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***Motors Chat Thread Round 2***

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  • #992
    BUBBLE WRAP
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,186 ✭✭✭BUBBLE WRAP


    eringobragh wrote: »
    An new oil can has the litre gauge on it just drain & fill to recommended level.

    A dip stick cant be more then a tenner from a breakers anyway....no excuse tbh :confused:


    But that's just it, I just don't see the point driving 75km for a dipstick...


  • #993
    Big Nasty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,066 ✭✭✭✭Big Nasty


    Alanstrainor wrote: »
    And there's my car getting serviced every 7500 miles for the last 3 years, and every 15 before that. 120000 without anything:eek::eek:

    Every 15 miles?

    Now that's a bit OTT! :pac:


  • #994
    eringobragh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,661 ✭✭✭eringobragh


    MCMLXXV wrote: »
    Never thought of that. How about a bit of coat hanger?

    :D Please stop! :P

    too-funny-lol-cat.JPG


  • #995
    Ded_Zebra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,773 ✭✭✭Ded_Zebra


    BW just change the oil would ya.

    I hate hearing about cars being abused like that :(:(:(


  • #996
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    My car has a sensor, a bloody SENSOR for the oil level, no dipstick at all :eek:


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  • #997
    BUBBLE WRAP
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,186 ✭✭✭BUBBLE WRAP


    Hmm might actually change the oil tomorrow so, just to see does it make any difference. :)


  • #998
    awec
    Administrators Posts: 55,269 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭awec


    This post has been deleted.


  • #999
    eringobragh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,661 ✭✭✭eringobragh


    BUBBLE WRAP wrote: »
    But that's just it, I just don't see the point driving 75km for a dipstick...

    Penny wise, pound foolish....no point in driving for a dipstick yet the engine is at deaths door [probably] :rolleyes:

    try ebay or something they'll deliver it to your door, I got a speedo sensor for my car and didn't even have to leave my arm chair :cool:


  • #1000
    Stheno
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 51,685 Mod ✭✭✭✭Stheno


    awec wrote: »
    Peter mark ;)

    Nooooooooooooo


  • #1001
    Big Nasty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,066 ✭✭✭✭Big Nasty


    eringobragh wrote: »
    :pac:

    sar·casm
       [sahr-kaz-uhm]
    noun
    1. harsh or bitter derision or irony.
    2. a sharply ironical taunt; sneering or cutting remark: a review full of sarcasms.

    dip·stick (dibreve.gifpprime.gifstibreve.gifklprime.gif)n.1. A graduated rod for measuring the depth or amount of liquid in a container, as of oil in a crankcase.
    2. Slang A person regarded as foolish or contemptible.


    :D


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  • #1002
    BUBBLE WRAP
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,186 ✭✭✭BUBBLE WRAP


    MetzgerMeister wrote: »
    My car has a sensor, a bloody SENSOR for the oil level, no dipstick at all :eek:

    That's German engineering for ya. :cool:


  • #1003
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    BUBBLE WRAP wrote: »
    That's German engineering for ya. :cool:

    Yeah, it'll go wrong and I'm fecked then :pac:


  • #1004
    BUBBLE WRAP
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,186 ✭✭✭BUBBLE WRAP


    eringobragh wrote: »
    Penny wise, pound foolish....no point in driving for a dipstick yet the engine is at deaths door [probably] :rolleyes:

    try ebay or something they'll deliver it to your door, I got a speedo sensor for my car and didn't even have to leave my arm chair :cool:


    Ya, I tried ebay, but no result.


  • #1005
    awec
    Administrators Posts: 55,269 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭awec


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  • #1006
    Matt Simis
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,574 ✭✭✭Matt Simis


    BUBBLE WRAP wrote: »
    But that's just it, I just don't see the point driving 75km for a dipstick...
    75km? Driving?
    Hi there, this is 2012. Let me introduce you to this thing called eBay. You can source parts here and the Postal Service, which has been in operated here since the 19th century (or something) will do the rest.


    You may have missed it when eringobragh posted above, but you measure the Oil amount that needs to go in, the Dipstick is only used for fine tuning and general checking over time. Therefore, you dont need a Dipstick to change oil.


  • #1007
    Stheno
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 51,685 Mod ✭✭✭✭Stheno


    Matt Simis wrote: »
    75km? Driving?
    Hi there, this is 2012. Let me introduce you to this thing called eBay. You can source parts here and the Postal Service, which has been in operated here since the 19th century (or something) will do the rest.


    You may have missed it when eringobragh posted above, but you measure the Oil amount that needs to go in, the Dipstick is only used for fine tuning and general checking over time. Therefore, you dont need a Dipstick to change oil.

    Some breakers will also take payment over the phone and post/deliver parts.


  • #1008
    MuppetCheck
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,830 ✭✭✭✭MuppetCheck


    MetzgerMeister wrote: »
    My car has a sensor, a bloody SENSOR for the oil level, no dipstick at all :eek:

    That's an annoyance in my opinion. I don't like placing that much faith in a sensor. There should be a dipstick for people that care about their car. In 99.999% of cases I'm sure it's ideal but you need more visibility on something so essential.


  • #1009
    BUBBLE WRAP
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,186 ✭✭✭BUBBLE WRAP


    Matt Simis wrote: »
    75km? Driving?
    Hi there, this is 2012. Let me introduce you to this thing called eBay. You can source parts here and the Postal Service, which has been in operated here since the 19th century (or something) will do the rest.


    You may have missed it when eringobragh posted above, but you measure the Oil amount that needs to go in, the Dipstick is only used for fine tuning and general checking over time. Therefore, you dont need a Dipstick to change oil.

    Ya, I tried ebay but no result. I might be doing something wrong though.

    http://www.ebay.ie/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=m570&_nkw=01+yaris+dipstick


    Oh no, I did see it. But I just trying to think if we have an oil can or no. I think we do though. :)


    EDIT: seen your edit about the yaris micra. But would that work? as in would the oil tank be the same same as the yaris one? Also could it give a wrong reading?


  • #1010
    Matt Simis
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,574 ✭✭✭Matt Simis


    Use Ebay.co.uk or Ebay.de for car parts... We arent exactly a "car country" here in .IE !


  • #1011
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    MuppetCheck wrote: »
    That's an annoyance in my opinion. I don't like placing that much faith in a sensor. There should be a dipstick for people that care about their car. In 99.999% of cases I'm sure it's ideal but you need more visibility on something so essential.

    My point exactly. Sensors are known to go wrong, nothing to go wrong with a good old dipstick. That is unless you break it in half and can't tape it back together and don't want to use a clothes hanger instead :pac:


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  • #1012
    eringobragh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,661 ✭✭✭eringobragh


    BUBBLE WRAP wrote: »
    Ya, I tried ebay but no result. I might be doing something wrong though.

    http://www.ebay.ie/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=m570&_nkw=01+yaris+dipstick


    Oh no, I did see it. But I just trying to think if we have an oil can or no. I think we do though. :)

    Ahem

    Maybe try this:

    http://www.ebay.ie/sch/i.html?_nkw=yaris+breaking&_sacat=0&_odkw=01+yaris+breaking&_osacat=0&_trksid=p3286.c0.m270.l1313

    you just need to message the relevant seller breaking the car and he'll send you the part


  • #1013
    Alanstrainor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,146 ✭✭✭✭Alanstrainor


    BUBBLE WRAP wrote: »
    Ya, I tried ebay but no result. I might be doing something wrong though.

    http://www.ebay.ie/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=m570&_nkw=01+yaris+dipstick


    Oh no, I did see it. But I just trying to think if we have an oil can or no. I think we do though. :)


    EDIT: seen your edit about the yaris micra. But would that work? as in would the oil tank be the same same as the yaris one? Also could it give a wrong reading?

    or http://www.ebay.ie/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=m570&_nkw=yaris+dipstick...


  • #1014
    Supergurrier
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,295 ✭✭✭Supergurrier


    Poor little Yaris :(


  • #1015
    Stheno
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 51,685 Mod ✭✭✭✭Stheno


    BUBBLE WRAP wrote: »

    Oh no, I did see it. But I just trying to think if we have an oil can or no. I think we do though. :)

    Much as I hate the phrase a bit of "out of the box" thinking wouldn't go amiss here.

    Find out the oil capacity of the car. Buy said amount of oil. Drain existing oil and put correct amount of new oil in the car? To be on the safe side and sure you are not overfilling, maybe reduce the amount by 10 - 15% due to the amount of crap that potentially won't drain out?


  • #1016
    BUBBLE WRAP
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,186 ✭✭✭BUBBLE WRAP


    Alanstrainor wrote: »
    or http://www.ebay.ie/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=m570&_nkw=yaris+dipstick...

    18 euro? :eek:

    EDIT: Thanks for the help anyway Alan. :)


  • #1017
    BUBBLE WRAP
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,186 ✭✭✭BUBBLE WRAP


    eringobragh wrote: »
    Ahem

    Maybe try this:

    http://www.ebay.ie/sch/i.html?_nkw=yaris+breaking&_sacat=0&_odkw=01+yaris+breaking&_osacat=0&_trksid=p3286.c0.m270.l1313

    you just need to message the relevant seller breaking the car and he'll send you the part

    Hmm ya, I will message one of them sellers so for a price cheers.


  • #1018
    Matt Simis
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,574 ✭✭✭Matt Simis


    BUBBLE WRAP wrote: »
    18 euro? :eek:
    Ebay the price for a Yaris engine for comparison then post on back here.. :pac:

    If you start a thread in the future; "Yaris engine failure - options" Im voting you for a perma-ban.


  • #1019
    eringobragh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,661 ✭✭✭eringobragh


    BUBBLE WRAP wrote: »
    18 euro? :eek:

    unless a new engine is less then €18 thats great value :rolleyes:

    btw the oil can you buy the oil in has a marker on the side

    EDIT: damn you and your quickness Matt Simis :D


  • #1020
    MuppetCheck
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,830 ✭✭✭✭MuppetCheck


    BUBBLE WRAP wrote: »
    18 euro? :eek:

    EDIT: Thanks for the help anyway Alan. :)

    Bargain for the peace of mind.


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  • #1021
    dgt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,978 ✭✭✭✭dgt


    Toyotafanboi wrote: »
    i can imagine you, arms outstretched over the bonnet and wing, ear pushed up to the side of the car... "whats that 406, your tail lights are hurting... only 1 cure for that, engine out!"

    It poison me with fumes first.... Ironically I did change one tail light on it already :pac:


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