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[dave the builder]

Finished fitting the BARC* to Mrs Builders estate 
all working and looks like a second tow electric socket now I mounted it in a black plastic cover (to give it some weather protection and hide it)
Got a cheap ebay tat arm rest/center console to fit ,but that can wait til tomorrow .

BARC* =bucket avoidance rear camera 

just need to grow some skin back now on my thumb  now

[Nick W]

Finished fitting the BARC* to Mrs Builders estate 
all working and looks like a second tow electric socket now I mounted it in a black plastic cover (to give it some weather protection and hide it)
Got a cheap ebay tat arm rest/center console to fit ,but that can wait til tomorrow .

BARC* =bucket avoidance rear camera 

Have you seen the ones that fit instead of the number plate lights?


LINK

[dave the builder]

Finished fitting the BARC* to Mrs Builders estate 
all working and looks like a second tow electric socket now I mounted it in a black plastic cover (to give it some weather protection and hide it)
Got a cheap ebay tat arm rest/center console to fit ,but that can wait til tomorrow .

BARC* =bucket avoidance rear camera 

Have you seen the ones that fit instead of the number plate lights?


LINK

I'd not seen them ,but it's an estate,so would not fit according to the listing and the camera angle looks fixed (says hatchback only)
but  interesting to know about for future projects 

[nellys coupe]

i visited my local salvage yard got me an auto diming mirrior and rain sensor and started to replace and rusty nuts and bolts and got to light to make foot well lights.

[Viral_Jim]

Moved the burger van to a new site, arrived to a strong smell of diesel and a decent puddle under the car.   

 Investigation showed it was coming from the diesel return pipe for nr 4 injector and pi**ing down the back of the block. All four injector wells were full. I didn't hold out much hope on Saturday afternoon but surprisingly Halfords came to my rescue!

All stripped down, fixed and put back together in about 90mins at a cost of £5.70. Good result 

[biggriffin]

 New crank sensor fitted, (real one) and changed the oil n filter,,,, was 87miles over the 10k, I was worried as it was over the 10k, but I lived to tell the tale,..

[TheBoy]

Racking my brains if I've actually driven the pussy this year, other than shuffling around the drive.

Took it for a spin yesterday, just a 25 mile cruise to give it a short run.

[Doctor Gollum]

Topped up the oil on the Trolley... It's used about a third of a litre since October and reckons it's due a service in 1,100 miles...

All in all not bad considering it is a couple of weeks shy of 180k miles

[Sir Tigger KC]

Fitted a new (to me) interior blower fan to the V70 as it didn't work when I picked it up. 

As usual the in youtube video they did it in about 10 minutes, but in reality it was as fiddly as hell and took a couple of hours. 

At least I'll have nice warm toasty feet now! 

[Shackeng]

New crank sensor fitted, (real one) and changed the oil n filter,,,, was 87miles over the 10k, I was worried as it was over the 10k, but I lived to tell the tale,..

Seems high mileage between changes, given the price of TC oil.

[STEMO]

New crank sensor fitted, (real one) and changed the oil n filter,,,, was 87miles over the 10k, I was worried as it was over the 10k, but I lived to tell the tale,..

Seems high mileage between changes, given the price of TC oil.

My astras get it once a year, that's around 17,000 miles on mine.

[Nick W]

New crank sensor fitted, (real one) and changed the oil n filter,,,, was 87miles over the 10k, I was worried as it was over the 10k, but I lived to tell the tale,..

Seems high mileage between changes, given the price of TC oil.

It's still expensive when you change it unnecessarily. The 3-4k oil change suggested here is utterly pointless on a petrol engine, especially when using high quality(or even low quality) semi-synthetic oil. An annual 10k(ish) change makes perfect sense to me.

[Shackeng]

New crank sensor fitted, (real one) and changed the oil n filter,,,, was 87miles over the 10k, I was worried as it was over the 10k, but I lived to tell the tale,..

Seems high mileage between changes, given the price of TC oil.

It's still expensive when you change it unnecessarily. The 3-4k oil change suggested here is utterly pointless on a petrol engine, especially when using high quality(or even low quality) semi-synthetic oil. An annual 10k(ish) change makes perfect sense to me.

Each to his own.

[biggriffin]

New crank sensor fitted, (real one) and changed the oil n filter,,,, was 87miles over the 10k, I was worried as it was over the 10k, but I lived to tell the tale,..

Seems high mileage between changes, given the price of TC oil.

It's still expensive when you change it unnecessarily. The 3-4k oil change suggested here is utterly pointless on a petrol engine, especially when using high quality(or even low quality) semi-synthetic oil. An annual 10k(ish) change makes perfect sense to me.

Each to his own.

Have used 10k, every year, on every omega, never had problems, only use 5w30, and it's normally bulk bought, so as nickw says not a problem.

[TheBoy]

New crank sensor fitted, (real one) and changed the oil n filter,,,, was 87miles over the 10k, I was worried as it was over the 10k, but I lived to tell the tale,..

Seems high mileage between changes, given the price of TC oil.

It's still expensive when you change it unnecessarily. The 3-4k oil change suggested here is utterly pointless on a petrol engine, especially when using high quality(or even low quality) semi-synthetic oil. An annual 10k(ish) change makes perfect sense to me.

Thing is, I know that (as of about 7 or 8 years ago) no oil for car engines lasts more than 7k, and that degradation starts immediately.

So to me it makes absolute sense to change it around 5k as a decent compromise between (the negligible, on an Omega) cost and taking the oil to the point where its lubrication properties are diminished.

On a petrol, I generally take this at the point it changes from clear to treacle brown.


Obviously with tractors, 6k is ambitious for anything, not due to the oil degradation, but the abrasive particles trapped in the oil.



But it's everyones individual choice.