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General Car Chat / Re: R50 Bini

« on: Today at 16:44:14 »

Well, the low speed fan kicks in on demand and runs when the relay is bypassed, so that's all dandy.

Nothing happens when you bypass the high speed fan at the engine fuse box, so I guess that's toast.

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General Car Chat / Re: R50 Bini

« on: Today at 11:09:48 »

Phew, it's a '55 plate

MoT history suggests that CVs done, suspension feels fine, car tracks true.

Showed no sign of overheating on the way home although I bought it knowing the fans weren't working. It's had a thermostat, but I will start with the fans and give the cooling system a decent going through in due course.

WOut of curiosity, what coolant should it have in it?

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General Car Chat / Re: R50 Bini

« on: Today at 01:13:39 »

You didn't really expect any positive reviews from this lot did you Al? 

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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?

« on: Yesterday at 22:26:04 »

Went to look at and bought a temporary car pending fixing the S Class properly.

Working MK1 facelift Bini Cooper with almost 6 months MoT.

Needs a few bits addressing, but actually drives quite well for what it is.

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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?

« on: Yesterday at 22:18:02 »

Thanks Viral_Jim and for Stemo I want to inform that we have hot days almost every Summer.  Now it does not look very promising...

That's more than we have! 

Technically, two sunny days justified the addition of an 's' at the end of day.

To have more sunny days than the two we get, Finland only needs three days. 

That said, far enough north and the Midsummer month  may as well be a single day.

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General Car Chat / Re: R50 Bini

« on: Yesterday at 22:14:14 »

Well, considering the £400 entry price, first impressions are positive.

Actually as described, which itself is a bonus, and surprisingly tidy to drive. Obviously it weighs half as much as the S Class and has a third of the power but at 45+mpg, it will pay for itself in about a  fortnight. Which is nice.

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General Discussion Area / Re: Alzheimer's disease

« on: Yesterday at 11:48:21 »

I am rubbish with names, flying with different people everyday doesn't help matters

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General Discussion Area / Re: Auroras this weekend?

« on: Yesterday at 11:46:28 »

Will keep an eye out on the way to/from San Diego 

Although when I tried filming the Aurora Borialis, the video didn't pick it up over the glare from the wingtip markers. Got some decent stills though

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General Car Chat / Re: R50 Bini

« on: 09 May 2024, 16:32:54 »

The Prince engine is a PSA BMW blob.

The earlier petrols had a Tritec engine developed with Chrysler

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General Car Chat / Re: R50 Bini

« on: 09 May 2024, 14:40:05 »

French engine

Petrol? Thought that was just the Toybota diesel...

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General Car Chat / R50 Bini

« on: 09 May 2024, 12:02:25 »

How easy are they to overheat and how is the cooling fan switched?

Looking at a potential temporary runabout and they seem to be a reasonable balance between affordable and available.

Only looking at facelift cars because I like the idea of being able to drive to work and already have one knackered gearbox 

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General Discussion Area / Re: Head In Sand

« on: 07 May 2024, 05:32:39 »

Because apparently shooting them is somewhat unreasonable and therefore frowned upon...

Who knew

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Omega Gallery / Re: Omega2.5 DTI project

« on: 06 May 2024, 20:54:24 »

Isn't it a ZF box on the straight 6 diseasal

The non 24v TD had an AR25.

Did they BMWfy it then

Mind you, no wonder they go bang if you turn the boost up...

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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?

« on: 06 May 2024, 20:50:53 »

Car has previous form for gearbox speed sensor discrepancies as well but they weren't significant enough to be a priority... Live and learn.

Autobox speed discrepancies - usually gives a P0730 Incorrect Ratio - needs to be fixed immediately, due to the catastrophic wear it causes...

Apparently so :'(

The box hasn't gone bang to the point where it is making any noise but for it to slip and fall to shift, even intermittently, there's obviously enough debris in the hydraulic circuits to prevent the fluid getting to where it's supposed to.

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General Discussion Area / Re: Word Association.

« on: 06 May 2024, 17:35:37 »

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