The grumpy thread

[Royale80]

Wifes Focus's power steering pump has sprung a leak - the pipes leaked 3 years ago. Nearly £300 to fix-I'd have a go myself but you need babies hands to get in. Oh and as it's totally knackered I'll have to drive it to the garage without power steering- cannot remember the last car I drove without it. Tits!!!!!

 

Steve

[bub2006]

Xantia poorly. I still love the car though and will twat it with various spanners till it works

[Lacquer Peel]

Xantia poorly. I still love the car though and will twat it with various spanners till it works

 

What's wrong with it?

[Kiltox]

Wifes Focus's power steering pump has sprung a leak - the pipes leaked 3 years ago. Nearly £300 to fix-I'd have a go myself but you need babies hands to get in. Oh and as it's totally knackered I'll have to drive it to the garage without power steering- cannot remember the last car I drove without it. Tits!!!!!

 

Steve

Check it over first - is it a loose hose or something stupid like that

 

Driving with a dry pump is bad for everything

[bub2006]

What's wrong with it?

Not starting right,hunting,smoking and a fair bit of oil in intercooler pipes.

[skattrd]

When was the last time the fuel filter was changed bub?

[Lacquer Peel]

Oil in the intercooler pipes isn't unusual for an XUD. I reckon it's fuel supply, either air ingress or a blockage.

[Royale80]

Check it over first - is it a loose hose or something stupid like that

 

Driving with a dry pump is bad for everything

Thanks,

Had it checked-it's definitely the pump. Will use my breakdown cover-only slight issue is they will take a car to a garage up to 10 miles away and the garage is 10.2. Will drive the car a mile up the road if they complain.

 

Steve

[Richard]

A new fuel filter is always the first thing to try when diesel engines start playing up.

[The Moog]

I think bub has just changed the fuel filter as it had a pin hole in it.

 

I checked previously as I had oil in my xud pipes, and was told tadts.

[bub2006]

New fuel filter 500 mile ish ago. It is down on power though.

[Honey Badger]

£300 for 2 new front calipers on the Lexus RX, looks like i cant afford to buy the LS that Mr Laurel is selling now.

 

4th time its been in for brake work this year, replacement discs on the front, replaced under warranty when one warped. Back discs replaced when a stone got wedged in the pad and scored the fuck out of an 18 month old disc and now new front calipers.

 

Fingers crossed we dont have to spend out on it again.

[dollywobbler]

Usually a sign that the clutch is on it's last legs - expect the dreaded clutch clip to break some time soon.

The clutch should be light as a feather.

 

I've never driven any XUD-powered French car with a 'light as a feather' clutch pedal. They've all been utter arses. My 306 DTurbo was, even with less than 50k miles on it. Every BX has had a heavy clutch pedal. In conclusion, BECAUSE FRENCH.

[Tamworthbay]

Fucking tennis, as if hours and hours of shite isn't enough they add to it with a program 'talking tennis'!!!!! Can I have a refund on my licence fee for these two weeks? I hope a massive storm cloud lands over Wimbledon and stays for a month.

[Timewaster]

There is some entertainment to be had watching womens tennis.

I've no idea how the game works though.

[Lacquer Peel]

New fuel filter 500 mile ish ago. It is down on power though.

Have a look at the tank strainer, under the back seats on the right I think.

Are you still using veg?

[chaseracer]

We put in 10 litres of Aldi Banbury's finest* on the way down to SF16.  I'm sure** this is coincidental... 

[bub2006]

It usually runs fine on veg. Just to be sure though it has diesel in it too but still being a bitch. I'll check tank strainer.

[twosmoke300]

It will be clogged with veg slime somewhere

[dugong]

For fucks sake. The CD multichanger has packed in with 6 of my favourite CDs wedged in.

#firstworldproblems

 

I've never driven any XUD-powered French car with a 'light as a feather' clutch pedal. They've all been utter arses. My 306 DTurbo was, even with less than 50k miles on it. Every BX has had a heavy clutch pedal. In conclusion, BECAUSE FRENCH.

In typical PSA style, they're heavy because they decided to retain the LHD linkage with a load of extra trunking and another mechanism to send operated it on the other side of the car. It's routed very close to the exhaust at one point and they eventually dry out and turn horrid.

[cms206]

I'm in the coach park at Fort William. It's fucking pissing down outside. The bloke in the next coach is cleaning his windows with a squeegee between downpours. I wish he'd do it fucking quietly.

 

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[andy18s]

Currently 1.5hrs into a 3 hour flight to Bulgaria for a week of sun,house finding and chod spotting.

Why the grump?????

'Cos we're still sat on the basterd tarmac at Luton airport due to "issues with Heathrow ATC"..........

[nacho man]

 

I am sure there was a cat here once.

 

 

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[twosmoke300]

Bastards

[Timewaster]

That's a very neat cut. Looks like they came equipped.

[purplebargeken]

Thieving cnuts

[saucedoctor]

Dirty thieving bastards.

 

My grump: I'm supposed to be going out tonight, and for the second night in a row, the local paramilitaries are setting fire to stuff, fighting with each other and generally being the scum of the earth. There's a Eurocopter EC135-T2 rattling the tiles on my house and the Police have closed many roads. I hope the TSG go in mob handed and beat the living shit out of everyone in sight. Fucking sick of this. It all started over two gangsters' molls having a drunken catfight in the street on Wednesday. Thankfully, I live well away from the shithole areas, but the whole damn town is closed off.

[OwdChina]

 

I am sure there was a cat here once.

 

 

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Judging by the mark on the end of the pipe that looks like somebody has discovered just how fast and easy a ratchet type pipe cutter is to use. Originally designed for cutting pipe in confined places, ie: in a trunking or against a wall or floor, bet they had that cat out in under 2 mins.

[Tickman]

 

I am sure there was a cat here once.

 

 

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A friend of mine was on a building site and there was someone under one of the transit vans stripping the cat out and when she questioned him what he was doing was told 'it's alright love, the boos told me to get it sorted' to which the reply was 'Fuck off knobhead, I am the boss' needless to say the cat stayed put and the 'gentlemen' left!

[michael1703]

Urrghh, I'm feeling a bit groggy from over eating again.

 

Big breakfast yesterday, went to the village fete and had a hot dog and two burgers then fancied a flapjack, then ate a sponge cake,bakewell slice and a cheesecake.

 

Then had dinner on southwold pier which was a massive chicken and chorizo risotto and then ate a load of flapjacks walking the dog on the beach

 

Just say no!