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[Kiltox]

I wouldn’t keep driving it - potential to fuck up the discs, caliper, even wheel bearing depending on how hot it’s getting. Pads might be fucked already

[Hendry]

I wouldn’t keep driving it - potential to fuck up the discs, caliper, even wheel bearing depending on how hot it’s getting. Pads might be fucked already

 

What baffles me is earlier in the year I had a seized rear caliper, to the point it had wore away a good bit of the pad, and the disc was utterly shot as well, but there were no symptoms, no hot wheel, nothing else, I only discovered it when i put it in for a 4 wheel alignment and the guy doing it pointed it out.

 

This time it was just the tap tap tap which made me investigate the noise and just by chance felt the heat from it, it didnt feel like it was grabbing, or any funny noises, squeaks/squeals, anything to tell me it was seized on or any sluggishness or loss of power from having 1 corner of the car impaired by a force against oppositely against the motion of it. 

 

Not sure how its seized on the front from being parked up when obviously the front wheels arent braked when parked, not like rear brakes seizing on from the handbrake, am sort of hoping it just needs freed off, which is why I was thinking of smacking it with a lump hammer, like what we used to do to rear drum brakes on cars which had sat for ages and they had seized on. 

[twosmoke300]

Hammers don’t fix calipers !

 

Water has got past poor seals and corroded the piston in the bore or seized the sliders

[sierraman]

New caliper in other words so put the emery paper away.

[SiC]

Might be seized sliders too?

[DodgeRover]

Can you strip the caliper off and check it? It really wants taking apart and cleaning out along with new seals etc to be sure but pushing the piston back in then pumping it almost out - then pushing the seal back and cleaning what you can see may help in the short time.

[320touring]

On that note I've settled on Hankook Kinenergy Eco2 in 165/80/15 flavour.

 

Best I can find them is tyreleader at £47 a corner Inc delivery.

 

Anyone know anywhere that can beat that?

 

Cheers

[Hendry]

This is what makes me hate fuckin cars, especially older high mileage ones and fuckin shitty VAG stuff, always wanting fixed constantly, you sort 1 thing and then another thing goes.

 

I dont really want to shell out fortunes for another new caliper, moneys tight as it is and Id rather spend the money on something else after the absolute fortune ive spent on it recently. 

[SiC]

On that note I've settled on Hankook Kinenergy Eco2 in 165/80/15 flavour.

 

Best I can find them is tyreleader at £47 a corner Inc delivery.

 

Anyone know anywhere that can beat that?

 

Cheers

When I got the Barums, tyreleader were by far the cheapest. They did take a week to be delivered as they come from the continent.

[Des]

I bought some Hankooks a few years ago, decent enough tyre and that price seems fair, apparently they're made in Korea where that 15'' size is still quite common, try finding proper 16'' tyres and it's a couple of hundred a pop for ditchfinders. Check your valves if you're going tubeless, if they're a big size it might be tricky finding them.

[3VOM]

Confirm my diagnosis or give me another. Honda Jazz 1.4 losing coolant and throwing overheat warning light. No temp gauge. Heater doesn't seem to work too well either. I'm going for clogged heater or knackered thermostat. Any other known issues, like plastic impellers that fall off? Is it time to risk the dishwasher tablet?

[SiC]

Confirm my diagnosis or give me another. Honda Jazz 1.4 losing coolant and throwing overheat warning light. No temp gauge. Heater doesn't seem to work too well either. I'm going for clogged heater or knackered thermostat. Any other known issues, like plastic impellers that fall off? Is it time to risk the dishwasher tablet?

Hole in the pipe? My wife's grandmothers Jazz sprung a leak and emptied the container. It overheated and cooked the headgasket before she saw the warning light on. New gasket and pipe allowed her back on the road to be a menace once again.

[MorrisItalSLX]

A fault has arisen with the headlights on the Jag. The main beam is fine but when high beam is on the passenger side high beam does not work AND the normally functional passenger main beam stops working. Drivers side is functioning properly. Any ideas what could be wrong?

[Guest Hooli]

Fuse?

 

I think on the later ones at least hi-beam had a fuse per side.

[puddlethumper]

Why do stop solenoids break ? I've had 3 in 3 months !

As far as I can tell there is one moving part ffs.

Is it possible to mend them ? 

 

The only ones I can find are effin Lucas and they don't bloody fit mine.

[sierraman]

I've a leak into the car, albeit a mild one. Looked and cannot for the life of me find where its coming from. It puddles in a sunken channel bit that's under your feet. Save myself incessantly mopping it up, would drilling a hole in the floorpan to let the water out solve this so it doesn't puddle or am I likely to let more water in from underneath.

[DodgeRover]

Dusting talc about helps locate leaks - top tip gleaned from Vulgalor

[xtriple]

can you get 'brushable' acid etch primer? If so, where from? I only need a tiny bit (small blister on the alloy door needs eradicating and sorting before the door disolves into white powder on the floor).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hmm, 'white powder' wonder if I could sell it?

[SiC]

Could you spray some in the lid of the can and paint that on?

[sierraman]

Dusting talc about helps locate leaks - top tip gleaned from Vulgalor

I suspect its coming in round some dried out seam sealer behind the wings or the bulkhead, there's about an egg cup full every 3 days so its not a disaster, carpet not wet now, if its forecast rain I leave it raised slightly.

 

Can't be arsed with taking the wings off and where its probably leaking on the bulkhead isn't practical to access to reseal.

 

It's perfectly liveable now I've chucked the old wet underlay so the carpets are dry. A bit fusty smelling but it goes after a few minutes.

[M'coli]

MOT question: is having to stall a diesel to stop the engine because of a dodgy stop solenoid an MOT failure?

[twosmoke300]

Not that I know of

[chaseracer]

Bit inconvenient, though...

[Hendry]

On a diesel engined car, what exactly do you have to do to the exhaust system to get the turbo whooshing sound when driving along, almost as if it happens when changing gear, as heard in this video:

 

[Fat_Pirate]

Sounds like compressor stall on that Golf - busted recirculation valve?  

[25v6turbo]

Ok I know we have all heard of the site and either find the info useful or not,but I wanted to ask,my Safrane V6 RXE auto is showing 2 on the road as of Q3 2017 with 11 SORN,a few times it has dropped to only 1 roadworthy,BUT when you look at all the other info listed...

 

      1993 1994 1995           Licensed     0 1 0           SORN     7 3 1

 

 

Capacity   Licensed   SORN     Petrol Diesel Other   Petrol Diesel Other 2900cc to 2999cc   1       11    

 

 

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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It clearly shows only 1 on the road from 1994? so why is it listing 2 on the front page?

I don,t get this no other random years of reg listed and everything points at only one being on the road....

[Hendry]

Sounds like compressor stall on that Golf - busted recirculation valve?  

 

Pretty much all the youtube vids of diesel VWs with modified exhaust systems make that "pooooooooooooooooooowwwwww" sound as they are floored, so surely cant all be knackered recirc valves?

[andy18s]

someone fitted a dump valve?

[Sir Snipes]

Induction kit on my old (petrol) Silvia turbo made the turbo more audible.

[stuboy]

driving the focus. i feel cramped in, i only bought it as came right time and price, im not bult like the hulk at 5'10 but broad shouldered with XL tshirts, mk2 mondeo before was ok, sierra etc anyone else find this too?