Motors Chat - Round 7

Mycroft H · 24-10-2014 12:37AM

That crash that the poor woman died in was struck by a car being chased by the Gardai according to the indo.

Awful situation. Hope the fellow is done for manslaughter and the Gardai don't appear to be somewhat negligent.

davycc · 24-10-2014 12:57AM

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

Some good news today, got 125 euro back today from my insurance, extra year no claims maybe?

I got a letter from axa saying they had overcharged me in the past and their was a cheque in the envelope which included interest back dated to the time of their error! I thought it would be for hundreds but no - 14 poxy euros...

This is because some new law had been passed about historic overcharging iirc..

Chris_Heilong · 24-10-2014 01:07AM

Interslice wrote: »

I'd be surprised if your HG gone. That vid looks like just the water pump pushing water through into the rad as you rev it. Leaks are hard to find. If you start the car when it's cold and get under it with a good torch you can see the coolant running from a leak as the system starts to pressurise but it's all still cool enough that it doesn't just evaporate. Either that or leave it for about half an hour after a drive and have a look then. Any salty residue is a good sign of a leak. Are you topping up water regularly?

Yeah, I will try that.

MJ23 · 24-10-2014 10:20AM

Just changed my T10 parking bulbs back to normal bulbs from led. The led ones were blinking for minute or so when car is turned off. Thought they might have something to say about it when I bring in for NCT soon. So when I pulled out the cable with the led bulbs on, the bulb came out of the socket and is now in the casing of the headlight. Looks like there's no easy way of getting it out. Should this affect NCT in any way? I have the normal bulbs back in now. They may not even be noticed.

bear1 · 24-10-2014 11:12AM

Right so today I got the news that the timing chain needs doing on the Accord.
I'm not surprised and as I said in the past I'm quite prepared for this job.
It would be very very painful to have to do this job in Ireland (reading it's a 1.5k min job) leaving tonight for the ferry and there is a Honda specialist in Warsaw who is asking around the 4-500e mark (which is an expensive repair in PL in itself)
Should have the car back up to scratch by the end of next week.

joujoujou · 24-10-2014 12:28PM

It is indeed expensive in PL if you consider Polish wages.

Thankfully not for us.

Gearbox reconditioning I recently had in Poland was approx 150 notes including courier, new bearings and labour.

bear1 · 24-10-2014 01:09PM

joujoujou wrote: »

It is indeed expensive in PL if you consider Polish wages. Thankfully not for us.

Gearbox reconditioning I recently had in Poland was approx 150 notes including courier, new bearings and labour.

Yeah that's a very good price but as you said in their wages it's daylight robbery.
Trying to find more than one specialist in Warsaw just to compare prices, bloody impossible to find any

YbFocus · 24-10-2014 01:10PM

I'd nearly make the trip for them prices

bear1 · 24-10-2014 01:12PM

On the other side of the coin though, I put it through Fast Fit's free NCT check up and it came back all clear. Suspension all nice and tight although it needs ARBs, no leaks, engine all clean which means at least some aspects of the car have been taken care of.

joujoujou · 24-10-2014 01:46PM

bear1 wrote: »

Yeah that's a very good price but as you said in their wages it's daylight robbery.
Trying to find more than one specialist in Warsaw just to compare prices, bloody impossible to find any

Try them:

http://motogajdy.pl

(and google translate maybe).

Quite a good reputation I'd say.

pred racer · 24-10-2014 02:07PM

Stheno wrote: »

You did repeatedly last time we were up in dgt's, three times, I actually checked how I looked in a mirror at one point after you said it a couple of times, and realised you expect great beauty

Don't worry, I took no offense and have enjoyed embarassing you, god love you if pred sees this heeeheeeee

p.s. it was after the pesto breakfast (that's all I remember of that disgusting conversation)

I see everything:pac:

joujoujou wrote: »

Try them:

http://motogajdy.pl

(and google translate maybe).

Quite a good reputation I'd say.

We don't need google, we have you guys!

I drove a merc 500sl this morning, came in giggling like a small child:D
It's like driving a jet propelled hippo!
I've never seen a traction control light come on when you're accelerating from >90mph before;)

bear1 · 24-10-2014 02:25PM

Can any one tell me what my average mpg/l per 100km is?
I did exactly 200 miles and filled up 24.46l which has me completely full again. I'm guessing this is about 43mpg?

joujoujou · 24-10-2014 02:26PM

bear1 wrote: »

Can any one tell me what my average mpg/l per 100km is?
[...]

Handy site for this:

http://www.guycroft.clara.net/utils/mpg.html

Pops_20 · 24-10-2014 02:31PM

Was driving home late last night on the south link in Cork, down to one lane due to resurfacing. Took a look at the car this morning and it is literally destroyed with tar. Never seen so much tar on a car, on the windows and all :mad:

bear1 · 24-10-2014 02:39PM

joujoujou wrote: »

Handy site for this:

http://www.guycroft.clara.net/utils/mpg.html

Thanks again

Oddly it's coming back at 37.8mpg or 7.46l per 100km

not great.

toastedpickles · 24-10-2014 02:43PM

bear1 wrote: »

Thanks again
Oddly it's coming back at 37.8mpg or 7.46l per 100km not great.

Still better than mine! :P

joujoujou · 24-10-2014 02:46PM

And much better than mine!

bear1 · 24-10-2014 02:47PM

Yours isn't running on the devils juice

I'll keep track this weekend of how many litres I use up to get back to Warsaw and then try it again. I was doing a lot of mixed driving yesterday so maybe thats why.
Or it could just be a side effect from the timing chain.

joujoujou · 24-10-2014 02:51PM

My biggest problem is my right foot.

Took last receipt - 8.64 l/100 km on 1.4 petrol corolla.

The good thing of being sick (as I am now) is I don't have to drive at all, thus saving approx 70 notes a week.

Cleveland Hot Pocket · 24-10-2014 03:03PM

Speaking of MPG, I'm loving my move out to meath. The old fiesta is doing approx 56.5mpg on the last fillup.

YbFocus · 24-10-2014 03:06PM

bear1 wrote: »

Yours isn't running on the devils juice
I'll keep track this weekend of how many litres I use up to get back to Warsaw and then try it again. I was doing a lot of mixed driving yesterday so maybe thats why.
Or it could just be a side effect from the timing chain.

The 530d does 40-42mpg bear, that does seem low.
Of course pushing it on sees 37mpg and in towns I've seen 23mpg!

Noccy_Mondy · 24-10-2014 03:32PM

Anyone know how to rectify this problem. The screen is missing parts of digits. Window was left open for a few days but the car was in the garage, so it only got slightly damp. Is a new screen needed?

It's not just that point btw, it's across the board.

toastedpickles · 24-10-2014 03:41PM

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

Anyone know how to rectify this problem. The screen is missing parts of digits. Window was left open for a few days but the car was in the garage, so it only got slightly damp. Is a new screen needed?

It's not just that point btw, it's across the board.

If its anything like my one, whats happened is the ribbon behind the screen has come loose and hence the missing pixels

like soooo

http://www.saabcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=34893

Noccy_Mondy · 24-10-2014 03:52PM

It's working fine now

As long as it stays working until it goes out the gap. I don't care how it works after that

24-10-2014 04:02PM

Oh my god I've to go to a mechanic again to get the bloody sump nut off my car. Whatever genius had it before me rounded the **** out of it and it's not budging. I've spent the last hour trying to get it off

Interslice · 24-10-2014 04:13PM

Snotaul Goodman wrote: »

Oh my god I've to go to a mechanic again to get the bloody sump nut off my car. Whatever genius had it before me rounded the **** out of it and it's not budging. I've spent the last hour trying to get it off

Nothing worse than doing the first service on a car. Took me an hour to get the oil filter off my dads laguna last week. Never come across one so tight. Wasn't even tempted to put a screwdriver through it. I've been getting a loan of one of these multi grips pliers off a mate every few weeks to do various jobs. Must get a set for myself. Very handy yolks.

toastedpickles · 24-10-2014 04:24PM

Snotaul Goodman wrote: »

Oh my god I've to go to a mechanic again to get the bloody sump nut off my car. Whatever genius had it before me rounded the **** out of it and it's not budging. I've spent the last hour trying to get it off

Maybe, if you have a spare sump nut that is, cut a groove in the one in there and use a hammer and screwdriver to get it out? Last resort of course

Interslice wrote: »

Nothing worse than doing the first service on a car. Took me an hour to get the oil filter off my dads laguna last week. Never come across one so tight. Wasn't even tempted to put a screwdriver through it. I've been getting a loan of one of these multi grips pliers off a mate every few weeks to do various jobs. Must get a set for myself. Very handy yolks.

I had one of those, a draper one, biggest load of balls ive ever bought, I find them as useful as a chocolate teapot

ShadowHearth · 24-10-2014 04:32PM

Me and buddy needed to take out radio in my car and see connection in the back. I am looking to replace my stock unit to something with usb and mp3.
So the front panel had to go off and we found something... Something that reduced coolness of my car by 90%. Previous owner sucks!!!

MetzgerMeister · 24-10-2014 04:34PM

How the hell have you not noticed that until now? :eek:

Big Nasty · 24-10-2014 04:47PM

ShadowHearth wrote: »

Me and buddy needed to take out radio in my car and see connection in the back. I am looking to replace my stock unit to something with usb and mp3.
So the front panel had to go off and we found something... Something that reduced coolness of my car by 90%. Previous owner sucks!!!

I'm gonna show him this post!

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