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General Car Chat / Re: My toy is getting expensive
« on: 17 December 2017, 10:02:49 »
Both of my estates used to eat tyres.
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General Car Chat / Re: Royale Coupe and MOT
« on: 16 December 2017, 14:55:54 »
Swapping the Royale over with the Senator for weekend duties. Senator used most weekdays-Royale weekends.
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General Car Chat / Re: More caravanists
« on: 16 December 2017, 08:45:43 »
I still love caravanning.
Parents did it whilst I was young.
Took it up again nearly 17 years ago-bought my first Omega to tow it. S155 JVV-2.5 auto GLS estate. Excellent tow car!
Replaced the 2.5 after about 8 years with a T reg 3.0 Elite estate-used it tow again.
Still towing but now use my Range Rover-very good but the Omega estates - especially the 2.5 was nearly as good.
Steve
Parents did it whilst I was young.
Took it up again nearly 17 years ago-bought my first Omega to tow it. S155 JVV-2.5 auto GLS estate. Excellent tow car!
Replaced the 2.5 after about 8 years with a T reg 3.0 Elite estate-used it tow again.
Still towing but now use my Range Rover-very good but the Omega estates - especially the 2.5 was nearly as good.
Steve
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General Car Chat / Re: Senator A2.
« on: 14 November 2017, 18:53:20 »
Going to cut back a little using the Senator over winter-will drop it to 2 days a week. Heating is not the best-think I've got air in the heater matrix-will fill the matrix via the long heater hose. Also since the first frost-petrol consumption has risen quite a bit. I'll use my Range Rover (18 years old) the other days or may use the Royale once or twice-but I don't like salty roads!
Pumped a fair bit of Dinotrol into the Royale's sills on the weekend-meant to do it when the weather was warmer-but I just enjoyed driving it!
Will also pump a bit into the Senators sills next weekend. I'll do it again in the summer when it gets warmer.
Steve
Pumped a fair bit of Dinotrol into the Royale's sills on the weekend-meant to do it when the weather was warmer-but I just enjoyed driving it!
Will also pump a bit into the Senators sills next weekend. I'll do it again in the summer when it gets warmer.
Steve
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General Car Chat / Re: Eurocarparts Offer
« on: 31 October 2017, 17:11:24 »
I bought a load a while back for the same amount-still have 3 left.
With carriage they must be making a loss.
Steev
With carriage they must be making a loss.
Steev
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General Car Chat / Re: Senator A2.
« on: 30 October 2017, 13:59:40 »
Still running ok-apart from starting when left an hour.
Now completed 2000 miles.
Only noticed the other morning that the side vents are illuminated.
Will have to upgrade headlight bulbs as pretty poor on dark mornings.
Will also pump a gallon Dinitrol in before too long.
Steve
Now completed 2000 miles.
Only noticed the other morning that the side vents are illuminated.
Will have to upgrade headlight bulbs as pretty poor on dark mornings.
Will also pump a gallon Dinitrol in before too long.
Steve
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General Car Chat / Re: Senator A2.
« on: 19 October 2017, 06:39:27 »
Had a quick look last night-but it was getting dark-resistance cold was correct but didn't have light or time to check when warming up-I'll do it on the weekend and keep the meter attached.
Started perfectly and ran as usual.
Will update on the weekend and many thanks for help.
Steve
Started perfectly and ran as usual.
Will update on the weekend and many thanks for help.
Steve
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General Car Chat / Re: Senator A2.
« on: 18 October 2017, 12:22:37 »
Thanks all!!!,
I will check the temp sensor tonight - if light when I get home.
It looks new-but with the quality of things today-could be kaput.
With regards to the injectors-I'll warm it up and leave it for an hou and pull the plugs-see if any vapour etc there. I have a good set of injectors spare from Keith (ABS) so if i can identify the leaky one(s) -I'll swap over.
Regards and many thanks again
Steve
I will check the temp sensor tonight - if light when I get home.
It looks new-but with the quality of things today-could be kaput.
With regards to the injectors-I'll warm it up and leave it for an hou and pull the plugs-see if any vapour etc there. I have a good set of injectors spare from Keith (ABS) so if i can identify the leaky one(s) -I'll swap over.
Regards and many thanks again
Steve
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General Car Chat / Re: Senator A2.
« on: 18 October 2017, 08:11:25 »
Morning all,
having a few problems with my Senator 1983 3.0E.
When cold it starts instantly. Will also start instantly if left up to an hour after driving. If it then cools down it takes a lot of churning to start it.
This morning from cold it took a lot of churning to start and then missed a bit and eventually cleared-decided to take my Range Rover to work instead.
Wondering if I've got leaky injectors or the temp sender for the injection could be dodgy (even though it looks new).
Will try and investigate further tonight.
Any advice greatly appreciated as I'd rather use this than my other cars for the daily grind-much more comfy!
Steve
having a few problems with my Senator 1983 3.0E.
When cold it starts instantly. Will also start instantly if left up to an hour after driving. If it then cools down it takes a lot of churning to start it.
This morning from cold it took a lot of churning to start and then missed a bit and eventually cleared-decided to take my Range Rover to work instead.
Wondering if I've got leaky injectors or the temp sender for the injection could be dodgy (even though it looks new).
Will try and investigate further tonight.
Any advice greatly appreciated as I'd rather use this than my other cars for the daily grind-much more comfy!
Steve
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General Car Chat / Re: Royale Coupe and MOT
« on: 17 September 2017, 14:29:57 »
Thanks Chris,
The Royale is a coupe.
Had a quick fiddle-but it was raining and I was trying to get the pump on-. Next weekend I'll get it up on the ramps in the garage and check the sender.
Cheers
Steve
The Royale is a coupe.
Had a quick fiddle-but it was raining and I was trying to get the pump on-. Next weekend I'll get it up on the ramps in the garage and check the sender.
Cheers
Steve
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General Car Chat / Re: Royale Coupe and MOT
« on: 17 September 2017, 14:15:19 »
The Royale has a later engine and box from a Monza-when I mention comfort, the Royale is far noisier-especially wind noise (seems to be from passenger window-will have a look!) and a little harsher on the suspension.
The Senator is muck quieter and has a far softer ride.
Performance wise-the Royale is quick-it may be the gearing-in 4th its doing 25mph per 1000rpm-I did read that some later Senators were near 30mph per 1000rpm-so shorter diff?
When I say quick -it's quicker than an Omega 3.0 I once had and quicker than a 2.8i Capri.
Senator is no slouch-but slower off the mark-although when kicking down you have to be careful around 40mph as it will drop into 1st.
Steve
The Senator is muck quieter and has a far softer ride.
Performance wise-the Royale is quick-it may be the gearing-in 4th its doing 25mph per 1000rpm-I did read that some later Senators were near 30mph per 1000rpm-so shorter diff?
When I say quick -it's quicker than an Omega 3.0 I once had and quicker than a 2.8i Capri.
Senator is no slouch-but slower off the mark-although when kicking down you have to be careful around 40mph as it will drop into 1st.
Steve
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General Car Chat / Re: Royale Coupe and MOT
« on: 16 September 2017, 11:31:58 »
Back up and running-was the pump-so maybe debris in the tank or a dodgy pump.
Nowhere near as refined as the Senator-but bloody fast!!
Steve
Nowhere near as refined as the Senator-but bloody fast!!
Steve
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General Car Chat / Re: Royale Coupe and MOT
« on: 10 September 2017, 12:04:57 »
Thanks Chris,
May have to take sender out eventually as the petrol gauge has stopped working-shorting out the lead gets it to max-so must be sender.
Will have a look for one of those filters.
Thanks again
Steve
May have to take sender out eventually as the petrol gauge has stopped working-shorting out the lead gets it to max-so must be sender.
Will have a look for one of those filters.
Thanks again
Steve
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General Car Chat / Re: Royale Coupe and MOT
« on: 10 September 2017, 09:31:20 »
New one should be here tomorrow.
I replaced the kaput one about 15 months ago-wonder if the end of the pickup with the gauze has dropped off.
Steve
I replaced the kaput one about 15 months ago-wonder if the end of the pickup with the gauze has dropped off.
Steve