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General Car Chat / Weird lambda fault

« on: 28 March 2015, 11:35:13 »

Wifeys Fiesta is due it's MOT so did the cursory checks and found high level brake light and number plate bulbs gone, removed them to go the local factors and the EML lit up, scanned it and got a code for lambda sensor!! bulbs replaced and now the lights out???  Car is driving fine

HTF are these linked , some voltage change or summat 

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General Car Chat / RS2000 4x4, I'm gutted

« on: 02 March 2015, 23:05:04 »

Gutted, I used to work with a guy who had a mint early RS2000 Escort 4x4 which I wanted really badly, he's just got in touch to say he's decided to sell through lack of time to use it and offered me it for a ridiculously low number. I'm getting married this year and all funds are tied up    There can't be more than 20 of this model left, maybe less

http://www.powerflex.co.uk/resize_image.php?image=escort_rs2000.jpg&h=200

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General Car Chat / £150 elite!

« on: 28 February 2015, 08:01:24 »

prob a breaker but worth buying for parts, it's in Sutton in ashfield

http://retrorides.proboards.com/thread/176287/vauxhall-omega-saloon-sutton-ashfield

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General Car Chat / Mondeo tdci help

« on: 07 February 2015, 07:01:37 »

I picked this up as a breaker but to be honest it seems to be in very good shape considering the miles and has had a shed load spent on it, new DMF and timing chain kit. I've only heard it run briefly due to being ill but the seller said it has full power, egr is clean and works fine,injectors have been tested and turbo is all good. I'm going to start with checking all air pipes for splits and after that maybe look  at the timing but any other suggestions welcome. The cat is worth £120 so I can't lose on it 

Diesels are a dark art to me

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ford-mondeo-Ghia-54-plate-2000-tdci-/291364823451?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2047675.l2557&nma=true&si=wENKgBqfpxS4yGVRJ9CMAE%252Bos0M%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc

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Omega General Help / finding air leak on a diesel

« on: 06 February 2015, 16:15:24 »

I'm familiar with the old carb spray trick on petrol's to find an air leak but does the same work on a diesel ?

126

General Car Chat / 206 clicking with no key !

« on: 31 January 2015, 12:36:18 »

Sorry not a mig but: Father in law just rang and reports his 206 has cut out and there is a loud clicking noise from the underbonnet fusebox, even with the key removed?

Im guessing it's a relay but anyone heard of this before?

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General Car Chat / Feeling brave? broken Phaeton

« on: 26 January 2015, 21:00:42 »

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2005-VOLKSWAGEN-PHAETON-3-0-TDI-4-MOTION-AUTO-SPARES-OR-REPAIR-/191492630910?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item2c95d9a97e

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General Car Chat / I want this Mig badly

« on: 22 January 2015, 12:01:29 »

Wifey says it will use too much fuel though ! MIG 29 Fulcrum retired from service in 2007. Sorry if the pic is huge

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General Discussion Area / Off to Krakow

« on: 19 January 2015, 19:07:10 »

The big 40 is on it's way so me and wifey are off here tomorrow for a few days, obligatory tour of Auschwitz is on the cards and not really looking forward to it but feels like the right thing to do  :-\but also spotted a decent looking air museum full of MIG's. Anyone been? have reccomendations for stuff to do? Very cheap beer/vodka 

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Omega General Help / Another ABS ecu question

« on: 12 January 2015, 20:10:18 »

Been trying to help out a guy whos fried his ecu on his  2.5 manual V6, previous info here stated it had to be a V6 manual replacement ABS ecu as I already had one from a 4 pot. Will one from a 2.6 manual do the job? or will the DBW difference cause an issue

131

General Discussion Area / ebay global shipping farce

« on: 12 January 2015, 20:07:22 »

I sold a grille a while ago and the postage address was somewhere in Derby so off it went as normal, few weeks later I get an email from a pissed off Swedish guy wondering where his grille is.....I hadn't heard of the "global shipping programme" which all users were automatically opted into which allows buyers anywhere to buy from sellers that don't ship beyond the UK .

Cue the amount of shite you can expect when dealing with the tossers that run ebay. Guy was very patient and we ended up having a good laugh over it and today he eventually received a replacement grille from me at no cost to him but I thought it best to make people aware of the possible pitfall     

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General Car Chat / Citroen XM , call the nurse pls

« on: 10 January 2015, 15:02:15 »

Always had a soft spot for these wacky barges, spotted a 2.1 td near me and thinking of swapping the saab for it .... must be having a psychotic episode

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General Discussion Area / That other moment..

« on: 06 January 2015, 15:57:57 »

You know....when the dog starts staring worryingly into the corner of the room....then you spot a moth the size of a frickin bird....then you try and trap it(the moth) ...then the b-stard starts dancin on your face....then you scream like a girl... no? must just be me then!

I don't mind insects but this thing was from another world

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Car Parts, bits For Sale & Wanted / Cd alloys and tyres F/S, merseyside

« on: 03 January 2015, 13:32:00 »

Got 2 CD alloys with matched Prima 225/55/16 tyres on approx 4.5-5 ml tread each. £20 each

Another 2 alloys with reasonable tread as well if anyone needs some, 1 x CD and 1 x CDX

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General Discussion Area / epic manflu

« on: 31 December 2014, 20:18:03 »

Started on 24th and i'm still in bit's , throat, sinuses and chest infected, muscle pains and no energy:( Must be a new super strain or summat so be warned chaps

I've tried killing it with scotch which proved innefective, hoping cognac might have more impact tonight. Please pray for my recovery