Today I did something to my car (volume 2)

Don't want to praise but I did two things with my car last week/yesterday.

One
Removed DPF filter (it was filled up so sent it to cleaning company) and re-installed it.
Put new turbo which I ordered just before lock down.
And put all that together (went to mechanic to clear errors and setup "new" DPF filter into car computer.

Two
I put whole tank of petrol in. :-(

Tom

Is there a PPF on petrol cars?

You learn something new every day lol

wonski wrote: »

Is there a PPF on petrol cars?

You learn something new every day lol

That's the thing - it is DIESEL card and I put PETROL in the tank.

What I learned is to sleep more than 3 hours per day and not to do thousands things in the same time.

Cheers
Tom

wotzgoingon wrote: »

The same bit of petrol left in tank will do no harm might actually help the engine. I don't actually know if that is fact but I know back in the day back street mechanics would say that was a good thing to do.

Yeah but I had 40 litres or so of petrol so definitely too much !

Changed the xenon's the other day, what a pig of a job. The clip holding the bulb in place was by far the worse part.



The driver's side seems to be potinting a bit more to the ground and its quite noticable when looking at it making the passenger side seem brighter. Guessing that's just a characteristic of xenon's so as not to blind on-coming driver's ?


Also noticed this oil leak the other day coming from what I believe is the boost pipe. Not sure if it's serious or not.

Hello! I have been a busy lad, mostly with other peoples vehicles keeping up with modern day IT demands. While you were bundled up in lockdown I was flat out on the beautifully quiet roads keeping people working remotely, enjoying the 607 munching up the miles as it should!


Below is something that was worked on over a few Saturdays when I had the time, with much appreciated help from my father and kilianmanning



Situation: timing chain on work van snapped on the motorway, high enough rpm. Circumstances changed where it needed to be repaired instead of being pensioned off to my garden the scrapyard


2 options:

Replacement engine (lazy/easy way)

Inspect and rebuild top end (am I arsed enough to do it way)



Less yap, more pictures...



I opted for the lazy way. Picked up a donor car with loose change, tore its soul out in about 2 hours, had a great laugh destroying the interior



Strip the loom/ancillaries/gearbox/chain cover. The chain was done prior but was showing signs of stretching



Out with this bad boy for the left handed crank bolt and put so much power through it rang the adapter in half, predictably (stick your lefty loosey nonsense up your posterior!)



Lock the cam, mark your crank, off with the chain and clean behind it



Note: I eventually figured the timing out myself, using bits of another 1.3 engine from an Opel I had lying about. Put everything back together loosely before you put on the tensioner



New chain kit was approx £52

Engine out from the van



And side by side. You can see what's about to happen...





And this is where my lazy idea went out the window



Euro 4 and euro 5 have different heads, kind of expected and just as irritating. Engine had to come out anyway to complete other bits.



Plan B: strip the other engine, remove it's head and inspect the damage



6 rockers broke/stressed, 10 lifters seized solid!


One of the valves didn't pass the sound test. Off with it's head



Inspecting the pistons for damage



The state of the chain, sh*t in 3 places... Bicycles have stronger ones FFS




Cleaned up the block where required





With bits of the Opel engine (that passed inspection) the head was reassembled and tested in situ





Reassembled



Ready to install



Put everything back together and initial crank... Nothing. HP pump failed. Pull one out of thin air, cough cough into life. Connect the MAF and everything else away it went, running like a clock and sounding better than before. I can't show you the van as it's branded but if you want I'll take a vid of it running with questionable censoring


Shakedown test, it scuttered oil everywhere... Source: vacuum pump. Rip it off, clean it up, install and clean the rest of the oil as best I can.



Drove it up to Dublin that night, not a bother to it, more power than before and quieter bar the injectors


Van is now back in daily service. Total cost for parts was almost €200 and 4 Saturdays spent, could have been a lot faster only I'm a very fussy c*nt at times


If you want to know how to time these engines I'll show you because no one else will


And if you're wondering about the Fiesta, that's my radio!

My completely unnecessary need for an inch gun has returned!!

punisher5112 wrote: »

Hi all, it's more what I didn't do but wondering best option for stone chip repair on a windscreen....

Give it a go myself or get a window place to do it.... Just happened, truck in left lane, I wasn't even that close and see a stone fly off the back lip and fly straight at my eye level.... If it freezes this will go cracking right across, it's about 2 cent size.

Check with insurance, most policies cover the cost of windscreen repair

fancy pigeon wrote: »

Hello! I have been a busy lad,



If you want to know how to time these engines I'll show you because no one else will

Legendary stuff as always man


I don't want that but I do have a transit with a bosch pump crying out for a pigeon to have a fiddle with it

Long time no see, Mr. Pigeon!

wonski wrote: »

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The colour caught my eye, then I copped a digit on the reg plate and now I'm thinking that this was my old car - bought new in 2006

ciarsd wrote: »

The colour caught my eye, then I copped a digit on the reg plate and now I'm thinking that this was my old car - bought new in 2006

It is 2006, going strong.

Amazing if that's the very same car

Any crashes or something I need to know?