Motors Chat - Round 9

ba_barabus · 18-10-2015 02:07AM

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

Theres a class 21 auto gone up on donedeal

The tax is up on the saloon at the end of the month and I'm in two minds as to what to do with it. Loads of jobs to do that I've been putting off

Best thing is to pm me full details, or text them. Sorry tired and late

5W30 · 18-10-2015 09:01AM

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

Service done on the focus today, 153k miles. Needs rear shocks soon too though. Where my big query is, is with the clutch.
Does be a bit groggy when taking off on a slight hill, you'd find yourself needing to give it an extra boost for it to go. So I decided to mess around abit and see. Stopped half way up a hill of about 20 degrees, knocked her into first and slowly came off the clutch, but with no accelerator. Now it struggled, and I mean struggled (almost conking) to pull itself up the hill, lights dimming, and rattling. I know the clutch is knackered, but I want one of ye to confirm the results of my experiment! Assuming it wasn't done before, I take it 150k miles is a good longevity for a clutch?

The fact that it wants to conk out is a good sign. You should be worried if it doesn't conk out and continues idling :pac:

Ded_Zebra · 18-10-2015 10:18AM

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

Service done on the focus today, 153k miles. Needs rear shocks soon too though. Where my big query is, is with the clutch.
Does be a bit groggy when taking off on a slight hill, you'd find yourself needing to give it an extra boost for it to go. So I decided to mess around abit and see. Stopped half way up a hill of about 20 degrees, knocked her into first and slowly came off the clutch, but with no accelerator. Now it struggled, and I mean struggled (almost conking) to pull itself up the hill, lights dimming, and rattling. I know the clutch is knackered, but I want one of ye to confirm the results of my experiment! Assuming it wasn't done before, I take it 150k miles is a good longevity for a clutch?

That is 100% not the way to test for a bad clutch.

Find yourself a long hill in a good road that you can drive up at about 90km/h in 4th. Foot hard down at the bottom of the hill and see if the clutch slips. You'll know the clutch is slipping because the engine speed will increase without the car going any faster.

Interslice · 18-10-2015 10:55AM

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

Service done on the focus today, 153k miles. Needs rear shocks soon too though. Where my big query is, is with the clutch.
Does be a bit groggy when taking off on a slight hill, you'd find yourself needing to give it an extra boost for it to go. So I decided to mess around abit and see. Stopped half way up a hill of about 20 degrees, knocked her into first and slowly came off the clutch, but with no accelerator. Now it struggled, and I mean struggled (almost conking) to pull itself up the hill, lights dimming, and rattling. I know the clutch is knackered, but I want one of ye to confirm the results of my experiment! Assuming it wasn't done before, I take it 150k miles is a good longevity for a clutch?

Try cleaning the throttle body. Might sort that out.

bear1 · 18-10-2015 11:17AM

Marty McFly wrote: »

Just watched jurassic world.

Well fook me if theres not more mercedes badges less dinosaurs and less drama than the post a pic of your car thread.

1) the movie is just utter utter ****e and 2) what happened in the thread?

bear1 · 18-10-2015 12:07PM

bear1 wrote: »

1) the movie is just utter utter ****e and 2) what happened in the thread?

Oh....

CIP4 · 18-10-2015 12:17PM

Ded_Zebra wrote: »

That is 100% not the way to test for a bad clutch.

Find yourself a long hill in a good road that you can drive up at about 90km/h in 4th. Foot hard down at the bottom of the hill and see if the clutch slips. You'll know the clutch is slipping because the engine speed will increase without the car going any faster.

This is exactly what I was thinking when reading the post. Or another way of doing it is on a straight road knock it into 5th and let your speed drop until revs go low maybe 1300 or even a it less and then floor it if clutch is good it should lag abit and then pull well with speed increasing relative to revs. If the clutch is slipping revs will shoot up when you accelerate but speed won't until the clutch catches again.

*Kol* · 18-10-2015 01:52PM

If it's not slipping I would say that your clutch is okay for the moment NM.

Noccy_Mondy · 18-10-2015 01:55PM

Alright, I'll keep going for the minute and see. Thanks for the input lads. Never had a clutch go on me before, hence the uncertainty!

dr.fuzzenstein · 18-10-2015 01:56PM

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

Service done on the focus today, 153k miles. Needs rear shocks soon too though. Where my big query is, is with the clutch.
Does be a bit groggy when taking off on a slight hill, you'd find yourself needing to give it an extra boost for it to go. So I decided to mess around abit and see. Stopped half way up a hill of about 20 degrees, knocked her into first and slowly came off the clutch, but with no accelerator. Now it struggled, and I mean struggled (almost conking) to pull itself up the hill, lights dimming, and rattling. I know the clutch is knackered, but I want one of ye to confirm the results of my experiment! Assuming it wasn't done before, I take it 150k miles is a good longevity for a clutch?

Is it a diesel? If yes and it has a DPF you might notice knocking noises when coming off the gas, no brake, with clutch engaged. If the engine is conking it's not your clutch. Clutch would be noisy and possibly shuddery.

*Kol* · 18-10-2015 02:00PM

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

Alright, I'll keep going for the minute and see. Thanks for the input lads. Never had a clutch go on me before, hence the uncertainty!

I had a Golf years ago that started slipping about a month after I bought it. The clutch went in the vectra about 8 years ago which nearly broke me at the time!!

Noccy_Mondy · 18-10-2015 02:51PM

I'm fit to cry with this rugby......

YbFocus · 18-10-2015 02:53PM

So happy I couldn't care less about ball sports

Watching last week's btcc!

18-10-2015 03:03PM

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

I'm fit to cry with this rugby......

Heartbreaking

Skylinehead · 18-10-2015 03:05PM

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

I'm fit to cry with this rugby......

Bah, wrong sport. Bring on Bosnia!

Noccy_Mondy · 18-10-2015 04:35PM

Skylinehead wrote: »

Bah, wrong sport. Bring on Bosnia!

Na, either Rugby or GAA. I never had any time for soccer.

MugMugs · 18-10-2015 05:30PM

LIGHTNING wrote: »

Well I got German style metal plates for the TT. Everybody feel free to call me a tosser :pac:

Ever get any comeback from Audi after they did you a butbit of a disserviwith the TT?

GvidoR · 18-10-2015 06:36PM

Has anyone tried this (or something very similar)? Thinking of getting it.

$_12.JPG

5W30 · 18-10-2015 06:39PM

GvidoR wrote: »

Has anyone tried this (or something very similar)? Thinking of getting it.

Pointless. You will still need 2 people to do a proper job.

Better off getting a vacuum pump on Amazon with all the bits for brakes.

I have this: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00O9XEQU4?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00

You won't even need to press the brake pedal. Just unscrew the nipple, press the pump until clear brake fluid comes out and tighten the nipple. Remove the hose and put the fluid back into the brake reservoir.

You can also use it for fuel systems and stuff.

Big Nasty · 18-10-2015 06:47PM

Handy piece of kit that.

GvidoR · 18-10-2015 06:49PM

I don't like Amazon. Might get it off eBay though.

Hal1 · 18-10-2015 06:49PM

Gunson eezebleed can be got from halfords. It's a one man job as it uses the air from the spare.

Process:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lz8t6ZkVSQM

5W30 · 18-10-2015 06:55PM

GvidoR wrote: »

I don't like Amazon. Might get it off eBay though.

Amazon + Parcel Motel is the bomb :cool:

Hal1 · 18-10-2015 07:00PM

Road trip!

New russian proposed super motorway. london to newyork.

Noccy_Mondy · 18-10-2015 07:05PM

Hal1 wrote: »

Road trip!

New russian proposed super motorway. london to newyork.

I've seen that before, people were saying how the Russia/USA bit will never materialise though.

MetzgerMeister · 18-10-2015 07:39PM

First time I've seen this, an e92 M3 with an e60 M5 engine:

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Marty McFly · 18-10-2015 07:45PM

That would be cooler if the E92 hadn't been an m3.

MetzgerMeister · 18-10-2015 07:47PM

Marty McFly wrote: »

That would be cooler if the E92 hadn't been an m3.

Possibly has to do with the rest of the car being able to handle the power since it's an M car already and would have been cheaper than upgrading a non M car to be able to take and put down the power.

Marty McFly · 18-10-2015 07:53PM

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

Possibly has to do with the rest of the car being able to handle the power since it's an M car already and would have been cheaper than upgrading a non M car to be able to take and put down the power.

Yea I get that I'm sure it's a hell of a lot easier and cheaper to do.

Still very cool but if it had been a 320I it would have been a tiny bit cooler

MetzgerMeister · 18-10-2015 07:57PM

...and more than likely a non-runner :P

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