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The "Today I did something to my car" thread

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    #1712
    L-M
    Registered Users Posts: 23,694 ✭✭✭✭L-M


    vectra wrote: »
    Or you could leave it till tomorrow :pac:

    Too late

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    I'm fairly sure I've lost my sump nut in the stones though. Probably needed a new one anyway, lol.


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    #1713
    E39MSport
    Registered Users Posts: 3,730 ✭✭✭E39MSport


    Limerick man wrote: »
    Could take one of the cars out of the shed but that means taking out the leaf blower and drying it afterwards... Might just drive out the road and park the car accidentally up on a friends lift, lol.

    A friend with 'lifts' and all the rest .....


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    #1714
    L-M
    Registered Users Posts: 23,694 ✭✭✭✭L-M


    E39MSport wrote: »
    A friend with 'lifts' and all the rest .....

    ?

    If you're noticing that I don't have a lift, Ennis is "out the road" for me.

    New sump nut for €1.58 from Hogans plus vat.


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    #1715
    E39MSport
    Registered Users Posts: 3,730 ✭✭✭E39MSport


    Limerick man wrote: »
    ?

    If you're noticing that I don't have a lift, Ennis is "out the road" for me.

    New sump nut for €1.58 from Hogans plus vat.

    Sorry. Typing for no reason... Placebo lyric, sort of.

    I have drainage stones like that on my drive and they are a cnut for losing things in and using the trolley jack :mad:


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    #1716
    L-M
    Registered Users Posts: 23,694 ✭✭✭✭L-M


    E39MSport wrote: »
    Sorry. Typing for no reason... Placebo lyric, sort of.

    I have drainage stones like that on my drive and they are a cnut for losing things in and using the trolley jack :mad:

    Yeah, we've them at the front and down along the side of the house, dragging the jack out is an absolute pain, and trying to get the axle stands to settle in.

    But anyway, was given the wrong oil filter, so had to go back in and get the right one, changed the fuel filter too. Nice and serviced now.


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    #1717
    vectra
    Registered Users Posts: 15,504 ✭✭✭✭vectra


    Limerick man wrote: »
    Yeah, we've them at the front and down along the side of the house, dragging the jack out is an absolute pain, and trying to get the axle stands to settle in.

    But anyway, was given the wrong oil filter, so had to go back in and get the right one, changed the fuel filter too. Nice and serviced now.

    Anti freeze put in?


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    #1718
    L-M
    Registered Users Posts: 23,694 ✭✭✭✭L-M


    vectra wrote: »
    Anti freeze put in?

    Put it in a few weeks ago, I must get a tester and check it. I have half a bottle of it left there I might just throw it in.


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    #1719
    Fiona
    Registered Users Posts: 2,349 ✭✭✭Fiona


    E46 318ci 2004 - how quickly should it run out of coolant? Did the levels only a short while ago and Saturday night the light came on whilst on my way home. Its was empty so topped it up with some coolant and water. Expansion tank has been replaced on it before. Radiator was also replaced as it was busted by a stone. This is not normal i think something has a leak somewhere. Discovered my air bag light is on also intermittently. Passenger seat occupancy sensor was replaced two years ago by Murphy and Gunn cost me a fortune. Oh and nct in two months typical! Can that light be switched off for my nct?


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    #1720
    L-M
    Registered Users Posts: 23,694 ✭✭✭✭L-M


    Try getting the light switched off and see will it stay off by chance.

    Did you replace the expansion bottle with a genuine one?


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    #1721
    vectra
    Registered Users Posts: 15,504 ✭✭✭✭vectra


    Limerick man wrote: »
    Put it in a few weeks ago, I must get a tester and check it. I have half a bottle of it left there I might just throw it in.

    Could they check that at an auto factors? I need to get the Toledo checked


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    #1722
    L-M
    Registered Users Posts: 23,694 ✭✭✭✭L-M


    vectra wrote: »
    Could they check that at an auto factors? I need to get the Toledo checked

    Halfords sell the once off testers for 5 or 6 euro IIRC, most garages should have one, I can't imagine they'd charge too much to dip it and check it.


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    #1723
    Fiona
    Registered Users Posts: 2,349 ✭✭✭Fiona


    Limerick man wrote: »
    Try getting the light switched off and see will it stay off by chance.

    Did you replace the expansion bottle with a genuine one?

    Light comes on for about a minute normally when car started up from what i can see. He mainly drives the car and has selective vision so i only get half the information on all the issues. The light not on permanently. Yet. Expansion tank was genuine bmw replacement the radiator was spurious. Is that how you spell that word?!


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    #1724
    L-M
    Registered Users Posts: 23,694 ✭✭✭✭L-M


    mrs crilly wrote: »
    Light comes on for about a minute normally when car started up from what i can see. He mainly drives the car and has selective vision so i only get half the information on all the issues. The light not on permanently. Yet. Expansion tank was genuine bmw replacement the radiator was spurious. Is that how you spell that word?!

    Indeed, no when i changed the tank on a 320ci I was told to stay away from spurious ones.

    Any coffee colour oil on the end of the dip stick?


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    #1725
    Fiona
    Registered Users Posts: 2,349 ✭✭✭Fiona


    Limerick man wrote: »
    Indeed, no when i changed the tank on a 320ci I was told to stay away from spurious ones.

    Any coffee colour oil on the end of the dip stick?

    There wasnt any the last time i checked but i wasnt checking on Saturday. It was half three in the morning and i was in the back arse of Kilcullen in the pissings of rain the coolant was all that was getting done. A mate was in the car and he telling me apparently i could drive until the dial on the right went into the red.....


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    #1726
    [Deleted User]
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    vectra wrote: »
    Could they check that at an auto factors?.............

    The one i worked in used to :)


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    #1727
    JJJJNR
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,791 ✭✭✭JJJJNR


    Priced a hybrid turbo for my 2.0 tdi anyone go down route here, would like some advice.


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    #1728
    Top Dog
    Registered Users Posts: 4,160 ✭✭✭Top Dog


    Kept her between the ditches :D

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    Snow this morning made a welcome change from the black ice & frost yesterday morning :eek:


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    #1729
    Ardennes1944
    Registered Users Posts: 9,238 ✭✭✭Ardennes1944


    where in cork were you!?


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    #1730
    Top Dog
    Registered Users Posts: 4,160 ✭✭✭Top Dog


    Kanturk - but the above photo was taken about 3 miles the Cork side of Nadd - right at the top of the hill.


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    #1731
    Ardennes1944
    Registered Users Posts: 9,238 ✭✭✭Ardennes1944


    never even heard of Nadd :o had to google map it


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    #1732
    Top Dog
    Registered Users Posts: 4,160 ✭✭✭Top Dog


    Trust me - you could drive through it and not realise it! :D Consists of 2 houses, a pub & an abandoned garage.


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    #1733
    Rich11
    Registered Users Posts: 441 ✭✭Rich11


    Rich11 wrote: »
    Right,

    serviced my car the other day, done the front break pads, discs good, no damage, topped up break fluid, didnt over fill.
    driving into work today, had to break suddenly at the traffic lights, like i always dorolleyes.gif, lol, anyway once i stop hand break light come onconfused.gif
    anyway put handbreak on/off a few times, same with the peddle, still oneek.gif.... the car stops as normal, peddle didnt sink ect. fluid still at max.
    moved off and it went.
    Going home tonight, driving around a corner, lil fast, it comes on again, when it came on my foot wasnt on the peddle, so what did i f**king do wrong....
    By the way its an astra

    Thanks

    Brought car to my local machanic, told him, he said sounds like the master cylinder:eek:, f**k s**t B****x, any way said leave it with him and hed have a look at it, went back the next day expecting the worst, but...... could'nt find a thing wrong!:confused: but since the other day the handbreak light hasnt come on when stopping:), he said just a small fault + didnt charge me:D


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    #1734
    -Corkie-
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    Top Dog wrote: »
    Trust me - you could drive through it and not realise it! :D Consists of 2 houses, a pub & an abandoned garage.

    I knew I recognised the background..:)

    I am living on the other side of Lyre.


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    #1735
    vectra
    Registered Users Posts: 15,504 ✭✭✭✭vectra


    JJJJNR wrote: »
    Priced a hybrid turbo for my 2.0 tdi anyone go down route here, would like some advice.

    Head over to vagdrivers and talk to the OP of this thread. Knows his stuff ;)

    250+ BHP


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    #1736
    EPM
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,822 ✭✭✭✭EPM


    vectra wrote: »
    Head over to vagdrivers and talk to the OP of this thread. Knows his stuff ;)

    250+ BHP

    He knows my car intimately at this stage:D


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    #1737
    vectra
    Registered Users Posts: 15,504 ✭✭✭✭vectra


    EPM wrote: »
    He knows my car intimately at this stage:D

    Yup.
    He is the only one left touch my car as well :pac:


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    #1738
    langdang
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,864 ✭✭✭langdang


    Ardennes1944 wrote: »
    never even heard of Nadd :o had to google map it
    never made it to Naddstock? You missed out man....


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    #1739
    MetzgerMeister
    Registered Users Posts: 19,854 ✭✭✭✭MetzgerMeister


    Ardennes1944 wrote: »
    never even heard of Nadd :o had to google map it

    That's a pain in the nadds! :p


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    #1740
    the merchant
    Registered Users Posts: 547 ✭✭✭the merchant


    It started when I took this pic for the "revs at 75mph thread" and I noticed that the temp guage was way too low. Cabin heat was pretty poor too.

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    So after some expert diagnosis(google), I concluded that the EGR thermostat was a likely culprit. Apparently the exhaust gases get cooled before they get to the EGR/manifold as they would melt the plastic manifold. This exhaust gas cooler has it's own thermostat which I picked up today from Joe Duffy's €49.

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    It just took 10mins to fit this part and I knew that the old one was faulty because I was able to blow through it when cold whereas are the new one was closed when cold. Took the car for a 5min spin and got lovely heat and a much healthier temp guage position.

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    #1741
    Big Nasty
    Registered Users Posts: 22,080 ✭✭✭✭Big Nasty


    Good diagnosis - temp guage on them should stay bang on dead in the middle.


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