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General Car Chat / Re: Putting a pre-cat engine into a cat car - mot emissions test update

« on: 24 January 2018, 06:44:50 »

Just drop it in, and crack on, don't bother with all the faffing around, as long as it passes the not, why bother.

If I pretend it is a 1.8 but go in with a non-cat 2.0 under the hood there is every chance it might not pass.

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General Car Chat / Putting a pre-cat engine into a cat car - mot emissions test update

« on: 23 January 2018, 21:49:32 »

Got an old cavy with the 1.8 rice pudding skin non-puller in it. I'm wanting to change this over to a SRI 130 engine I got from a pre-cat model. I've read up on various sites about updating the car details with DVLA regarding emission testing but I'm still not clear on it.

From what I gather, I can change the engine over, tell DVLA that the car has this new engine, have to get a confirmation from VX using engine number that it is pre-cat, give this to DVLA and they will update their system so that when I go to MOT and they put car reg in it will say no cat test required. Has anyone any knowledge if this can be done like this?

I'm kind of half doing this because had all sorts of probs with emissions (car runs fine) but it just happened that this engine was the only one available in my area at the time, complete engine, box and loom with ECU, not to be sniffed at out of an SRI 130.

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General Car Chat / VX parts prices up due to VX takeover

« on: 23 January 2018, 21:23:22 »

Just been ordering parts from autovaux, parts that I'd been quoted for a couple of weeks ago, they told me the parts price had went up due to the VX takeover by Spewgeot! Beware if you are thinking of buying anything the price quoted might go up. Not be long till they start discontinuing all the old parts still available.

Glad I own a pre-spewgeot vx!

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General Discussion Area / Re: Responsibility of councils to fix potholes

« on: 23 January 2018, 10:40:44 »

Would say i'm paying well enough tax as it is 😄 other countries seem to provide proper public services with similar tax rates. Nearly 1/3 of my wages are gone on direct tax, that's before all taxes on food, fuel, insurance and the list goes on.

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General Discussion Area / Responsibility of councils to fix potholes

« on: 23 January 2018, 07:25:27 »

Our Local Council just doesn't seem to be repairing potholes and if they do it's about the worst possible repair you could imagine, and it's only the very worst ones they "fix". Been reporting them dor ages now and they seem to be getting worse. Seems they also have a penchant for retarring bits of roads that don't really need it.

I kniw there is some measurement that classifies a pothole, which i had heard was increased, so they could get away with deeper holes without repairing them, but there doesn't seem to be any standards they have to adhere to for road surface repair. I noticed now councils are using this really cheap way of resurfacing that involves sort of roughing up the old surface and laying this really thin layer on top, rather than removing old surface, relaying foundation and rollering a proper layer on top. Seems to lift off and break up after weeks. They done it on my folks road, there is tons of little stones and one of the workers actually admitted they let cars flatten it out rather than rolling it flat.

What if any are the standards councils must go by when maintaining roads?

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General Discussion Area / Re: Snowing in north Essex...

« on: 21 January 2018, 23:19:49 »

Had a pile of it up here in kilt land, well over a foot in some area, was on m74 friday night, hit black ice at about 70, me thinking oh they will have gritted it, nup, managed to gently let car slow down freewheeling so it never spun. Ended up in 20mph convoy of trucks, with the usual audi swooshing by as always, oblivious to the danger, couple of cars spun out and 18 wheeler jacked into barrier. Really sharpend up my snow driving skills the last couple of days!

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Omega General Help / Re: Exhaust removal back section what usually gives grief?

« on: 17 January 2018, 10:47:04 »

Cool thanks for advice, will check cat to centre section bolts for rot and give some penetrating fluid. Got a loan of a ramp to do job so want to make sure i dont end up with a problem while doing it.

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Omega General Help / Exhaust removal back section what usually gives grief?

« on: 17 January 2018, 07:30:05 »

Going to be changing rear centre sections and back box, just wondering what surprises i'm likely to experience when removing. Obviously not caring about join between back box and centre sections just when it gets to join to front of exhaust. Is the next part of exhaust the cats and studs likey to break?

Cheers

Andrew

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General Discussion Area / Re: Medium term garage roof fix

« on: 09 January 2018, 22:37:18 »

If you want a cheap repair then do what I have done by adding a layer of shed roofing felt to my front flat roof that actually lasted longer than intended or expected for over 5 years before it started leaking again. I've got to do a complete repair this year with new boards and will use a one piece rubber sheet which is then meant to last 40-50 years. 10m x 1m shed roofing costs £30 at my local hardware store along with £25 for 5L of felt adhesive along with a few £££ss for a couple of boxes of clout nails. I did the same shed roofing felt repair on my newer rear & garage flat roofs last year where the roofing felt had just cracked on the gutter side edge and it is still all fine and leak proof 18 months later.

I've found the paint on repairs don't last very long!

Is that the firestone stuff? My folks got that on their roof, seems a good long-term fix as the felt and corrugated stuff it had before lasted barely 10 years before leaking.

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General Discussion Area / Medium term garage roof fix

« on: 09 January 2018, 21:37:37 »

Hi All

Looking for some advice if any builders or roofers on here. I've got a garage (check me!) that has the standard tar felt flat roofing. trouble is it is really overdue for total renewal, and is leaking, but at the moment can't quite stretch to funds to totally repair. Was going to do it myself but going to be busy this year so have heard there is a type of covering/sheeting you can buy that you can put over the roof, I think it is the same thing they use for lorry curtains.

Does anyone know a good source for this or something similar I can put over roof for waterproofing until I get funds to buy material for new roof?

I also would like to add a layer or two of brick to the walls to raise the roof a bit as it is very low, or at least to put more of a run on it for drainage, so I would be a bit hesitant to just take all the old roofing off and not put some extra bricks on while it's all off.

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General Discussion Area / Re: Smart meters

« on: 09 January 2018, 21:29:57 »

Power companies are deceiving, they are sending letters saying we are coming to fit a smart meter, but you don't need it and are not obliged to get it fitted, and you certainly don't want to have one from what I have read about them. My power company texted me and said we have arranged to come fit a meter on said date, reply yes or no etc. I replied no. They then phoned me and asked me why. I said I din't want one, he said but you can get cheaper bills etc etc and it means guy doesn't need to come and read meter plus you can tell what you use most power on. Ok I already know what I use power on, I don't need someone to tell me a kettle uses a lot of juice.

I said well I can add my meter readings online, I don't care about the guy that comes out, not my concern. Plus I read most of the savings are 'dangle berries', that we are actually paying through our bills for the installation roll out, and they are not accurate at best.

Some interesting reading here:

http://stopsmartmeters.org.uk/

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Omega General Help / Re: Code 0150

« on: 09 January 2018, 20:37:11 »

Been out in the snow/ice?

A quid bets ten that the sensor is either missing or knackered...

New ones are less than a fiver and fitting takes less time than typing this post

Not really been out in snow or ice but roads were loaded with grit and I had been washing the underneath to clean the grit off. Strange how temp reading not working now either, coincidence?

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Omega General Help / Re: Code 0150

« on: 31 December 2017, 11:18:23 »

Also noticed my temp reading is showing that famous f__oC display. Either the water leak got into, or at least dampened, circuits, or something related to code perhaps? There was a wedge shaped slab of ice on passenger floor after heavy rain then froze. Car seems to be going downhill without me really doing anything lol. Lets hope i can get this all sorted in NY as im in total cant be bothered with anything right now mood!

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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: radio loses signal with heated rear screen on

« on: 22 December 2017, 11:14:15 »

Being an estate, the amplifier is probably buried in a soggy spot in a rear quarter 

It's a saloon

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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: radio loses signal with heated rear screen on

« on: 22 December 2017, 11:13:42 »

From personal experience I cant say I have noticed the electronics being a common cause, the few I have seen were either a loose ground connection or an element fault.

With the heated rear screen on, are all bar showing signs of heating/clearing and all to a similar level?

I think so but will double check