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***** Motors chat - round 12 *****

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    #302
    marathon
    Registered Users Posts: 399 ✭✭marathon


    Have 05 Citroen berlingo 1.9 battery keeps going dead so put new battery in it n it doing same only battery light comes on nothing else would it be loose connection or is it alternator???


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    #303
    Noccy_Mondy
    Registered Users Posts: 6,845 ✭✭✭Noccy_Mondy


    Ron Burgundy II wrote:
    I got a bit of good news today, waiting almost 5 months for an outcome but finally received a settlement for damage caused to the car due to hitting a pothole.


    Ditto, got settlement the other day for a burst tyre. Took 2 months but the key is in completing the initial claim form right, you need to have all your ducks in a row when tackling the Co co.

    What's even stranger is the stretch of road that I burst the tyre was never repaired, it's worse than ever now... Despite me giving exact coordinates of it.


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    #304
    punisher5112
    Registered Users Posts: 24,647 ✭✭✭✭punisher5112


    marathon wrote: »
    Have 05 Citroen berlingo 1.9 battery keeps going dead so put new battery in it n it doing same only battery light comes on nothing else would it be loose connection or is it alternator???

    Most likely alternator.

    Get a multimeter and put it on when running the voltage should be around 14v maybe 13v.


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    #305
    Dartz
    Registered Users Posts: 4,369 ✭✭✭Dartz


    Augeo wrote: »
    You bought a scrap engine and it's in the boot of your car?

    And it's deep in there too.

    Anyone who says a rotary engine is light never had to manhandle one.


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    #306
    James Bond Junior
    Registered Users Posts: 5,130 ✭✭✭James Bond Junior


    Dartz wrote: »
    And it's deep in there too.

    Anyone who says a rotary engine is light never had to manhandle one.

    So it's now technically rear engined?
























    I'll see myself out.


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    #307
    Dartz
    Registered Users Posts: 4,369 ✭✭✭Dartz


    James Bond Junior wrote: »
    So it's now technically rear engined?

    It's a boirrowed car with an engine rattling in the boot until I figure out how to remove it. It's turned the handling utterly shocking rocking back and forth, lurching on the sump and otherwise making it's weight felt.

    I'm sort of aware that iuf I stuff it I'll have 120kg of solid metal escaping through the back seats at 140kph too.

    Wheee!

    Best not crash then.


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    #308
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 17,728 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    MetzgerMeister wrote: »
    You can reduce the harsh look of that by polishing it but there seems to be paint removed so it won't polish out completely.

    Not to mention the dent / panel damage


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    #309
    MetzgerMeister
    Registered Users Posts: 19,854 ✭✭✭✭MetzgerMeister


    Augeo wrote: »
    Not to mention the dent / panel damage

    True but I was talking about the paint alone ;)


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    #310
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 17,728 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    MetzgerMeister wrote: »
    True but I was talking about the paint alone ;)

    No doubt ;)


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    #311
    Ron Burgundy II
    Registered Users Posts: 920 ✭✭✭Ron Burgundy II


    Noccy_Mondy wrote: »
    Ditto, got settlement the other day for a burst tyre. Took 2 months but the key is in completing the initial claim form right, you need to have all your ducks in a row when tackling the Co co.

    What's even stranger is the stretch of road that I burst the tyre was never repaired, it's worse than ever now... Despite me giving exact coordinates of it.

    I rang on a few occasions to find out the status of the claim. It was bounced around a number of departments before finally been settled.


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    #312
    CIP4
    Registered Users Posts: 4,655 ✭✭✭CIP4


    Got my insurance renewal sorted during the week a year older, extra year NCD and €500 cheaper I’ll count that as a win first time under 1k not bad when I am still 23. A4 must have a lower loading than previous cars for it to be that much cheaper.


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    #313
    punisher5112
    Registered Users Posts: 24,647 ✭✭✭✭punisher5112


    CIP4 wrote: »
    Got my insurance renewal sorted during the week a year older, extra year NCD and €500 cheaper I’ll count that as a win first time under 1k not bad when I am still 23. A4 must have a lower loading than previous cars for it to be that much cheaper.

    Wow that's a really good deal.


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    #314
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users Posts: 73,387 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    I just got overtaken in the Burren by Ronan Keating in his MacLaren. Think it’s his anyway? R8NAN


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    #315
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users Posts: 73,387 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    I think he could buy 10 and still have money left over.


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    #316
    Duke O Smiley
    Registered Users Posts: 12,074 ✭✭✭✭Duke O Smiley


    OSI wrote: »
    Ronan Keating can afford a McLaren?

    Ah shur its only a 650S


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    #317
    bazz26
    Registered Users Posts: 51,144 ✭✭✭✭bazz26


    Fair Play....


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    #318
    punisher5112
    Registered Users Posts: 24,647 ✭✭✭✭punisher5112


    Need more decent cars here I'm sick of looking at poverty spec sh1tboxes


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    #319
    CIP4
    Registered Users Posts: 4,655 ✭✭✭CIP4


    punisher5112 wrote: »
    Wow that's a really good deal.

    Moving from liberty to Aviva so all the same comprehensive cover, windscreen, breakdown assist all that.


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    #320
    James Bond Junior
    Registered Users Posts: 5,130 ✭✭✭James Bond Junior


    bazz26 wrote: »
    Fair Play....

    Very sharp!


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    #321
    davycc
    Registered Users Posts: 9,019 ✭✭✭davycc


    colm_mcm wrote: »
    I just got overtaken in the Burren by Ronan Keating in his MacLaren. Think it’s his anyway? R8NAN

    The shame, you should have dropped the civic down to second gear and let the vtec roar!

    Goodbye mr McLaren!


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    #322
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users Posts: 73,387 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    He was well able to drive it!


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    #323
    marathon
    Registered Users Posts: 399 ✭✭marathon


    Anyone got diagram of how fan belt goes on 05citroen berlingo van took it off n never took photo


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    #324
    Hal1
    Registered Users Posts: 8,720 ✭✭✭Hal1


    Does anyone know how to remove the cyclinder head temp sensor from a ford focus mk1, thanks!. I've been struggle to release it for the past half hour, the cúnting hoor of a yolk.


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    #325
    Cantona's Collars
    Registered Users Posts: 33,709 ✭✭✭✭Cantona's Collars


    Why do some people think that just because it's not the M50 that they can treat a motorway like an N road. Not for the first time,I passed cyclists on the M11 Gorey Bypass. Madness.
    The craziest thing I saw on the same road was two motorcyclists stopped on the hard shoulder having a cuppa.
    I used to work on motorways once upon a time and unless you have to,the hard shoulder is not a place to be.


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    #326
    punisher5112
    Registered Users Posts: 24,647 ✭✭✭✭punisher5112


    Cantona's Collars wrote: »
    Why do some people think that just because it's not the M50 that they can treat a motorway like an N road. Not for the first time,I passed cyclists on the M11 Gorey Bypass. Madness.
    The craziest thing I saw on the same road was two motorcyclists stopped on the hard shoulder having a cuppa.
    I used to work on motorways once upon a time and unless you have to,the hard shoulder is not a place to be.

    Been on the side of any road is a dangerous place.

    Whether it's n or m I rather keep away.

    There not too long ago had a blow out on a brand new Tyre and I was off far from the main section over in a service bay on the m50 and the wind and body shake on the car from those passing by is unreal.

    Not the 1st time but it's a feeling one would never get use too.

    It's such a dangerous place to be.


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    #327
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 17,728 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    I'm in a petrol jeep renegade the last few weeks, presumed it was 1.6 initially..... it's actually a 1.4 multiair.

    Amazing the difference between it and the other modern small cc turbo petrol I drove 18 months ago....


    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=102386916&postcount=2940

    The Astra was what you'd expect a turbo to be in years gone by....the multiair is more refined, more linear in the power delivery. In the renegade though it's impressive if you think it's a 1.6 nasp....it's a bit meh when you discover it's a 140bhp turbo.


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    #328
    Duff
    Registered Users Posts: 5,538 ✭✭✭Duff


    Anyone know how much I should be paying to get some codes cleared off the car? I've fixed the issues just need the codes cleared. Cars and e60 M Sport.


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    #329
    OldMrBrennan83
    Closed Accounts Posts: 26,658 ✭✭✭✭OldMrBrennan83


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    #330
    Noccy_Mondy
    Registered Users Posts: 6,845 ✭✭✭Noccy_Mondy


    Duff wrote:
    Anyone know how much I should be paying to get some codes cleared off the car? I've fixed the issues just need the codes cleared. Cars and e60 M Sport.


    Varies, seen a mates receipt for work done to his car, with diagnostics down at 20. Have heard of places charging 50 just to connect the computer. If you know anyone that has the software they might do it for handy enough money, the fella I go to never charges for it.


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    #331
    Toyotafanboi
    Registered Users Posts: 12,917 ✭✭✭✭Toyotafanboi


    Generally the codes will clear themselves after a certain number of drive cycles without the issue returning.


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