* Motors chat - round 12 *

Tazzimus · 24-02-2020 10:49PM

I discovered on Sunday that a wire wheel drill attachment is stronger than skin, especially facial skin.

akelly02 · 24-02-2020 11:00PM

Toyotafanboi wrote: »

They are a fairly sturdy car in fairness. Stick up a few pics!

Not a feckin clue how to do that . I’ll ask the mrs and report back .

Only 60k kilometers on a 142 sounded good to me

punisher5112 · 24-02-2020 11:08PM

They won't set your world on fire or give you a smile when you press the so called power peddle as it's an understatement there ain't no power, I hit my head getting in or out but they are a reliable enough motor.

Centre brake light prone to water damage, windows regs and that about it really.

CianRyan · 25-02-2020 01:11AM

akelly02 wrote: »

Well lads, i lurk on here a bit but rarely post

just bought a 142 megane there last week 68k kilometres. 1.5dci

Anything i should be looking out for that could potentially cause me trouble ?

Very good engines when properly looked after, make sure your timing belt is done in time as they do tend to snap if left on, they’re due every 5 years or 120,000km, I’ve also seen a few glow plugs fail on them but they’re not a big job and to be honest, they run very well even if they’re gone.

All together they’re a very good car, enjoy!

25-02-2020 09:56AM

I missed Adblue by a model year I think on the Sorento. Adblue ones come with a spacesaver instead of a fullsize spare also.

Is it smelly to dispense?

ELM327 · 25-02-2020 09:56AM

I generally pee there, it's the same stuff

akelly02 · 25-02-2020 10:16AM

CianRyan wrote: »

Very good engines when properly looked after, make sure your timing belt is done in time as they do tend to snap if left on, they’re due every 5 years or 120,000km, I’ve also seen a few glow plugs fail on them but they’re not a big job and to be honest, they run very well even if they’re gone.

All together they’re a very good car, enjoy!

thanks for that, i heard about the timing belt before , ill keep an eye out for the glow plugs!

Wailin · 25-02-2020 10:48AM

Why do some manufacturers use adblue while others don't?

punisher5112 · 25-02-2020 10:51AM

Wailin wrote: »

Why do some manufacturers use adblue while others don't?

It was emissions based so some could get away with it as co2 was low but anything euro6 now has it I believe.

It's been in trucks and buses since 2008 maybe a small few before this.

Cantona's Collars · 25-02-2020 01:09PM

Saw my first boy racerfied (for want of a better term) Saab 93 today.
Lowered to the last so hope the owner doesn't need to go anywhere with speed bumps and the obligatory stupid window stickers.
It was completed with twin exhausts belching out thick black smoke and the rear of the car destroyed in soot which made the lights hard to see.
A lovely car ruined imo.

Interslice · 25-02-2020 08:49PM

akelly02 wrote: »

Well lads, i lurk on here a bit but rarely post

just bought a 142 megane there last week 68k kilometres. 1.5dci

Anything i should be looking out for that could potentially cause me trouble ?

Finding the RN spec oil is tricky. Oil service intervals can be short.

https://www.mister-auto.ie/engine-oil/elf/elf011/

This is 40 quid from main dealer also. Runs much nicer on 5w30, ideally with that RN 0720 spec. Sounds a bit rough on 5w40. Whatever you do dont let someone put 10w40 semi synth into it.

punisher5112 · 25-02-2020 08:54PM

Interslice wrote: »

Finding the RN spec oil is tricky. Oil service intervals can be short.

Service mine every 20k km,

I left the belt over due 7k, just completely messed up, got all done, it's putting away.

Serviced it myself the other day.

CianRyan · 26-02-2020 01:29AM

5W30 C4 can be found in every motor factors in Dublin and is manufacture recommended. It's what we use in them in Nissan and they're our most common engine.

26-02-2020 10:19AM

Welcome back Cian

Cork Trucker · 26-02-2020 11:39AM

Wibbs wrote: »

Hopefully CT, though I've read disinfectant and the like doesn't work much, but the peppermint essential oil does. I got mine from ebay. Big enough bottle for about a tenner IIRC. And yeah I have squirrels in my Dublin burbs neck of the woods. Foxes, badgers, hedgehogs, bats and rats and mice too. Feckin zoo.

My disinfectant didn't work anyway. I'll need to find that peppermint oil. Squirrels in down town Dublin? :pac: Is it a second zoo you guys have up there?

Checked under the bonnet again this morning, more sh1t on the engine cover and it only happened overnight, as i checked it at 8pm last night and nothing, 8am this morning it was there.

punisher5112 · 26-02-2020 11:52AM

Cork Trucker wrote: »

My disinfectant didn't work anyway. I'll need to find that peppermint oil. Squirrels in down town Dublin? :pac: Is it a second zoo you guys have up there?

Checked under the bonnet again this morning, more sh1t on the engine cover and it only happened overnight, as i checked it at 8pm last night and nothing, 8am this morning it was there.

Get some chicken wire and place it around the open areas out of sight and cable tie or use it's wire to attach.

26-02-2020 12:02PM

punisher5112 wrote: »

They won't set your world on fire or give you a smile when you press the so called power peddle as it's an understatement there ain't no power....

I drive a 1.5 Captur regularly enough, as you say, there is no power at all. Geared nice and high though to be fair. But that accepted it won't hit 60mpg too often either.

akelly02 · 26-02-2020 12:12PM

Augeo wrote: »

I drive a 1.5 Captur regularly enough, as you say, there is no power at all. Geared nice and high though to be fair. But that accepted it won't hit 60mpg too often either.

What would be a decent mark to be hitting for mixed driving ?

1.5 megane 1.5 dci

im getting 5.2l / 100km as per the screen average

punisher5112 · 26-02-2020 12:26PM

akelly02 wrote: »

What would be a decent mark to be hitting for mixed driving ?

1.5 megane 1.5 dci

im getting 5.2l / 100km as per the screen average

That's very good, I'm getting 6 to 6.6/100km

On 5 speed

akelly02 · 26-02-2020 12:33PM

punisher5112 wrote: »

That's very good, I'm getting 6 to 6.6/100km

On 5 speed

this is just computer but dont know how accurate that is .

mine is 6 speed that prob helps a bit

punisher5112 · 26-02-2020 12:45PM

akelly02 wrote: »

this is just computer but dont know how accurate that is .

mine is 6 speed that prob helps a bit

Yes 6 speed would make a big difference and speeds of course

Wibbs · 26-02-2020 03:40PM

Cork Trucker wrote: »

My disinfectant didn't work anyway. I'll need to find that peppermint oil. Squirrels in down town Dublin? :pac: Is it a second zoo you guys have up there?

Checked under the bonnet again this morning, more sh1t on the engine cover and it only happened overnight, as i checked it at 8pm last night and nothing, 8am this morning it was there.

Try the oil CT it seems to be very effective. Another option of course is to get a couple of rat traps and place them at the base of your front tyres, as that's often how they make their way in by scurrying up the tyres. Though some might be a bit squeamish about that.

Interslice · 26-02-2020 09:14PM

CianRyan wrote: »

5W30 C4 can be found in every motor factors in Dublin and is manufacture recommended. It's what we use in them in Nissan and they're our most common engine.

We dont all live in dublin cian

Cork Trucker · 26-02-2020 09:59PM

Wibbs wrote: »

Try the oil CT it seems to be very effective. Another option of course is to get a couple of rat traps and place them at the base of your front tyres, as that's often how they make their way in by scurrying up the tyres. Though some might be a bit squeamish about that.

I'm trying a different approach tonight, i'm letting the car outdoors to see will it make any difference, the shed is cold,damp,wet. Didn't think of rat traps. Any idea where i can get the oil?Pharmacy?

Wibbs · 26-02-2020 10:46PM

Cork Trucker wrote: »

I'm trying a different approach tonight, i'm letting the car outdoors to see will it make any difference, the shed is cold,damp,wet. Didn't think of rat traps. Any idea where i can get the oil?Pharmacy?

I got mine from ebay on t'interwebs. Though considering you need this stuff yesterday... Maybe one of the bigger pharmacies like Boots, where they have more of a hippy dippy section and might have essential oils? Feck it, at this stage until you get the oil maybe some peppermint sweets from a local newsagents?

Big Nasty · 26-02-2020 11:00PM

Cork Trucker wrote: »

I'm trying a different approach tonight, i'm letting the car outdoors to see will it make any difference, the shed is cold,damp,wet. Didn't think of rat traps. Any idea where i can get the oil?Pharmacy?

Eh, your shed is obviously infested dude

CianRyan · 27-02-2020 12:29AM

Interslice wrote: »

We dont all live in dublin cian

That's fair but it can always be delivered.

corks finest · 27-02-2020 08:43AM

CianRyan wrote: »

That's fair but it can always be delivered.

Correct and mostly cheaper even with postage etc,my 0W 20 for my hybrid is cheaper by e12 coming from the UK despite a motor factor's within 15 minutes of me

27-02-2020 10:04AM

akelly02 wrote: »

What would be a decent mark to be hitting for mixed driving ?

1.5 megane 1.5 dci

im getting 5.2l / 100km as per the screen average

Dunno in a Megane tbh. I find the Captur mpg is effected by driving style hugely. I'm quite light footed and on a run would get 55mpg whereas GF would rarely see 50mpg. No 6th in her Captur either.

28-02-2020 09:31PM

I've been toying with the idea of getting a motorbike. Know absolutely nothing about them, so figured I'd buy the theory test online subscription thing before going down and doing the test.

Did a mock test, and I got this question wrong. And I'm sure I'm right! So I'm posting it here to see what ye think.

Keep in mind, this is the motorbike test I'm doing, so I presume the steering wheel that is shown from "my" perspective is supposed to represent me, riding a motorbike.

I picked the bottom left answer, and I was wrong. The correct answer is the top left. However, the sign on the road shows that the car has right of way over the truck to turn right, as he's not actually turning right at all, as the road bends that way, and the truck is on a minor road that joins the major one that the car is already on..?

I am right there, aren't I? Surely the 'correct' answer, is actually wrong?

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