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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« on: 17 March 2023, 18:51:12 »
Cleaned and painted the front calipers on the V70. Anything is an improvement on rust!
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Omega General Help / Re: What does this pipe do?
« on: 11 March 2023, 11:07:54 »As far as Im aware its a Hard ABS Plastic Heat Resistant Pipe with a One Way Valve, the idea being it doesn't collapse like a Rubber Pipe could do under a high vacuum pressure. so needs to be replaced like for like rather than any old rubber pipe.Talking about swapping out the clear hose from the valve to the vac T
That would originally have been black rubber.
The main vac pipe from the plenum to booster is indeed a different animal and is heated, joined and crimped to the fittings. I seem to recall it being a plastic coated metal pipe. In theory you can buy all the parts and make a new one, but it's a bear to do.
No metal, just hard plastic. Tends to rub on the A/C pipe if someone has had the plenum off and doesn't put the spacer clip back in place.
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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« on: 07 March 2023, 17:30:16 »
Ordered new A/C condensor for the Volvo.
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General Car Chat / Re: M5
« on: 24 February 2023, 14:01:17 »* Nothing beats the M11 for boredom though. At least its short.
Try the M45
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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« on: 19 February 2023, 23:31:47 »
Put a second coat of paint on the rear calipers on the 530D, looks a lot better than the rusty look 
Friday I took the V70 to SOS where they did another 'sump dump' on the gearbox and refilled with fresh fluid, fitted the dipstick conversion (full size replacement for the stupid tiny 'technicians' version that you cant reach from above) and fitted new rear trailing arm bushes. Few more jobs to do on the car - condensor appears to have split and the rear discs have a fair lip on them now.
Also purchased a used genuine Volvo space saver spare wheel and jack kit, not happy to drive around in a car with no spare when it doesn't have runflats and don't see how a ten year old bottle of glue is much good....
Friday I took the V70 to SOS where they did another 'sump dump' on the gearbox and refilled with fresh fluid, fitted the dipstick conversion (full size replacement for the stupid tiny 'technicians' version that you cant reach from above) and fitted new rear trailing arm bushes. Few more jobs to do on the car - condensor appears to have split and the rear discs have a fair lip on them now.
Also purchased a used genuine Volvo space saver spare wheel and jack kit, not happy to drive around in a car with no spare when it doesn't have runflats and don't see how a ten year old bottle of glue is much good....
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Cars for Sale & wanted / Re: Late elite Wanted
« on: 15 February 2023, 22:00:49 »Think i'll keep both of mine then.How much is a 52 Elite 3.2 saloon worth these days?£3.5k apparently...
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Cars for Sale & wanted / Re: Late elite Wanted
« on: 15 February 2023, 21:16:05 »
How much is a 52 Elite 3.2 saloon worth these days?
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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« on: 08 February 2023, 17:52:50 »Booked the Alabama Mumsybus in for a couple of wheel bearings.
By the time I have wasted days getting replacement hubs and getting the bearings changed on them to make the actual job easier... (swapping hubs is an hour or so vs trying to dig the old bearings out on the drive), I concluded that I really CBA so it's going to a local indie for it.
This is the reality for a good percentage of jobs on cars these days for me, especially with limited daylight this time of the year, roll on the summer!
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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« on: 07 February 2023, 19:40:46 »I miss my 335d touring very much. It was immensely capable and surprisingly economical given the performance
I bet that didn't hang about!
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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« on: 06 February 2023, 22:42:22 »Oil and Filter on the Beemer and washed the black Omega as it was white with salt.
Does the F10 have a dipstick, or is it a ‘Warm engine up to running temperature, park on a flat surface, go to service menu, stand on one leg and whistle Dixie while the system checks the level. I have a dipstick tube under the engine cover (for suction) but no dipstick, just a short tube plug ……that looks like the end of a dipstick.
Yeh mine does (530D N57) it's not obvious until you look closely at the rear of the block, So I use both the dipstick and iDrive reading (iDrive tells you if sufficient level to start engine then displays level with engine running), I do tend to check the level after each trip for the first week after changing the oil to be confident.
The V70 has what Volvo call a 'technicians' dipstick right down at sump level which is accessed from below, you can get a standard one from Volvo which I believe the Police requested as the D4 and D5 engines suffer with the 'diesel in sump' DPF regen issue so the advice is not to fill the oil level to Max but 3/4. I 've got the kit here, just need to fit it before I do a service on it. I've read that Volvo re wrote the software so that the dash oil level shows as full when the level is 3/4.
This is what worries me about this system, I don’t really like it showing ‘Max’ just in case of diesel in sump issues. The bmw straight six diesel is a lovely engine, I’ve had quite a few myself, with most of them being coupes, from E92 330d/335d to F32 430d/435d. Cracking engine but my wife started to find the coupe quite low down to drive, but I loved them. Unless someone has driven one they won’t appreciate the sheer pull up to silly speeds.
Yes agreed, the torque is very impressive and coupled to the ZF 8 speed auto in the F10 it makes for a brilliant barge.
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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« on: 06 February 2023, 21:46:36 »Oil and Filter on the Beemer and washed the black Omega as it was white with salt.
Does the F10 have a dipstick, or is it a ‘Warm engine up to running temperature, park on a flat surface, go to service menu, stand on one leg and whistle Dixie while the system checks the level. I have a dipstick tube under the engine cover (for suction) but no dipstick, just a short tube plug ……that looks like the end of a dipstick.
Yeh mine does (530D N57) it's not obvious until you look closely at the rear of the block, So I use both the dipstick and iDrive reading (iDrive tells you if sufficient level to start engine then displays level with engine running), I do tend to check the level after each trip for the first week after changing the oil to be confident.
The V70 has what Volvo call a 'technicians' dipstick right down at sump level which is accessed from below, you can get a standard one from Volvo which I believe the Police requested as the D4 and D5 engines suffer with the 'diesel in sump' DPF regen issue so the advice is not to fill the oil level to Max but 3/4. I 've got the kit here, just need to fit it before I do a service on it. I've read that Volvo re wrote the software so that the dash oil level shows as full when the level is 3/4.
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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« on: 06 February 2023, 15:51:53 »
Oil and Filter on the Beemer and washed the black Omega as it was white with salt.
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Car Parts, bits For Sale & Wanted / Re: Wtd: FL plastic ashtray cover
« on: 04 February 2023, 17:28:06 »
Pretty sure I have somewhere.
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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: 52 reg elite drivers memory seat no worky
« on: 03 February 2023, 19:48:58 »
Sounds like the module itself to me.