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General Car Chat / Re: What a waste of time & money.
« on: 26 August 2022, 19:57:34 »
I'm not old and forgetful yet, so I can remember when to tax and mot my cars... And the sticker in the windscreen helps 
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General Discussion Area / Re: £6000 ave. energy bills
« on: 21 August 2022, 10:59:58 »
Stop your DD, submit a reading every month, pay that bill, any of your money they have as credit ask for it back.
Your money should be in your pocket not theirs.
All these sky high bills are speculation.
Your money should be in your pocket not theirs.
All these sky high bills are speculation.
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General Car Chat / Re: Cheap-ish windy gun
« on: 21 August 2022, 10:56:52 »I've got one that I use with a 4 ah battery. They are ok for whizzing wheel nuts off once cracked with a breaker bar, but they generally struggle with wheel nuts that have been on for a period of time (as we all know they always seen tighter on removal than when they were originally fitted)
However, I also have a Lidl Parkside 'Performance' 20v cordless impact wrench, which delivers a massive 1896nm of 'nut busting' torque, and I have yet to find any nut / bolt that it won't loosen virtually immediately. Heavier than the 400nm version, but a cracking piece of kit, with a 5 year warranty (Lidl are extremely good in honouring their warranties if ever needed). I waited for the Performance version to come into UK stores, but gave up after 12 months, and ordered one from Germany for approx £140 delivered.
Must be different internals, as the one on sale is the 20v version.
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General Car Chat / Cheap-ish windy gun
« on: 19 August 2022, 14:17:46 »
In the middle isle at Lidl,, 1/2" battery powered windy gun,, says 400nm,, for £69.99.
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General Car Chat / Re: Issues with the SAAB.
« on: 16 August 2022, 21:20:28 »What happens if you pop the old MAF back in?.
No difference.
It's like the tickover is set to low, drops to about 500, then rises to 600ish, continually hunting tickover,
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General Car Chat / Re: Issues with the SAAB.
« on: 16 August 2022, 15:27:19 »
It's 2.0t,,,, can't remember if that's Aircon on or off, we've done the spraying of carb cleaner about, couldn't find anything, might have to go, pull each pipe off and check each one... Do you have the Saab cartridge for your tech2..
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General Car Chat / Issues with the SAAB.
« on: 16 August 2022, 10:51:30 »
The Saab is being a pain, new cam chains fitted, timing is correct, compression is good, new plugs etc fitted, coil packs changed,.new atmosphere sensor,MAF changed, coil vapouriser changed..
It ticks over lumpy and slightly hunting, switch the Aircon on it ticks over fine.
Below are som photos from the scanner,
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It ticks over lumpy and slightly hunting, switch the Aircon on it ticks over fine.
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General Discussion Area / Re: Ball foot Girls
« on: 03 August 2022, 17:54:57 »
1 of the girls took her top off,and got told off.
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General Discussion Area / Ball foot Girls
« on: 03 August 2022, 17:15:04 »
Well, I'm very disappointed, that our Lord Opti, hasn't posted anything about the girls playing ball foot, as his take on the whole thing would have been excellent.
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Omega General Help / Re: Identification of plug & socket
« on: 27 July 2022, 18:38:39 »
Looks like air-con compressor plug,
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Omega General Help / Re: OIl leak and blue smoke
« on: 25 July 2022, 14:16:59 »Does it say on the receipt what oil was put in at oil change ?.
all the computers and motor factors say use 5w30 fully synthetic BUT
Omega owners here say 10w40 semi synthetic
in my experience with 100K mile vauxhalls of the era ,5w30 semi is too p155y .unless they have had good quality oil ,regular service etc .
5w30 will leak from seals, blow past rings ,leak through VSO seals, strip built up deposits from parts of the engine etc
I've had a 1.6 with stuck piston rings AFTER a garage did a flush and used 5w30 oil (to reduce emissions
I had to strip that engine ,clean everything and rebuild it
the high emissions proved to be an injector leaking once rebuilt ,and it passed MOT with virtually zero CO & HCs
You should check if the blue smoke is actually coming from OUT the exhaust as part of your initial investigation IMHO
Beg to differ. My last Omega had done 140k and I bought it with 50k on and only ever used full fat 5/30, my previous was also on 5/30, no issues.
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General Car Chat / Re: Tracking build and delivery of new car.
« on: 23 July 2022, 12:12:44 »
Order a new Truck...Up to 2 year wait,and they cannot guarantee that.
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Newbie Welcome Area / Re: Newbie From Wigan
« on: 22 July 2022, 21:52:04 »
Ooo... Nice. And super rare wheels, look after them,and mind pot holes they bend.
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General Discussion Area / Re: Covid - a nice little earner.
« on: 15 July 2022, 09:23:00 »Didn't the EU bring in a law about working more than xx hours a week?Working Time Directive i believe it was called. Totally impractible in loads of employment scenarios. Also, think that the UK got a stay of a few years before they had to impliment it.
But if happy to do so, and you get what you want from it, be that finacial or something else, why not?
WTD doesn't exist in road haulage, were controlled by drivers hours regs. I can do 60hrs every week, without exceeding my driving hours.
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Car Parts, bits For Sale & Wanted / Re: Expansion tank wanted.
« on: 15 July 2022, 09:11:38 »
I've got a non sensor tank if you want it 