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*******Motors Chat - Round 7*******

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  • #62
    toastedpickles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,607 ✭✭✭toastedpickles


    Today I learned about turbo failure and the effects it has on said veeehickle from the non catastrophic kind of ones, to the absolutely holy sh1t my engine!! kind of ones :o

    Regular oil changes and maintenance lads does wonders


  • #63
    dgt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,985 ✭✭✭✭dgt


    A recent drive of a 1 series 2 hours ago surprised me how fantastic it is to drive.... I especially like the bolsters ability to move in and out, I like to think you somehow could use that to enhance a lady's bust :D

    Stop start nearly caused me to jump out of the window for fear of breaking something expensive, German electrics and all that. Dipping and putting on the full beams also left me bewildered initially, I was pulling the stalk furiously like I'd be pulling me dic...ed peaches out of my face after a disagreement with some ladies at a cocktail bar

    Now, for my sins, I must sit in, couped up, wishing I was out on the razz rather than being a Saturday night saddo. Like I do every Saturday. Help me


  • #64
    Dartz
    Registered Users Posts: 4,364 ✭✭✭Dartz


    Sobanek wrote: »
    Wow, such level, much adrenaline :pac:

    I went down to 4km range on my 320Ci :pac: never again

    Nothing like driving on 0km for a few dozen kilometres to pucker the sphincter. Coming up out of Cork last year I decided to gamble on fuel range and came up very, very short after diesel 'economy' proved to be anything but at 130kph.


    In other news, caught the local scrotes trying the doorhandles on the cars again. Got into one of the neighbours and ransacked the thing...


  • #65
    ShadowHearth
    Registered Users Posts: 22,929 ✭✭✭✭ShadowHearth


    Bpmull wrote: »
    No I just couldn't do that I'd be a nervous wreck :pac: I just always fill it and keep it fairly full just habit I suppose really. You'd get into some peoples cars relations and they never have a drain of fuel in them some id say never see over 1/4 tank.

    I have some sort of OCD... I cannot have my tank go below half. Half is the bare minimum I can have in my car. If I see going near half - off to petrol station!


  • #66
    Cleveland Hot Pocket
    Registered Users Posts: 5,193 ✭✭✭Cleveland Hot Pocket


    I usually let it go right down to the point where the needle doesnt move when the car is started up. Then drive a bit further and then fill up.

    I mean the normal range of most of my cars is between 200-350 miles.


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  • #67
    Chris_Heilong
    Registered Users Posts: 4,973 ✭✭✭Chris_Heilong


    I used to to fill up when I got down to a quarter tank, with the Chaser thats a much harder thing to do so I now fill Just before the low fuel light comes on.


  • #68
    Stheno
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 51,687 Mod ✭✭✭✭Stheno


    I get paranoid if it's less than a quarter tank full :D


  • #69
    Alanstrainor
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators Posts: 23,157 Mod ✭✭✭✭Alanstrainor


    I don't think I've ever even seen the low light come on, in the e46, I generally fill once it hits the half way point, which is once every 2 weeks or so. This is the closest I've ever gotten, in a Ford B-Max 1.0, 3 cylinder turbo:

    322891.JPG


  • #70
    Simonigs1.0
    Closed Accounts Posts: 712 ✭✭✭Simonigs1.0


    I seldom let mine go down past a quarter tank, just out of principal, and the fact that I have a fuel card for work :pac:

    I'll never forget my unemployment days, trying to ration a tenners worth of fuel over a weekend until I got paid, and repeat...


  • #71
    toastedpickles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,607 ✭✭✭toastedpickles


    Soooo this happened today :)


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  • #72
    Cleveland Hot Pocket
    Registered Users Posts: 5,193 ✭✭✭Cleveland Hot Pocket


    Yes! Well done, man!


  • #73
    toastedpickles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,607 ✭✭✭toastedpickles


    Cleveland Hot Pocket wrote: »
    Yes! Well done, man!

    Just need to bleed the brakes and slave cylinder now and its a goer :D


  • #74
    Cleveland Hot Pocket
    Registered Users Posts: 5,193 ✭✭✭Cleveland Hot Pocket


    toastedpickles wrote: »
    Just need to bleed the brakes and slave cylinder now and its a goer :D

    Fully expect to see this at least at the next meet!


  • #75
    Big Nasty
    Registered Users Posts: 22,080 ✭✭✭✭Big Nasty


    Nice work tp! :)


  • #76
    toastedpickles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,607 ✭✭✭toastedpickles


    Cleveland Hot Pocket wrote: »
    Fully expect to see this at least at the next meet!

    I need to insure it first! which i can't really afford to :(
    Big Nasty wrote: »
    Nice work tp! :)

    Thanks dude :) No wires on fire either :D


  • #77
    Noccy_Mondy
    Registered Users Posts: 6,845 ✭✭✭Noccy_Mondy


    toastedpickles wrote: »
    Thanks dude :) No wires on fire either :D

    Yet ;)


  • #78
    toastedpickles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,607 ✭✭✭toastedpickles


    Noccy_Mondy wrote: »
    Yet ;)

    Well it's been running for about 2 hours now and its still there ;) :P


  • #79
    Cleveland Hot Pocket
    Registered Users Posts: 5,193 ✭✭✭Cleveland Hot Pocket


    toastedpickles wrote: »
    I need to insure it first! which i can't really afford to :(
    Grand well, then I'll have to drop out to see it I suppose!
    Will be collecting big bird next saturday, if you're around that day I could drop by with big bird for a few mins?


  • #80
    Noccy_Mondy
    Registered Users Posts: 6,845 ✭✭✭Noccy_Mondy


    toastedpickles wrote: »
    Well it's been running for about 2 hours now and its still there ;) :P

    Ah no I have faith in you! Fair play on getting it going again. :)


  • #81
    toastedpickles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,607 ✭✭✭toastedpickles


    Cleveland Hot Pocket wrote: »
    Grand well, then I'll have to drop out to see it I suppose!
    Will be collecting big bird next saturday, if you're around that day I could drop by with big bird for a few mins?

    If I'm not working I will be, I'll know on friday :)
    Noccy_Mondy wrote: »
    Ah no I have faith in you! Fair play on getting it going again. :)

    Thank ya :)


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  • #82
    Dartz
    Registered Users Posts: 4,364 ✭✭✭Dartz


    Impressed that it started first time...

    Might've been worth waiting for the oil to get around though before revving it.... that sounded a fair bit clattery for a while


  • #83
    toastedpickles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,607 ✭✭✭toastedpickles


    Dartz wrote: »
    Impressed that it started first time...

    Might've been worth waiting for the oil to get around though before revving it.... that sounded a fair bit clattery for a while

    I had a feeling it would ;)

    Yeah it might have, it's all good now though, I let it idle for about an hour, put in the power steering fluid, let that do its thing, all that's left is the brakes and clutch


  • #84
    pred racer
    Registered Users Posts: 4,385 ✭✭✭pred racer


    toastedpickles wrote: »
    Just need to bleed the brakes and slave cylinder now and its a goer :D

    Brakes are for quitters:D
    Dartz wrote: »
    Impressed that it started first time...

    Might've been worth waiting for the oil to get around though before revving it.... that sounded a fair bit clattery for a while

    He didn't exactly rev the nuts off it, you have to give anything a couple of blips to make sure it's working properly.


  • #85
    Dord
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,817 ✭✭✭✭Dord


    The little Merc is up on DoneDeal now. Just had one call with my potato-quality pictures, so I've taken some shiney ones with my slr. Here goes nothin'! :)


  • #86
    toastedpickles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,607 ✭✭✭toastedpickles


    pred racer wrote: »
    Brakes are for quitters:D

    Well sir consider me the biggest quitter of them all! :pac:


  • #87
    YbFocus
    Registered Users Posts: 8,480 ✭✭✭YbFocus


    Congrats man that is brilliant to see her starting so well!

    Pickles was right to give her a few revs :)
    The thing I'd be worried about is letting it idle for an hour, talking about glazing over the cylinders :eek:


  • #88
    toastedpickles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,607 ✭✭✭toastedpickles


    YbFocus wrote: »
    Congrats man that is brilliant to see her starting so well!

    Pickles was right to give her a few revs :)
    The thing I'd be worried about is letting it idle for an hour, talking about glazing over the cylinders :eek:


    Thank you :D I was well impressed haha
    Well it was revved here and there too! wasn't completely idle, I couldn't help it :pac:

    Totally different machine to the 9-5


  • #89
    Dord
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,817 ✭✭✭✭Dord


    Sounded a bit like a tractor. How's the turbo?


  • #90
    toastedpickles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,607 ✭✭✭toastedpickles


    Dord wrote: »
    Sounded a bit like a tractor. How's the turbo?

    Turbo was fine when i had the pipes off, no play at all in it :)


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  • #91
    YbFocus
    Registered Users Posts: 8,480 ✭✭✭YbFocus


    toastedpickles wrote: »
    Thank you :D I was well impressed haha
    Well it was revved here and there too! wasn't completely idle, I couldn't help it :pac:

    Totally different machine to the 9-5

    You're better off, long stints of idling is very bad!


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