BFG failure to start - Cookie's adventures in shiteing

[bangernomics]

I’d really like this but it’s bloody miles away. Anyone able to shitely this up towards Manchester?

[Cookiesouwest]

Golf now up for roffle on the for sale page

[Cookiesouwest]

Currently being valeted before new mats fitted

[Cookiesouwest]

20 quid doesn't buy much these days. But it does buy 4 hard working Romanians for 40 mins and a very clean Golf.

New mats fitted

 

 

[High Jetter]

Can I get 2 Golfs for £40?

[Cookiesouwest]

19 minutes ago, High Jetter said:

Can I get 2 Golfs for £40?

Well if you get the winning roffle ticket, you get the golf and 40 quid

[HMC]

Fantastic. Those wierd chequerplate pattern mats are gone too, can’t say I miss them 😂

[Cookiesouwest]

3 minutes ago, HMC said:

Fantastic. Those wierd chequerplate pattern mats are gone too, can’t say I miss them 😂

If you had missed them, I would have posted them back to you

 

[Cookiesouwest]

The golf v5 has departed for pastures new, to the next village over. FB marketplace turned up trumps for once.

The buyer was just like me. I could tell he had already decided to buy it, before he had even seen it

What next? Well Mrs CSW insists no more buying cars and would be quite pleased if the ginger disastra left the fleet too.

Decided it was not the best moment to tell her 1. I might have a ticket in a roffle 2. The disastra needs a few hundred quids worth of work

TBF a roffle win (if im that lucky), is technically speaking not buying a car. Its winning a car. I suspect Mrs CSW may not understand the nuance between the two.

[Cookiesouwest]

Mrs CSW's CRV went for annual service today. To add to the dent in the wallet, I asked for the gearbox oil to be changed and got them to fit front discs, I had ordered but was too lazy to fit myself

All ok. No great shock, its a Honda. It's peak Honda.

[Cookiesouwest]

So, as some of you will know, I was the very lucky winner of a Roffle conducted by @Jamie.

A 2002 BMW 520i ES SE.

Due to lockdown and my inability to get the time to visit sunny Preston, from down here in cloudy Somerset, you won't be getting a normal collection thread.

Instead a very nice man with a trailer @worldofceri, who I have used before (the ginger disastra), has been engaged to transport this Bavarian delight south.

Collected this morning from Jamie

It will be delivered to me on Wednesday

Just need to chase up the garage for an MOT date.

I have had 2 pre facelift E39 (both manual 523i). I am much excited and have spent my time since the roffle win, trawling the Internet for a few things to improve* the car.

[Jamie]

I do apologise in advance it is, running on fumes 😅

[Cookiesouwest]

50 minutes ago, Jamie said:

I do apologise in advance it is, running on fumes 😅

No worries. As long as its got enough to get off the trailer lol

[worldofceri]

I can put a drop in for you on the way down if you like, just let me know.

[Cookiesouwest]

2 hours ago, worldofceri said:

I can put a drop in for you on the way down if you like, just let me know.

Thank you. Tenner should suffice, if you don't mind.

[worldofceri]

No problem.

[Cookiesouwest]

The MOT for the large Bavarian, is booked for Monday. Car arriving tomorrow

 

[Cookiesouwest]

A couple of hours ago, a large Bavarian arrived

Delivered by a top chap.

Due to work, haven't time to give initial thoughts yet. Will do in next couple of days

[andyberg]

As I drove past this morning I saw that space had been made available for the beemer 😁

[Cookiesouwest]

So my first ever start of the car.

Idles a bit rough and EML on. Unfortunately my old adapter doesn't work. Will have to wait till Mrs Cookie gets home, so I can liberate the adapter from her car.

[Cookiesouwest]

So the Mrs will be home at 5.30 and will naturally want to drive the Bimmer. May not react well to an EML, even though it was a roffle win.

Just under 1.5 hrs for suggestions as to excuses for her not to drive. Dont need suggestions for a good divorce lawyer as @Agilahas already kindly supplied details of one

So, off you go folks ........

[Jamie]

Hmm that's odd. As @worldofceri will hopefully confirm it drove onto the trailer fine and no Eml present. Probably lack of fuel 

 

[Cookiesouwest]

@JamieAbsolutely. Sold and delivered fine mate. Just one of those things.

Ceri bunged a tenner in it. Never had a beemer that threw an EML for low fuel, but then never had a M54 engine before.

Will put some more go go juice in and read code when I get an adapter that works.

Wasn't posting to complain - hell its a 30 quid car - just need a good excuse for Mrs CSW lol

[Jamie]

Hopefully it will be something of nothing mate, I did about 30 miles in total in it, let us know how you get on. Ive got a c110 code reader I got for 30 quid off ebay a BMW specific one which diagnoses all modules in E series cars and resets them 

[Cookiesouwest]

2 minutes ago, Jamie said:

Hopefully it will be something of nothing mate, I did about 30 miles in total in it, let us know how you get on. Ive got a c110 code reader I got for 30 quid off ebay a BMW specific one which diagnoses all modules in E series cars and resets them 

Thanks. Did some googling. Weirdly it can throw an EML if fuel goes too low.

I stand corrected. Off to the petrol station with two empty cans for filling.

[JimH]

It did it to me not long after I got it. I have a habit of running things until the low fuel light flounces off in a huff because I refuse to listen to it. I pushed my luck too far one day and ran it to the point that it misfired and the EML came on. After I'd got some fuel and restarted it everything was alright with the world and I resolved to not let it get so low in future.

[worldofceri]

I’ve driven it on and off the trailer twice and was idling fine. Put about 9l of unleaded in but the low fuel light was still on! Don’t know about the eml. I tend not to take any notice of such things! It’s done three starts from stone cold with lights on and blowers on max without getting a chance to warm up or recharge the battery, so voltage may be low.

[spartacus]

Fingers crossed @Cookiesouwest, if only for the sake of domestic harmony!

[Jamie]

Any update? @Cookiesouwest

[Cookiesouwest]

I bunged two cans of fuel in it, but then had to take Mrs Cookie for a meal out - blatant bribery / ass kissing she called it because another car joined the fleet. She was not wrong

So still not actually driven it yet. Might be able to tonight, if I get time.

Sadly due to some very sick relatives (Uncle massive stroke, Mum possible broken hip), playing with cars is not priority today.

Will probably get it to Shell tomorrow evening to fill her tank up.