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

« on: 17 May 2025, 09:01:25 »

He's put the Volvo back up. It's tidy, but the high mileage bothered me a bit

I've got the same car,mines done 230k and still going strong

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General Car Chat / Re: Adhesive

« on: 01 May 2025, 13:27:06 »

Looking at my new to me Mondeo grill earlier, I realised that the monkey that removed it from the donor car simply cut through the plastic tabs that secure the grill along the bottom.   

I'll try to secure it with some self tappers, but if that's not possible I thought I'd glue it in place.

Any recommendations for a suitable adhesive that will withstand heat, cold, wet and vibrations?     

Sticks Like Shit sounds good! 

Where did you buy it from?

Screwfix

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General Car Chat / Re: Cylinder Head Question.

« on: 24 April 2025, 21:59:04 »

It can't be skimmed. The issue is that no one knows what is an acceptable amount of distortion.

As I understand it, the reason it can't be skimmed is that the head is triangular with the timing cover attached to the block, head and cam covers so any deviation has the potential to make it impossible to reassemble and seal.

They will take quite a few thou, they won't have been made to that level of accuracy in the factory and the gaskets and sealant would take up the delta.

If you can provide the engineering drawings to confirm the factory tolerances then happy days.

Unlike you, I have spent enough years in engineering design to know dam well that the parts on that engine will not be machined to a tolerance that would not tolerate a fraction of a millimetre mismatch. If you were to add up the tolerance of all the mating items they will easily be closer to the 0.5mm level.

As Mark says,any head can stand a 7 or 8 thou skim,let's be honest  here,a new head basically scraps the car when added to the parts list and the new head casting is probably bare so more work/ parts being needed

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General Car Chat / Re: Galaxy TDCi Engine malfunction - P244C DPF related

« on: 10 April 2025, 23:11:15 »

That injector is very prone to clogging, hence the low exhaust temps, I'd be looking there first

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General Car Chat / Re: BYD EV claimed charge time

« on: 22 March 2025, 16:33:01 »

I drove most of the BYD range at the last British motor show expecting them to be shite, surprisingly  they were much better than I expected them to be both in build quality and on the road.how long they'll last is anyone's gues

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General Discussion Area / Re: Dead Person

« on: 20 March 2025, 18:37:45 »

Eddie Jordan 76, prostate cancer.

Sad,took him quite quickly

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General Discussion Area / Re: Dead Person

« on: 03 March 2025, 18:13:14 »

Shoot the wife fair enough , but the poor dog ?

It's a love thing, you just know your dog would never be happy without you.

But your wife might be

Yes, but it goes without saying, she's already shot. 

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General Discussion Area / Re: Dead Person

« on: 03 March 2025, 15:04:44 »

Shoot the wife fair enough , but the poor dog ?

It's a love thing, you just know your dog would never be happy without you.

But your wife might be

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General Discussion Area / Re: Licence renewal...

« on: 03 March 2025, 14:53:25 »

Just renewed mine at 65 and have kept the 7.5t till I'm 70 then it'll be a medical to keep it longer

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

« on: 20 February 2025, 21:50:08 »

They fill the Aneurysum with tiny little Platinum coils, and then maybe fit a stent to bypass it as well. 

Whatever they do I hope all goes well for you Albs

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General Car Chat / Re: Charger for Mrs Opti's planet-saving milk float

« on: 20 February 2025, 21:48:24 »

So Opti, what flavour milk float is coming your way ?

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

« on: 17 February 2025, 22:17:06 »

Mines a 2008 series 2 R5 5 cylinder, feels like it would pull a house down! Heaven knows what a chipped 5.0 V10 model would be like😱😱😱

Yours is 174 bhp, mine has a few more ponies added(210 ish) but still not as quick as the V6 version.
The V10 has massive torque but not that big a bhp, still fun though and sounds great

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General Discussion Area / Re: What has P*ssed you off today?

« on: 17 February 2025, 21:55:15 »

Boiler has decided not to give us hot water...lukewarm at best. Heating is fine....

Sticky 3 way valve?

Is that an easy fix

First of all, there is a lever on the side normally, so you can lock it to HW (it defaults to CH when not energised).  Initially try watching it with just a call for hot water, and see if the lever moves.  If it doesn't, manually lock the lever in the HW position to test - that should force the heat towards the hot water tank, rather than radiators.

Essentially, that valve will direct heated water from the boiler to either the rads, the hot water cylinder, or both, depending on current and requested temps.

Obviously, don't rule out faulty tank stats or settings.


I'm making an assumption that your boiler is original, and hasn't been replaced with a combi


I'f you're stuck, gimme a bell.

Its a combi, mate.....a Baxi

Probably the diverter valve or maybe just it's diaphragm, we've replaced ours a couple of times over the last 10 or so years

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General Discussion Area / Re: Dead Person

« on: 17 February 2025, 21:51:14 »

Sorry for your loss Ronny

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

« on: 17 February 2025, 21:45:37 »

To be honest I e never been a fan of that type of vehicle but I’m really enjoying it😀

Ours was bought as a caravan tug, it's one of the few with 3.5 T towing ability although it doesn't do a lot of that nowadays