****Motors Chat Thread Round 4****

Well wear Geoff. It looks class does BMW driver lads are worse than VAG ninjas for OCD. How does it compare to the TT power wise,sound wise and driving wise? How is the auto v's the DSG.

Are ye all paid to drive E46's or something? :pac:


Looks gorgeous though...:o:D

That looks very clean, well wear the comedian.

A single deck in an 04, surely there is a cd changer in the boot!

Apologies if this is in the wrong place, but can anyone tell me the make and model of the black car just behind the bloke in this screenshot. The headlights and silver bit on the wing look quite distinctive.



(screengrab from last week's The Dealership)

[The white one doesn't look too shabby either, but it looks like a coupe]

Ded_Zebra wrote: »

It is a Jaguar XF

You're right, it is tks. I wonder if they take kidneys in part exchange?

Made a quick video there of the car not starting.

I think it's the starter myself.

Supergurrier wrote: »

Made a quick video there of the car not starting.

I think it's the starter myself.

Id call that inconclusive.. have you directly checked the battery power level with a multimeter? Any lower than 11.8v and you have a low battery (which might be an alternator or bad battery). A starter fault wouldnt do that dash lights flickering thing.. but insufficient power in the battery would.

If you ensure you have enough power in the battery, hit the starter with something metal and hard a few times (to unseize it).

The radio switching on doesnt actually mean you have enough power to spin the starter (which will be something like 1.1kw, vs the 10watts to make the radio display come on or the 200watts peak for the entire sound system blaring).

Im a big noob lemme alone

Think I may have an injector going
Ticking noise that gets worse with loud pedal application. With revs but is not an engine problem.

And it seems to be way more noticeable when moving, ticking over its barely noticeable.

dgt wrote: »

What engine?

That reminds me, there's a huge metallic clang whenever I shut off the engine in my car.... I think it's the remainder of the crabby exhaust hitting off the subframe

M57 530d, I'd be almost sure it's an injector as I've heard these things going before.

Supergurrier wrote: »

9.8v according to diagnostic mode

Well thats pretty clear then, no where near enough to spin the starter. So you have either:

- Bad alternator (which the ST/Volvo 2.5 is known for, so Im told)
- Bad battery (independently of alternator failure or now in conjunction with it due to poor charging)


You next tests are simple, trickle charge your battery for 6hrs/overnight (I assume you have a battery charger!), then measure the voltage. Then start the engine, then re-measure the voltage. If the alternator is working, you should read over 13.5v (though not over 15v). If the alternator is weak, you will see 12.5v. If its dead, you will see 12v and dropping.

Once you confirm the alternator, either get it fixed or replaced, I would check if its just the Voltage Regulator on it before replacing it entirely personally.

PS: If the alternator checks out as ok, then you likely have parasitic power draw from a sub-system failure (eg alarm, subwoofer, ECU fault etc).

Lads and Ladies be extra careful with yer cars had someone try and rob mine last night but thank god the alarm went off and woke everyone in the house. Please i'd hate it to happen to anyone.