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General Car Chat / Re: Wet belts

« on: 20 April 2024, 14:03:12 »

Does the Ecoboom last long enough to actually require a new belt?

Any mileage in retrofitting a 1.0 pinto in it's place

Or just avoiding the ecoboom in the first place.

That's the one


What the hell is a 1.0l Pinto? And don't forget, the normal 1.6 or 2.0l Pintos are long, tall and heavy when compared to similar capacity 4 cylinder engines. Not to mention expensive now that the cars they came in are well over thirty years old.

Wasn't that the original 1.0/1.1/1.3 Fester lump

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Omega General Help / Re: AR35 / Autobox Sensor

« on: 20 April 2024, 12:01:31 »

Same as the oil level sensor?

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Omega General Help / Re: After Cruise control no throttle response

« on: 20 April 2024, 12:00:40 »

There's your answer then.

You'll need the ECU, (2.6 or 3.2 will work fine, but it will need to be told it's not an auto), plus the chip from the key and the transponder ring. Ideally also the car pass from the donor car.

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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?

« on: 20 April 2024, 10:56:43 »

Yes they are, thanks for comment, engine and garage floor absolutely dry. Hope smell dissappear step by step.

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General Car Chat / Re: Wet belts

« on: 20 April 2024, 10:34:54 »

Does the Ecoboom last long enough to actually require a new belt?

Any mileage in retrofitting a 1.0 pinto in it's place

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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?

« on: 20 April 2024, 10:32:54 »

Are the half moon seals correctly seated at the back of each head?

If not they can allow oil to literally pour onto the gearbox and exhaust.

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General Discussion Area / Re: Democratic European free speech

« on: 19 April 2024, 23:59:22 »

I doubt it very much they seem to be invincible

I did say 'should'

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General Discussion Area / Re: Democratic European free speech

« on: 19 April 2024, 21:20:59 »

Shit like that should be enough to tarnish the SNP out of existence.

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Omega General Help / Re: After Cruise control no throttle response

« on: 19 April 2024, 21:17:54 »

Any fault codes?

Could well be a tuning issue.

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Omega General Help / Re: Brakes

« on: 19 April 2024, 21:16:30 »

There's a picture in the guides/faq highlighting the difference between vented and non vented.

Yours should be non vented so pins should be freely available.

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General Car Chat / Re: Cadilac Catera 3.0 V6 is it worth to buy for fun or collection ?

« on: 19 April 2024, 21:10:17 »

Just because something was previously changed,. doesn't mean that a) it's not faulty or b) not correctly fitted.

Fuel filter may not have made a difference, but I would wager that it was overdue.

The gear selector issue is yet another, separate, issue rather than part of everything else.

Have you replaced the MAF yet?

Have you reseated the cluster yet?

Also what other parts have been replaced recently?

Get the codes read, either with the pedal trick or an actual code reader and report back.

Crank sensor produces the rpm signal.

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General Car Chat / Re: Front suspension mk 7 golf

« on: 19 April 2024, 21:01:20 »

Camber, toe, height?

As for the dealer quoting for all those parts, only an idiot would replace factory original shocks on an older used car with some miles on it without replacing all those bits.

Springs can be subjective, but it's not a new, low mileage car.

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General Car Chat / Re: Front suspension mk 7 golf

« on: 18 April 2024, 13:37:53 »

I did quite a bit of research last night. No adjustment on stock suspension for camber but you might get a tiny amount from the holes where top of strut mounts.

Could be some damaged suspension component but most likely a bent part of shock absorber. I watched an excellent how to video on changing front shocks. Definitely beyond my current capabilities. I was really impressed by their attention to detail. Cleaning bolt and nut heads before undoing and applying spray copper grease afterwards. Never seen that product but I still have my tub and tube from probably the seventies . I wish every mechanic paid that much attention to detail. Obviously everyone on here does!

In the summer , I will cast around for a garage to do the job. In the meantime I will do some research on which shocks to use. I won’t go OEM. Might go Bilstein B4 but don’t want a lumpy ride. What is on now are original fitment on 125k miles so are perhaps giving a lumpy ride ie jarring when you go over a sleeping policeman. I guess any would be an improvement …… Any recommendations?

OEM are almost certainly Bilstien on that...
Same struts as the Leon/Altea/Octavia.

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General Discussion Area / Re: Democratic European free speech

« on: 18 April 2024, 04:30:31 »

Last online two months ago, which is very unlike her. 

Hence the question

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General Car Chat / Re: Arrival of new Vehicle.

« on: 18 April 2024, 04:28:01 »

The Insignificant engine is a pita as the filter is at the back right-hand corner of the engine and officially requires a special funnel to get the oil to drain cleanly when the filter is removed... It's almost a subframe out job*. Sucking the oil out doesn't correct the stupid design.

It's not quite that bad, but the filter cap is buried in the depths of Narnia.