Xsara - airbag light back on 😂

[beko1987]

Now I'm here because it's close to ecp. 4 of the 7 of us queuing at ecp were buying brake parts. I opened the door for one guy doing discs and pads all round who had many boxes to carry 

[beko1987]

Home now and there's no space on the road, someone's come and parked there 😂😭

I'll do some other things and hope one of the cars moves later. Don't like doing it in my actual parking spot as its on an incline and gravel/shail. 

Let's hope there isn't something else I've yet to find 😂🤞

[beko1987]

No sooner had I done the washing up than the perfect car moved, so the action was back on

Some rust did escape from the backing plate... But it's still good* and sound

 

The passenger side had a mm more than the drivers

[beko1987]

The pistons wound back by hand using a small screwdriver to turn the piston face so that was grand, and I spent more time looking at things like this than doing the pads 

I did waft some stuff over the wire wheel though

Under here looks grotty but a brush with a wire wheel had it looking tidier, I must get under here over winter... 

Drivers side got done after, and I swapped the passenger side wheels front to back to get some wear into the very good* 2021 tyres

Was happy at this point

Then I rolled the back drivers wheel towards the front and saw a bloody screw 😡 Put that wheel back on the rear. 

What's least bad for the mot, pretending I didn't see it and deal with it as it comes or fitting the full size spare with brand new tyre and leaving this wheel in the garden so there is no spare? Or buy a new tyre but it'll probably happily roll in a while longer... But I've seen it now

Bar that, everything else looks OK, the new steering arm boot I fitted last year is still in tact, the front bumper got a few more cable ties and I called it done and packed up! 

[24vdiamond]

That tyre would repair ok, if its branded it would be worth doing?

Dont know about your Aldi but ours is getting shitter, no stock, short dates on fresh stuff and staff training to be doctors receptionists!

[beko1987]

54 minutes ago, 24vdiamond said:

That tyre would repair ok, if its branded it would be worth doing?

Dont know about your Aldi but ours is getting shitter, no stock, short dates on fresh stuff and staff training to be doctors receptionists!

Nah, it's a national tyres cheap special. It'll either be left or replaced. I did briefly consider turning it in a bit, if the mot man misses it I might... 

My aldi has always been crap for fresh stuff. I end up only going once a month or so for cleaning/frozen/cupboard stuff, and they change the store each time! 

Only swung in as its close to ecp and saves me another trip another day

[beko1987]

Got a day at mums whilst my stepdad has his hurnia op today so gave both cars a wash

The sonax wax I applied to them 4/5 months ago is mostly fully gone but they came up alright. 

Done now and it's only 10am. Might vacuum them out in a bit, it's getting hot though. 

Mot booked for Thursday 🤞🤞

[beko1987]

Mot day 🤞🤞

Just dropped it off, no idea when it'll get done though. Will check at lunchtime 

[beko1987]

Woohoo, pass! 

He must have got bored of putting the indicator stalk advisory on, or it worked as it can do randomly when he indicated left! (has to be held just before the click usually which I do subconsciously now). 

Best get some shoes on and wait for the phonecsll

[beko1987]

Off to my grans 90th birthday today! Put £50 in the tank (will do today and the next few weeks of commuting) and sorted the tyre pressures, my aborted swap last time had caused a wheel shake but all is well now! The rear tyre still happily has a screw in and is holding air. 

Was on the a43, at a merry 67mph listening to dream theater when... 

Beep *AIR BAG*

I laughed* and carried on. Just pulled up at my grans

Ffs! 368 days to turn that back off then 😂

[beko1987]

Got in the car Tuesday morning to go to work, and at 0645 I needed to put my headlights on. From the car parked opposite I realised only one had woken up. 

Meh. As I waited to turn right out of my estate 4 cars with similar singular bulbs drove past so I felt at ease with my brothers. 

If we remember earlier in the year I'd kept the 2 working bulbs I had just in case so I had the bulb out and it was off to the parts store (the boot) to find a replacement

Marvellous. It's a really easy* job, with your left hand and working at a horrible angle... 

I unplugged the abs pump connector which made it easier. Official way is undertray off, bumper off, crash bar off and headlights out... 

 

[beko1987]

Was still light and warm after tea so I got on with my oil change

The first thing I did was wipe it down then loosen the oil filter by hand for the 3rd year in a row 👌

I then cut all the cable ties holding the under tray off and saw that yes, the rocker cover gasket is still leaking... Some brake clean saw an improvement. 

Dropped the oil

The crush washer and plug both look fine (being new last year) so they got cleaned up with the cleanest microfiber towel I could find. 

Found a cleaner mf and cleaned up around the filter housing whilst it was off. What I did when taking the old filter off was let it fall and land upside down onto the lower radiator support. On the plus side it's now quite rust proofed as I ended up having to manhandle it the other end to drop it down 🤷

Eva came out and gave me a hand. Most of the oil went into the engine

Fired it up. Milage check for future reference (will find the prior years pic later and work out how few miles I've done) but one of those lights should not be there... 

Checked the oil again and got it nice and level

I then took a fancy microscope photo 

Of my engine cover

Which I need new fixings for AGAIN (anyone know what nut size they are? I feel lock nuts and washers and rubber washers would be a good fix) 

My friends hopefully coming round tomorrow for his oil change so I can have a bit more time to have a look under his new car properly as I don't have to do mine too.