***** Motors chat - round 12 *****

Gavman84 wrote: »

I have been going to Fionnsport now ever since Foxhole told me about him. He is a brilliant mech and has sorted my ST out for me when other places were telling me there is nothing wrong :rolleyes: I will be going nowhere else in future with any car!

Back to Fionnsport again, how long of a waiting list would he have?

I'm only gonna be in Cork for one day (and one day only!) towards the end of the month, so I want to make sure I can definitely get the car into them that day!

What I thought was one or two little jobs has now evolved into a bit of a list, I want to get a clunky gearbox, rear nearside coil spring, gearbox oil, fuel filter, and most annoying of all, what I think is a faulty wheel bearing (but could also be a faulty diff - there's a kind of grumbling sound at low speeds which turns into a boomy kind of noise at motorway speeds and is louder the more you press on the accelerator, what makes me think it's a wheel bearing is the grumbling sound at low speeds is there all the time no matter what gear it's in or in neutral etc, and gets louder as speeds increase) all done and dusted.

Well, the clunky gearbox and wheel bearing/diff are the absolute priorities and the fuel filter if there's time, the other things can wait!

fancy pigeon wrote: »

International

Is this for ditch extractions?

I'm shocked at the diesel Kia.

James Bond Junior wrote: »

Will do Captain. Great to meet you today and glad you enjoyed the spin. I was telling herself about "exploring the limits of grip" and meeting the Garda car coming around the corner!

Likewise, great to meet you as well! I really enjoyed the spin in it, it's in great condition. E36s are really lovely cars, they're as comfortable and as refined as any modern car out there (just like the E46) - actually they're better than that, because of the silky smooth naturally aspirated port injected straight six petrol.

captainspeed wrote: »

Back to Fionnsport again, how long of a waiting list would he have?

I'm only gonna be in Cork for one day (and one day only!) towards the end of the month, so I want to make sure I can definitely get the car into them that day!

What I thought was one or two little jobs has now evolved into a bit of a list, I want to get a clunky gearbox, rear nearside coil spring, gearbox oil, fuel filter, and most annoying of all, what I think is a faulty wheel bearing (but could also be a faulty diff - there's a kind of grumbling sound at low speeds which turns into a boomy kind of noise at motorway speeds and is louder the more you press on the accelerator, what makes me think it's a wheel bearing is the grumbling sound at low speeds is there all the time no matter what gear it's in or in neutral etc, and gets louder as speeds increase) all done and dusted.

Well, the clunky gearbox and wheel bearing/diff are the absolute priorities and the fuel filter if there's time, the other things can wait!

He won't get that done in a day I'd say unless you book it well in advance and tell him you need the car! He has a serious backlog as he's mainly on his own these days, he didn't even get to my car for a week or so!

That is some list fancy pigeon. I didn't get my first car until I was 24!

1989 Nissan micra 1.2 petrol
1999 Daewoo lanos 1.4 petrol(I know right, but it was my 1st and only brand new car)
2000 VW golf 1.6 petrol
2000 Suzuki grand vitara 2.0 diesel
2001 Saab 9-5 2.0 petrol
2004 VW passat 1.6 petrol
2005 Toyota avensis 1.6 petrol
2009 BMW 520d E61
2013 BMW 525d F11
2014 BMW 535d F10

Interslice wrote: »

Is this for ditch extractions?

I'm shocked at the diesel Kia.

Mostly for shunting cars round, carrying equipment (welding gear springs to mind) and towing stuff from the yard to the back of the garage. Re registered from Cavan and all The Santa Fe has taken over a lot of that though, I have a pic of it carrying the welder for example, must dig it out!

The Kia isn't a pint sized diesel if that alleviates the situation I did have filthy thoughts of getting its chra machined out to accept a bigger compressor wheel as bigger housings fit but then realised I have too much on already

Edit: found it. It's much easier to move the equipment this way than try hike it round to where we need it. International is in the background too!

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vintagevrs wrote: »

You're mad about bm 6s!

I thought I knew my stuff....

Augeo wrote: »

I don't think it's realistic to expect a garage to diagnose and fix those issues in one day, if you can't make 2 trips to him or leave the car there for a few days you might be better off rethinking where to go.

You're probably right but sure I'll see what he says when I ring him and take it from there! I appreciate I'm being awkward with dates and stuff, but I've heard such good things about him from FN (and others) that while I happen to be down there for the day, I want him to look it at!

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

My life :pac:

Please don't tell me this means you've yet another problem!

Any craic men? Anything changed in here?

I think it's very difficult to do anything with these engines unfortunately (unless you've got one of very recent models with the BMW engine), they only respond to tuning boxes as far I as know.

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

No its much longer than a week, I'd almost be raining him now to be honest, the work is just piling up on him, there's cars all over the place at the moment due to the load!

Finally got around to ringing him about an hour ago. He's actually closed the last week of July/first week of August, they're doing some sort of refurb/painting of the premises. Sounded like the guy I was talking to a few weeks ago when I went over after getting the car washed with ye, so I must have met the owner that day.

That puts the kibosh on my plans cause I'm still gonna be in Cork on 1 August for the whole day, so once I've figured out what I can do (in terms of being able to work at home in Cork), I'll ring him back and send it into him some Friday!

Judges 520d must have calved:D