***** Motors Chat - Round 5*****

Ardennes1944

cabb8ge wrote: »

heat engine?

na engine was already warm, i thought that was gonna help after the second hour, drilled out the arse end of a normal 16mm socket

ba_barabus

pajor wrote: »

If the official figure is this, then the short answer is yes.

So the one car I came across that I really liked is too expensive to run. GREAT

YbFocus

ba_barabus wrote: »

So the one car I came across that I really liked is too expensive to run. GREAT

Had a friends one lately and found it perfectly fine on petrol, really suprised me actually!

Ardennes1944

YbFocus wrote: »

I am sick of people over tightening stuff when there is no need!
I witnessed my da jumping on a breaker bar before putting his wheels on!
If anything it was more prone to failure being that tight.

Ardennes an air gun won't do it any good, more harm if anything. Beating I mind I have seen a head being lifted over this.

I didnt think so either but everything i looked up online mentioned one
I had visions of shearing a plug or ****ig the thread and having the get the head off

Bpmull

YbFocus wrote: »

Changing the front shocks in the father's 2010 Octavia tomorrow. Should be fun

I'll be getting the old "are you sure you can do this now" :rolleyes:

I didn't think a 2010 car would need shocks. Is there high mileage on it or is it just crap roads that cause them to need to be changed.

L-M

YbFocus wrote: »

I am sick of people over tightening stuff when there is no need!
I witnessed my da jumping on a breaker bar before putting his wheels on!
If anything it was more prone to failure being that tight.

Ardennes an air gun won't do it any good, more harm if anything. Beating I mind I have seen a head being lifted over this.

Someone put on my lock nut with an air gun before... Hours it took me to get off, hours.

dgt

The worst plugs I had to deal with were a head off job :mad:

Festy took plusgas for hours and a good impact socket to remove them all

YbFocus

Bpmull wrote: »

I didn't think a 2010 car would need shocks. Is there high mileage on it or is it just crap roads that cause them to need to be changed.

He clocks them up, 190k from new!
In fairness that little 1.6tdi is performing well! Never missed a beat!

Limerick man, I've been stuck on the roadside from not been able to get gunned nuts off!
No need for this mad overtightening Lark.

toastedpickles

Yay for new tyres!
Boo for a failing coilpack! So many misfires today......so so many

Oddly on the way home it didn't miss a beat temperamental much? :pac:

Bpmull

YbFocus wrote: »

He clocks them up, 190k from new!
In fairness that little 1.6tdi is performing well! Never missed a beat!

Limerick man, I've been stuck on the roadside from not been able to get gunned nuts off!
No need for this mad overtightening Lark.

A right them km explain it our 05 octavia only has 200k km on it and the 11 only has 70k km on it but it was registered December so late reg.

YbFocus

Bpmull wrote: »

A right them km explain it our 05 octavia only has 200k km on it and the 11 only has 70k km on it but it was registered December so late reg.

It needs 2 front shocks, this is the first thing outside of servicing

Bpmull

Limerick man wrote: »

Someone put on my lock nut with an air gun before... Hours it took me to get off, hours.

Same thing happened with my focus the previous owner where ever he got tyres used an air gun. The mechanic was to happy when he was doing suspension work and spend ages getting the lock nuts off. Straight after that I went online and got four standard nuts for a focus. I have better things to do than messing around with lock nuts specially if you get a puncture and it's pissing rain and you have to change it on the side of the road.

Supergurrier

toastedpickles wrote: »

Yay for new tyres!
Boo for a failing coilpack! So many misfires today......so so many

Oddly on the way home it didn't miss a beat temperamental much? :pac:

What tyres did you go for in the end ?

Atm im trying to decide if i am going for a drive for no reason or not.

toastedpickles

Supergurrier wrote: »

What tyres did you go for in the end ?

Atm im trying to decide if i am going for a drive for no reason or not.

Two kormarans on the front, the tyres for the saab are still in the process of being saved up for, which are gona be Michelin Pilot sport 3's

Go for a drive anyways!

Supergurrier

2x kamikaze's eyyyyy

toastedpickles

Supergurrier wrote: »

2x kamikaze's eyyyyy

Sure it's only for two weeks :pac: then im gona be carless

YbFocus

toastedpickles wrote: »

Two kormarans on the front, the tyres for the saab are still in the process of being saved up for, which are gona be Michelin Pilot sport 3's

Go for a drive anyways!

Oh they are screamers, had them on the passat.
Any effort and they screeched like nothing else

toastedpickles

YbFocus wrote: »

Oh they are screamers, had them on the passat.
Any effort and they screeched like nothing else

Ironically I was a bit spirited on certain roads where my last tyres done that, these didn't make a peep

MuppetCheck

Bpmull wrote: »

I didn't think a 2010 car would need shocks. Is there high mileage on it or is it just crap roads that cause them to need to be changed.

I needed them in the vrs at 2 years old, was only 60 odd k km on it too. Seen it on a few VAG cars where the shocks were leaking mad early.

dgt

Supergurrier wrote: »

2x kamikaze's eyyyyy

If they can manage the 406 in the wet then they're grand for a car with half the hp :pac:

cabb8ge

dgt wrote: »

---

Festy took plusgas for hours and a good impact socket to remove them all

Kent engine are common for plugs corroding into head. Conscientious owner or garage remove plugs every 6 months (put back in when not replacement due)
One you had no doubt plugs there for time before you own.

pred racer

I'm off to Dallas in the morning.
There is going to be one fcuked rental car there in about 2 weeks time :pac:

toastedpickles

pred racer wrote: »

I'm off to Dallas in the morning.
There is going to be one fcuked rental car there in about 2 weeks time :pac:

Pics prease :pac:

cabb8ge

pred racer wrote: »

I'm off to Dallas in the morning.===

Safe trip and return journey to you



When in Dallas

dgt

cabb8ge wrote: »

Kent engine are common for plugs corroding into head. Conscientious owner or garage remove plugs every 6 months (put back in when not replacement due)
One you had no doubt plugs there for time before you own.

Not kent, 1.25 zetec. They were platinum plugs that clearly hadn't been changed in a long time

CianRyan

pred racer wrote: »

I'm off to Dallas in the morning.
There is going to be one fcuked rental car there in about 2 weeks time :pac:

Scratchy MKII!

Send Richard and Aaron my regards!

YbFocus

pred racer wrote: »

I'm off to Dallas in the morning.
There is going to be one fcuked rental car there in about 2 weeks time :pac:

What's the flight N.o or who you going with,
I'll track you for the crack tomorrow if I've nothing better to be doing! Although I think I going to ikea :rolleyes:

Scortho

pred racer wrote: »

I'm off to Dallas in the morning.
There is going to be one fcuked rental car there in about 2 weeks time :pac:

What's the rental?
Something interesting I hope

dgt

pred racer wrote: »

I'm off to Dallas in the morning.
There is going to be one fcuked rental car there in about 2 weeks time :pac:

Couldn't resist :pac:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iYjgMygIag

Have fun and give that rental plenty of abuse :D:D

Ardennes1944

My boot wont stay open unless its push all the way up, its a mazda 6 hatchback so it is a heavy boot lid but sometimes it wont stay up at all so one of the struts or both is fooked, will i be able to tell which one is ****ed if i take them off the car, ie, can they be compressed by hand?