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[Kiltox]

My friend wants to know what CUE is....

 

Claims and Underwriting Exchange - big brother's dataset that means you get asked questions like "our records show you had an accident in yyyy you haven't declared - do you want to change your details before we finalise the policy?"

[Pillock]

Understood. Thanks.

[Kiltox]

Also a good reason to NEVER put false data into a price comparison website to see how policies would change - it's all recorded

[DodgeRover]

Not with your real name or address anyway

[dave21478]

Yeah. I have accounts on the comparison sites using a nearby address and false everything else so I can spend the necessary nineteen hours of fucking about to find the best insurance deal. Once I get a quote that isnt too offensive, I then go direct to that insurer with my real details.

[oldcars]

Try to avoid supermarket fuel in the Reliant. Local good fuel place is closed. Last time i used asda fuel it ran terrible. Put £5 in to get to the next village and top up with decent stuff. Should this be ok?

[somewhatfoolish]

What is a horsey horseless? I've read it on here several times but I'm none the wiser.

[Kiltox]

Try to avoid supermarket fuel in the Reliant. Local good fuel place is closed. Last time i used asda fuel it ran terrible. Put £5 in to get to the next village and top up with decent stuff. Should this be ok?

Can't see it making any difference with such a small amount. I don't really buy the "supermarket fuel is crap" theory although my old Kangoo 1.9D wasn't hugely keen on Morrisons diesel

[tooSavvy]

What is a horsey horseless? I've read it on here several times but I'm none the wiser.

http://autoshite.com/topic/1907-yet-another-list/?hl=horsey+horseless&do=findComment&comment=44292

 

... I believe?

 

TS

[barefoot]

Just an idiot quicky, the fair wife returned home in the 944 tonight with the oil pressure guage rammed up on the top stop at about 5 bar at tick over.

A quick check revealed the same huge oil pressure with the ignition on, but the engine off.

I diagnose a dodgy guage or sender, am I right?

Or should I worry and not drive it?

[Guest Hooli]

Would you worry if it didn't have a gauge?

 

It has to be the gauge if the pressure is maxed out without the engine running. I think the sender is a variable resistor to earth, so it could just be a short to earth on that wire somewhere.

[SiC]

It's why only the very first MX5 had a real oil pressure gauge. Later ones went to good/bad needles. Then the MK3 went with one that moved based on some parameters to fake it. If the pressure switch detected no pressure, it'd just show minimum.

[Kiltox]

Do Cat D write offs lose their manufacturer warranty?

[cort16]

Yes. I looked into it when looking at one a few months ago.

[Kiltox]

Ta. Still seriously tempted by this though if it drives alright https://www.gumtree.com/p/vans/2015-renault-trafic-ll29-business-1.6-dci-damaged-repairable-salvage/1264214207

[Dirk Diggler]

There was a thread on here a few months ago about remapping; can't remember who posted and can't find it

 

Anybody?

[M'coli]

This one?

http://autoshite.com/topic/28372-glf-by-numbers-a-dave-q-and-320touring-production/

[3VOM]

Any suggestions for getting a stretch CV joint boot over a CV joint. Are the cone tools the way to go?

[Kiltox]

Any suggestions for getting a stretch CV joint boot over a CV joint. Are the cone tools the way to go?

Yep. Probably cheaper to buy a new shaft than buy a proper tool though

[dave21478]

If you are a bodger like me you can do stretch boots by making a cone shape out of some thin alloy sheeting you have lying around. Cover the edge in gaffa tape to prevent it slicing the boot. Smear it in grease. Sit the boot in a pan of very hot water for a while to soften it.

 

Its a nightmare though, you end up with grease everywhere and it takes a hell of a lot of force. I havent seen a hole stretch that large since a friends stag night where a ropey old stripper "birthed" a half-size rugby ball onto my lap.

[twosmoke300]

Turn the boot inside out first

[twosmoke300]

Plastic cones are only about a tenner

[3VOM]

Yep. Probably cheaper to buy a new shaft than buy a proper tool though

No it's a 206. Will lose more in gearbox oil than the cost of a tool.

Turn the boot inside out first

I had remembered that.

[castros_bro]

Any suggestions for getting a stretch CV joint boot over a CV joint. Are the cone tools the way to go?

 

Done a couple of those last month on a Pug 205 using a cone and not removing the inner end from the diff,   Cost under £10 for two boots and the cone kit,   needs a bit of strength and not too difficult when you get the technique right  

[Guest Hooli]

My mum thinks she has put the wrong fuel in a '55 plate Belingo 1.6 HDi. She's added about £8 of petrol to 3/4 of a tank of diesel as far as she knows. I'm assuming it's a bad idea to just keep topping it up with diesel & driving it being electronic injection?

 

Any idea how to tell her to drain it as she's 200 miles from me? Bearing in mind she's retired & my dad is even older.

[egg]

Is it more likely I cracked it by removing it, because gorilla, or is this not uncommon on old plugs?

[chaseracer]

Is there a RWD box that will fit onto a PSA 2.0HDi?

[artdjones]

Same as XUD so Tata should fit.If you want four wheel drive the Suzuki Grand Vitara used the 2.0 HDi up to around 2004.

[320touring]

Is there a RWD box that will fit onto a PSA 2.0HDi?

Sounds promising...you need to make it happen

[Guest Hooli]

Is it more likely I cracked it by removing it, because gorilla, or is this not uncommon on old plugs?1504356271538-1693292818.jpg

 

I've seen it a few times & it's always caused a misfire.