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[scdan4]

happily* I have to drive from swindon to devon, and back on (bank holiday) friday afternoon. 

 

How big a packed lunch should I pack?

[DodgeRover]

I take it you can't LPG direct injection cars as the injectors aren't in the inlet manifold? I googled it and it said if they used the petrol injectors they'd overheat without petrol to cool them so you'd need to inject lpg and petrol at the same time but the mapping would be difficult.

The article looked quite old so I wondered if they'd figured it out?

Ask on the LPGdiscussionforum new ideas come on the market all the time.

[Slappy]

Hmmm. I've got something that sounds like it's rattling away under the bonnet, particularly at low speed/uneven surfaces. This right at the back of the engine bay this doesn't look healthy. Any Fiesta mk6 botherers able to help out with what it is?

 

Thanks!

[Guest Hooli]

Exhaust, so probably the heat shield for the cat rattling.

 

At least I think so, been a few years so I had the misfortune to fix OMGHGF & dropped valves in a festering.

[Jazoli]

Can really do with a reg plate being hpi checked. Can someone check it for me please? My friend Is trying to sell a bike he has owned for about 3 years but something is flagging up on Gumtree stopping him, apparently it has an issue regards insurance or stolen. Thanks.

 

Just go onto autotrader and begin to post an ad, when you put the reg in it will fill in the car details and tell you if it is a cat c/d or something else, you don't get the full story though, a HPI check is £3 for a basic one, and £13 for a full one, its not exactly expensive

[Stanky]

Hmmm. I've got something that sounds like it's rattling away under the bonnet, particularly at low speed/uneven surfaces. This right at the back of the engine bay this doesn't look healthy. Any Fiesta mk6 botherers able to help out with what it is?

 

Thanks!

 

 

+1 for the cat heat shield. I've had several cars where the clips rust away and it rattles, usually at low speed in a high gear and occasionally over the velvety* smooth* roads of Hampshire too. Do you have ramps you could drive it up onto and wiggle the heat shield about a bit? One of mine got welded up and one I ripped right off because it was irritating me. not a lot else you can do due to how hot the cat gets in normal operation.

[Slappy]

Exhaust, so probably the heat shield for the cat rattling.

 

At least I think so, been a few years so I had the misfortune to fix OMGHGF & dropped valves in a festering.

 

Doesn't sound like the exhaust has gone, nor am i getting gassed (I hope!), but it tapping the heat shield is a distinct possibility. Beng daft here, but is that what looks like has sheared?

[Guest Hooli]

Doesn't sound like the exhaust has gone, nor am i getting gassed (I hope!), but it tapping the heat shield is a distinct possibility. Beng daft here, but is that what looks like has sheared?

 

Now you're dregging my memory!

 

I think that is a gap in the heat shield where the lamba goes in.

[Slappy]

My friend* works for Hants now in a similarly named department. The roads will be getting better shortly

[Slappy]

Haha no worries Hooli.

[Stanky]

When it has cooled down, if there is enough room try reaching in and seeing if there is any play in it by hand. If you are really lucky you might be able to bend it in such a way that when it rattles it doesn't touch the downpipe and the noise will stop.

[Guest Hooli]

I found the offical ford manual on t'internet somewhere, it might have been here http://manuals.co/workshop/ford/fiesta

[bub2006]

Just go onto autotrader and begin to post an ad, when you put the reg in it will fill in the car details and tell you if it is a cat c/d or something else, you don't get the full story though, a HPI check is £3 for a basic one, and £13 for a full one, its not exactly expensive

Cheers, I'll tell him. I'm not bloody paying! He can pay it then!

[KruJoe]

Why is "bangerfan101" showing as "banned" this evening?

[dave21478]

Every post I saw by him was some BNP style shit calling for lynchings and advocating violence. My clicky finger was circling the Ignore User button but it seems the mods were even less tolerant of his bollocks than me.

[Justin Case]

Today I looked at a 14 year old Mercedes convertible. The way in which the hood opened and disappeared into the boot before the boot lid closed over it was so beautifully choreographed that it could have been set to music. But would that music have been the Death March?

[somewhatfoolish]

Yakety Sax; everything's better set to Yakety Sax, it's the law.

[greengartside]

I've just bought an ASTRA OF DREAMZ, YO - and I need to SORN it as soon as possible because broken.

 

How and when do I SORN it? Do I have to wait for the logbook to come back? I R CONFUZD.

[clayts450]

I've just bought an ASTRA OF DREAMZ, YO - and I need to SORN it as soon as possible because broken.

 

How and when do I SORN it? Do I have to wait for the logbook to come back? I R CONFUZD.

 

Blimey, by snail mail according to this..... Looks like you can't do it with the new owner slip off the V5

 

https://www.gov.uk/make-a-sorn

 

If the vehicle isn’t registered in your name you’ll have to tell DVLA it’s off the road by post.

 

This form

 

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/v890-statutory-off-road-notification-sorn

[philibusmo]

Saab 95 ABS module failure, I believe its fairly common and all the internet wisdom says to send it away to be rebuilt. Not the easiest thing to do from New Zealand.

 

I know that they are programmed to the car, but if I got one from another 2.3 auto then would that negate the need for programming it?

[robinmasters]

Smelly car. What to do?

 

Clearly needs the fabrics cleaning, but what best? Is there a magic spray/shampoo/other jiz that works better than anything else?

[twosmoke300]

Saab 95 ABS module failure, I believe its fairly common and all the internet wisdom says to send it away to be rebuilt. Not the easiest thing to do from New Zealand.

 

I know that they are programmed to the car, but if I got one from another 2.3 auto then would that negate the need for programming it?

I doubt it - it will be the same as the radio etc and coded individually to the car using tech 2

[rainagain]

I doubt it - it will be the same as the radio etc and coded individually to the car using tech 2

Don't they need to be divorced as well?

[richardmorris]

Is this going to be a capacitor/suppressor or a ballast resistor?

[cobblers]

top left? that's a condenser/capacitor

[richardmorris]

Thought so, but parts places have both types of coil listed for the car which got me confused!

[clayts450]

Smelly car. What to do?

 

Clearly needs the fabrics cleaning, but what best? Is there a magic spray/shampoo/other jiz that works better than anything else?

 

Febreze ?

 

http://www.wilko.com/shop-by-housewares-brand/febreze/icat/febreze

[twosmoke300]

Don't they need to be divorced as well?

Yup

[AlabamaShrimp]

Anyone know what this thing is in a mk6 (2005) Fiesta ST?

 

 

It's started making a whirring noise when just the ignition is on and was clicking when the engine was first turned off but of I've checked it again and there's no noise so it might be temperature controlled

 

[Bfg]

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HELP Please ..  Drive shaft Citroen GS dismantling ???? 

 

The books says "place drift on claw to remove joint" and "drive the UJ from the end of the shaft."

 

soft jaws on vice. . sturdy piece of aluminium angle duly placed..

 

..but it will not budge despite big hammer action.  So I wonder if  "the joint needs to be straight ?" . .

^ as the vice is on the end of the bench (so I don't keep walking into it !) the clearance of adjoining shelf unit had to be relieved*..  But still the UJ will not come off..

 

 

Do I just need a bigger hammer and a more sturdy (steel) drift to get this off its circlip ?   Better to ask the question than to try that and bust it.. only to find out that I needed to do something else. 

 

Thanks. Bfg