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*********Motors Chat - Round 9 *********

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  • #4442
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,294 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    job seeker wrote: »
    Its that easy? :eek:

    I knew where the oil filter was.. And you can just slide under to undo the sump nut...

    Yep. It's that simple. If you stick your head under the car and have a look, you'll see the oil sump - it's painted black and is kinda cube shaped with rounded edges.

    This is the sump upside down
    mFg9Zd907sazOnGsU4ft1ng.jpg


  • #4443
    5W30
    Closed Accounts Posts: 694 ✭✭✭5W30


    GvidoR wrote: »
    You can drive one or two wheels onto a curb if you have one nearby for a little extra room.

    You got that right :P

    GuwGI3M.jpg?1


  • #4444
    job seeker
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,127 ✭✭✭job seeker


    colm_mcm wrote: »
    Yep. It's that simple. If you stick your head under the car and have a look, you'll see the oil sump - it's painted black and is kinda cube shaped with rounded edges.

    This is the sump upside down
    mFg9Zd907sazOnGsU4ft1ng.jpg

    Cheers, ye saved me 30 quid.. :) then can't the nut be open with a socket?


  • #4445
    5W30
    Closed Accounts Posts: 694 ✭✭✭5W30


    job seeker wrote: »
    Cheers, ye saved me 30 quid.. :) then can't the nut be open with a socket?

    Socket or spanner, anything will work. It's easily accessible.


  • #4446
    Foxhole Norman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,871 ✭✭✭Foxhole Norman


    I think I've found a new future wheel choice:

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    drooling-homer.gif


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  • #4447
    job seeker
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,127 ✭✭✭job seeker


    5W30 wrote: »
    Socket or spanner, anything will work. It's easily accessible.

    I'm liking this car more and more...


  • #4448
    5W30
    Closed Accounts Posts: 694 ✭✭✭5W30


    Ugh I hate Thursdays! My first lecture starts at 9 am and the traffic is brutal.

    I literally had to undertake everyone on the M50 to get in on time. Funnily enough a Focus ST was stuck right up my arse and followed every lane change like me.

    At first I thought it was a copper :pac:


  • #4449
    5W30
    Closed Accounts Posts: 694 ✭✭✭5W30


    Anyone know if it's worthwhile getting an activated carbon pollen filter instead of a normal one?

    On Micksgarage it says the activated carbon one is for cars with automatic climate control units but people on other motoring forums are saying they use them in normal manual heaters.

    Has anyone tried one?

    Focus Mk2


  • #4450
    bear1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,894 ✭✭✭✭bear1


    Feck it anyway, the 3.0 B7 I wanted to go and see is gone :( had all the goodies I wanted. Now I can't find a single feckin 3.0 that I like. There is a 2.7 one though but I'm reading that it's a pointless engine.
    Anyone have any opinions on it?


  • #4451
    job seeker
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,127 ✭✭✭job seeker


    5W30 wrote: »
    Ugh I hate Thursdays! My first lecture starts at 9 am and the traffic is brutal.

    I literally had to undertake everyone on the M50 to get in on time. Funnily enough a Focus ST was stuck right up my arse and followed every lane change like me.

    At first I thought it was a copper :pac:

    Reminds me of the other night coming home from work aty half 11... My commute is on mostly back roads and I mean the small roads with grass in the middle, anyway was on way home from work and seen blue lights flash in my rear view mirror. No siren, just lights. Pulled over and a lowered mk2 fiesta passed with tinted windows, a CB aerial and a loud exhaust..... :pac: Turned out to me some young fella with the blue lights on his car...


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  • #4452
    GvidoR
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,925 ✭✭✭GvidoR


    OSI wrote: »
    In saying that, I think the likes of the 523i are pointless to.

    I hope Big Nasty isn't here. :eek:


  • #4453
    RandomAccess
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,807 ✭✭✭RandomAccess


    5W30 wrote: »
    Anyone know if it's worthwhile getting an activated carbon pollen filter instead of a normal one?

    On Micksgarage it says the activated carbon one is for cars with automatic climate control units but people on other motoring forums are saying they use them in normal manual heaters.

    Has anyone tried one?

    Focus Mk2

    That text on micksgarage is wrong I think.
    Apparently the activated carbon version is better at filtering odours. Theres a small price premium I think.


  • #4454
    bear1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,894 ✭✭✭✭bear1


    OSI wrote: »
    Pretty much this:



    In saying that, I think the likes of the 523i are pointless to. It's what you want from the engine I suppose.

    A nice powerful one :) but still returns reasonable MPG and doesn't look like a diseased ridden dog's pair of bollocks.
    I read on the Audi forum that it's pointless in the sense that it has only 10bhp more than the 2.0 version and 24bhp less than the 3.0.
    Also that it suffers from more problems. Pity as well :(
    I also would imagine it's pointless to map it when you could get a 3.0 and still be better off.


  • #4455
    MetzgerMeister
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,917 ✭✭✭✭MetzgerMeister


    bear1 wrote: »
    Feck it anyway, the 3.0 B7 I wanted to go and see is gone :( had all the goodies I wanted. Now I can't find a single feckin 3.0 that I like. There is a 2.7 one though but I'm reading that it's a pointless engine.
    Anyone have any opinions on it?

    Have you looked at 330/335?


  • #4456
    bear1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,894 ✭✭✭✭bear1


    MetzgerMeister wrote: »
    Have you looked at 330/335?

    Outside my budget I would say, plus I think those are a bit on the small side SW wise.
    Need to a SW unfortunately.


  • #4457
    MetzgerMeister
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,917 ✭✭✭✭MetzgerMeister


    bear1 wrote: »
    Outside my budget I would say, plus I think those are a bit on the small side SW wise.
    Need to a SW unfortunately.

    Can be got in Touring.


  • #4458
    CIP4
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,655 ✭✭✭CIP4


    5W30 wrote: »
    Anyone know if it's worthwhile getting an activated carbon pollen filter instead of a normal one?

    On Micksgarage it says the activated carbon one is for cars with automatic climate control units but people on other motoring forums are saying they use them in normal manual heaters.

    Has anyone tried one?

    Focus Mk2
    RandomAccess wrote: »
    That text on micksgarage is wrong I think.
    Apparently the activated carbon version is better at filtering odours. Theres a small price premium I think.

    Yes the main reason for using activated carbon is to remove odours going into the cabin as the activated carbon absorbs them. Activated carbon is extremely porous and is used in many industries as a purification/ filtration technique for both products and emissions to atmosphere in some case. It's used in some gas masks and it's very important in waste water treatment plants for example.

    So ultimately it does work and is not some gimmick. However if the activated carbon one is allot more expensive the normal is fine but having activated carbon will lead to better filtration lower amounts of cabin odour.


  • #4459
    job seeker
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,127 ✭✭✭job seeker


    Sanded down the the body filler, went into the garage to get the primer... Can only farted out a bit of compressed air, no primer left what so ever... Now the weather will play hell with the filler....fcuk :mad:


  • #4460
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,294 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    The filler will be grand. Don't panic.


  • #4461
    job seeker
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,127 ✭✭✭job seeker


    colm_mcm wrote: »
    The filler will be grand. Don't panic.

    Ah thank god.. Nearly had a nervous break down... Ah this car ownership jazz is not easy.... :D


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  • #4462
    5W30
    Closed Accounts Posts: 694 ✭✭✭5W30


    CIP4 wrote: »
    Yes the main reason for using activated carbon is to remove odours going into the cabin as the activated carbon absorbs them. Activated carbon is extremely porous and is used in many industries as a purification/ filtration technique for both products and emissions to atmosphere in some case. It's used in some gas masks and it's very important in waste water treatment plants for example.

    So ultimately it does work and is not some gimmick. However if the activated carbon one is allot more expensive the normal is fine but having activated carbon will lead to better filtration lower amounts of cabin odour.

    Thanks. It's about €22 for the activated carbon one compared to €15 for a standard one. I guess I'll just invest in the dearer one for better filtration :)


  • #4463
    bear1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,894 ✭✭✭✭bear1


    MetzgerMeister wrote: »
    Can be got in Touring.

    Saw a 330d 2006 that is within budget, cloth seats though and no sat nav which I would like to have but not bad looking all the same.
    Aren't I right though in thinking that this was the year where they suffer from potentially serious engine issues?


  • #4464
    ofcork
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,465 ✭✭✭ofcork


    Anybody seen the new lexus GS F not great looking and less power than the german trio.


  • #4465
    Dartz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,424 ✭✭✭Dartz


    NCT Fail.

    Borken Droplink.

    Arse.


  • #4466
    Marty McFly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,222 ✭✭✭✭Marty McFly


    Taxed the car for another year today bastards :( never easy handing it over but with it imo.


  • #4467
    Marty McFly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,222 ✭✭✭✭Marty McFly


    bear1 wrote: »
    Saw a 330d 2006 that is within budget, cloth seats though and no sat nav which I would like to have but not bad looking all the same.
    Aren't I right though in thinking that this was the year where they suffer from potentially serious engine issues?


    The 330d never had any serious engine issues afaik.

    I couldn't live with the cloth interior personally.


  • #4468
    Interslice
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,499 ✭✭✭Interslice


    Should have the 156 back on the road for the weekend :). Just have the drive shafts and suspension to screw back together. Can't wait.


  • #4469
    5W30
    Closed Accounts Posts: 694 ✭✭✭5W30


    Dartz wrote: »
    NCT Fail.

    Borken Droplink.

    Arse.

    Did you not hear strange sounds when going over bumps? :pac:


  • #4470
    Interslice
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,499 ✭✭✭Interslice


    colm_mcm wrote: »
    The filler will be grand. Don't panic.


    Aye and primer is porous so probably better left.


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  • #4471
    Dartz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,424 ✭✭✭Dartz


    5W30 wrote: »
    Did you not hear strange sounds when going over bumps? :pac:

    I did. And I checked the side they were coming from and it was fine......

    Wrong link.


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