 

 

 

So that all done, I dropped into the local porn shop for a wee hoke around. 

 

 

(Bubs, I DID try to drive around a bit in the hope of bumping into seeing you somewhere!)

 

I then set off back to Notts, thumping the top of the dash once or twice on the way.  Hey presto - working speedo!

 

So there is a moral to this rather over-wrought tale.  Don't lose your shit over self-fixing cars.  Just never leave without a litre of green ming.

I think it was just kinda tired from under use - both whilst I was in Poland and also from it's previous owner.

It's a very different beast to my S1 TD SX for sure, and am just getting used to it I guess. 

 

Drove to Doncaster Airport and back tonight at speed and in great comfort.  With much stoppage where required.

 

Thanks for replies/suggestions, and general amnesty for a 'stupid' question.

 

Chris.

[binhoker668]

There is an ABS warning light, which should go through some sort of sequence when you turn the ignition on.

 

IIRC the PH 2 HBOL didn't really give much information about stuff that was specific to the later cars.

 

Totally - and it does.

Have yet to find an HBOL for it - defo need one as I'm not a mechanic and love older, shitter* cars.

[sierraman]

Anyone ever used Pfinder Anti Corrosion Wax?

[Cavcraft]

Hey Ford lickers, how bad an idea is a Mondeo ST220 TDCi or an ST220 3.0 pezzer?

 

 

*Asking for a friend

[Dave_Q]

When I did that on my Rover 75, 3 of the bottles looked the your pictures, and 1 was near overflowing.

Look fine to me.

 

 

There is nothing wrong with those injectors, not a noticible difference there to effect running. Can you do the trick used on vag and disconnect the MAF and see it it runs better or worse.

 

Cheers chaps, I did think they looked OK.

 

I am going to swap cars with her for a few days so will try unplugging the MAF next time it plays up.

[sierraman]

Hey Ford lickers, how bad an idea is a Mondeo ST220 TDCi or an ST220 3.0 pezzer?

 

3.0 petrol a better plan. The V6 even better as they are practically worthless now. A lot of the diesel ones are absolute nails.

 

*Asking for a friend

[Cavcraft]

 

Hey Ford lickers, how bad an idea is a Mondeo ST220 TDCi or an ST220 3.0 pezzer?

 

3.0 petrol a better plan. The V6 even better as they are practically worthless now. A lot of the diesel ones are absolute nails.

 

*Asking for a friend

 

 

There's a tidy looking V6 estate in London, but they all seem to be quite big money.

[sierraman]

Come to Sheffield, when they come up are £4-500. Tax is a bit dearer and the fuel economy isn't that clever by all accounts. That's for a 2.5 though. Should be reliable though.

[sierraman]

Passat B6, diesel, hasn't been serviced in a long time, uneven idle, beginnings of the cam wearing or something a bit more easily rectified?

[Scotball]

Hey. Just looking for some advice, I have a honda accord 2002 mk6. Because of the hot weather I decided to see if I could get the aircon working so the first place I started to investigate was the cooling fan for the aircon. And surprise surprise its not working... however I noticed the radiator fan for the engine cooling was not working either which surprised me because I was getting normal temps on the instrument gauge.

 

Checked relays and fuses all are working fine.

I still have engine coolant despite me going on long drives etc.

 

I still suspect its overheating because the fans aren't turning of course.. Am I right to assume this is a thermostat problem? I had a guy replace my power steering pipe at the front of the radiator a few months ago perhaps he's done something? Just trying to give you guys as much information as I can, any advice would be very helpful. thanks.

[scdan4]

Hey Ford lickers, how bad an idea is a Mondeo ST220 TDCi or an ST220 3.0 pezzer?

 

 

*Asking for a friend

Recently acquired a 3.0v6 not St220, and am liking it so far.

 

Very smooth tractable engine. Not sure that I would want a harder ride though.

[twosmoke300]

Isn’t the 3.0 prone to bottom end failure ? The Jag x type is and one assumes it’s the same motor

[sierraman]

Not that I've heard no unless its not serviced. Not sure if its the same motor? Anyone know?

[DodgeRover]

Yes but only according to internet wisdom, never seen one do it in real life, our 3.0 Maverick did however do 20k with the oil light flickering on tickover.

The earlier cars were recommended thicker oil.

[castros_bro]

Peugeot 205. Radiator cooling fan resistor, the alloy tube attached to top of radiator for the slow speed. What resistance in ohms should it be? Anyone got a free spare one?

[robinmasters]

How can you tell if nuts and bolts are zinc plated, galvanized, or something else? I need some that aren't.

[spike60]

How can you tell if nuts and bolts are zinc plated, galvanized, or something else? I need some that aren't.

The plain ones I'm used to working with are usually black, going by speed with which they rust no zinc etc. Go to a proper fastenings supplier and ask for what you want.

[666jjp]

Air con help please, I have not had it before but had the Vectra regassed three weeks ago. the guy wasn't sure if it would work as it looked like it hadn't been done from new (2002).

Was working nice and cold until a few days ago. You can hear the gas but the air is not cold anymore.

Is there anything/where I need to be looking?

[Dave_Q]

How can you tell if nuts and bolts are zinc plated, galvanized, or something else? I need some that aren't.

Pretty much every fastener is coated in something or they would arrive at the shop rusty.

 

Generally silver ones are zinc plated, black is a phosphate coating. Why do you need non coated?

[DodgeRover]

Air con help please, I have not had it before but had the Vectra regassed three weeks ago. the guy wasn't sure if it would work as it looked like it hadn't been done from new (2002).

Was working nice and cold until a few days ago. You can hear the gas but the air is not cold anymore.

Is there anything/where I need to be looking?

Is the A/C belt slipping? Is the compressor turning when you activate the a/c?

Did he vacuum test it before refilling?

[666jjp]

Is the A/C belt slipping? Is the compressor turning when you activate the a/c?

Did he vacuum test it before refilling?

He did vacuum test it and as I said it was fine for a while. Haven't checked under the bonnet yet, wanted to check here if there was a known problem.

Would there be a squeal if the A/C belt was slipping similar to fan belt slippage, if so then no as it seems quiet. Will check these tomorrow.