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

« on: 19 January 2022, 18:38:21 »

Speaking of Renaults - I fitted the new turbo to mine today and reassembled everything.
Started it up and all good on that side of things. Running quite nicely - apart from oil pissing out high up on the cambelt end of the engine.
I suspect the cam seal has let go. Same thing happened a year ago when the original turbo died, and I replaced it with a second hand one.
If the turbo isnt spinning I assume the oil getting pumped to it doesnt drain very quickly and results in excessive oil pressure which causes the oil to find the weakest link so it can escape.
Its a complete PITFA.  :'(

what happens if you set light to the leaking oil 
worth a try 

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General Car Chat / Re: Rear Brakes Question

« on: 19 January 2022, 17:57:01 »

.....
The "park brake/handbrake" is also the "emergency brake" in the event of rapid brake fluid loss .
selecting P at 100 err I mean 70 won't end well for the gearbox 
 .....

so why wear it out using it when you don't need to 

Using it stops the cable (which is plastic lined) and mechanisms from seizing .
Also , in the event of someone crashing into the Omega while it's parked (which has happened to me many times  ) it puts less strain on the park pawl
Failure of the pawl could see 2 ton of Vauxhall's finest opel rust on it's merry way down the road

Dave, You have realised that I'm not being serious ... 

But someone else could read this thread 
it's on the internet 

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General Car Chat / Re: Brand new Corsa.

« on: 19 January 2022, 17:06:50 »

Like doorways and ceilings in 400 year old houses have grown in relationship with the contemporary person, so have cars grown to meet the new demands of us modern, larger, people

My ceilings are 10 foot high (1890 house) most are 8 foot or less these days
and new houses are shoeboxes

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General Car Chat / Re: Rear Brakes Question

« on: 19 January 2022, 15:48:23 »

.....
The "park brake/handbrake" is also the "emergency brake" in the event of rapid brake fluid loss .
selecting P at 100 err I mean 70 won't end well for the gearbox 
 .....

so why wear it out using it when you don't need to 

Using it stops the cable (which is plastic lined) and mechanisms from seizing .
Also , in the event of someone crashing into the Omega while it's parked (which has happened to me many times  ) it puts less strain on the park pawl
Failure of the pawl could see 2 ton of Vauxhall's finest opel rust on it's merry way down the road

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General Car Chat / Re: Rear Brakes Question

« on: 19 January 2022, 14:26:37 »

which raise the question of why you use it on an auto?   

The "park brake/handbrake" is also the "emergency brake" in the event of rapid brake fluid loss .
selecting P at 100 err I mean 70 won't end well for the gearbox 

My handbrake is 3 clicks ,TIS says 7 IIRC , I know why too ,but never had an issue at 3 clicks in 20+ years of Carltons and the Omega .

I'm a rebel   

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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: Post New Dis Pack Woes

« on: 18 January 2022, 19:52:37 »

So you don't actually know what caused it to come on in the first place

It really doesn't matter, probably just an old code that cleared with clean starts.

It's best to spend that 15 seconds READING the code right in front of you and know for sure IMHO
EML could pop on again at MOT ,costing time and retest fee or worse

Unless Lizzie is one of those types that closes her eyes as she exits the motorway ON slip road and hopes for the best 

Covid, EML's, you worry too much 

It's not my car ,so I'm not worried about Lizzie's EML 
And she's unlikely to be on the roads I use when she does break down 
I was just giving a little advice 
"fail to prepare... prepare to fail "
I'll get back in me Covid secure bunker 

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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: Post New Dis Pack Woes

« on: 18 January 2022, 18:11:48 »

So you don't actually know what caused it to come on in the first place

It really doesn't matter, probably just an old code that cleared with clean starts.

It's best to spend that 15 seconds READING the code right in front of you and know for sure IMHO
EML could pop on again at MOT ,costing time and retest fee or worse

Unless Lizzie is one of those types that closes her eyes as she exits the motorway ON slip road and hopes for the best 

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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: Post New Dis Pack Woes

« on: 17 January 2022, 16:53:12 »

Read the fault codes
you may have trapped a wire, pulled out a lambda or other electrical connection ,who knows (the ECU does  )

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General Discussion Area / Re: Mixed messages

« on: 16 January 2022, 21:17:28 »

Sorry DTB, I know it's not what you want to believe, but...

The show(er of shit) is over.

Which is nice and about bloody time 

We'll see 

Hope you're right 

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General Discussion Area / Re: Mixed messages

« on: 16 January 2022, 16:21:40 »

The numbers for the Omicron sniffle seem to be dropping now so hopefully we can soon get back to normal and DTB can come out of hiding.

"Numbers" are based on confirmed cases after a test
no one can get tests ,so numbers are down 

actual cases of people with covid are increasing

and I'm staying in my bunker for the foreseeable ,at least until the beer supply runs low 

How do you know if you can't test?

guestimates  based on  info from ONS ,ZOE etc
rather than basing levels on tests (which are in short supply) and many people don't bother to register the results anyway 
also people have returned to work and school so i imagine another increase in cases
(despite the "peak" of this wave being reported )

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General Discussion Area / Re: Mixed messages

« on: 16 January 2022, 15:26:34 »

The numbers for the Omicron sniffle seem to be dropping now so hopefully we can soon get back to normal and DTB can come out of hiding.

"Numbers" are based on confirmed cases after a test
no one can get tests ,so numbers are down 

actual cases of people with covid are increasing 

and I'm staying in my bunker for the foreseeable ,at least until the beer supply runs low 

 

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General Car Chat / Re: Oil thread !

« on: 16 January 2022, 14:37:29 »

Well its in the engine now so its job done. 
Just need my knackered spine and knee to ease off a bit and I can put the bits back on   in and set fire to  it up. 

FTFY 

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General Discussion Area / Re: Covid

« on: 16 January 2022, 14:30:20 »

,the Omicron strain is very spreadable .

Surprised they didn't call it Primula.  

at least primula can be left on the supermarket shelf 

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General Discussion Area / Re: Covid

« on: 16 January 2022, 12:21:47 »

I'm not surprised really ,the Omicron strain is very spreadable .
could well have been Delta last time and Omicron this time .

Some people are more susceptible to illness than others, you can reduce the risk in many ways ,Vitamin D supplements etc .   

Being a teacher surrounded by snotty nose, germ ridden kids  for 5 days a week can't help .

Whilst the current Vaccines do help reduce serious illness in the vaccinated, they don't stop the spread 

I hope science comes up with a real solution soon and the long term effects of exposure to repeated  variants of covid isn't serious ,there are already "long Covid" sufferers who will be a drain on resources indefinitely 

 I do hope no one gets seriously ill with the latest bout Uncle Stemo 

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General Discussion Area / Re: A slightly misty Brackley Dawn...

« on: 14 January 2022, 14:43:52 »

It's good to see that a few trees and hedgerows have started to grow back after the blast   
I expected more of a crater 

Great video TB ,that's an impressive toy