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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« on: 11 August 2022, 17:01:10 »
Nothing....finally got Covid, sitting in front of a fan and waiting for it to bog off!
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Car Parts, bits For Sale & Wanted / Re: Expansion tank wanted.
« on: 18 July 2022, 14:08:36 »
Should brighten up the engine bay up a bit, which with all nasty pre owned junk that's being punted around on fleabay at stupid prices,there's no comparison. 
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Car Parts, bits For Sale & Wanted / Re: Expansion tank wanted.
« on: 18 July 2022, 11:14:29 »
Thanks for the original Autovaux tip off, but they emailed me just now, saying that they don't stock them anymore. So Rock Auto was the right choice in this case, and I think that if I get stuck again I think they are well worth a shot, bearing in mind that the Catera was a 3.0,and that may help a bit for my 3.0 MV6 for the odd part, but not a lot for my 3.2's. 
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Car Parts, bits For Sale & Wanted / Re: Expansion tank wanted.
« on: 17 July 2022, 19:33:53 »
Just to clear up the point on the price, they add UK VAT plus their own delivery charge making the bottom line a bit hefty 
But there's no point in chasing your backside here, for possibly a non existent part, life's to short 
But there's no point in chasing your backside here, for possibly a non existent part, life's to short
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Car Parts, bits For Sale & Wanted / Re: Expansion tank wanted.
« on: 17 July 2022, 17:04:39 »
Yes.....had AC Delco or another make copy. The AC Delco was knocking on the door of £100, so I cheaped out for the copy
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Car Parts, bits For Sale & Wanted / Re: Expansion tank wanted.
« on: 17 July 2022, 15:28:57 »
Search over, got one from Rock Auto, £53.00 plus VAT and delivery £91.00. and delivering on Thursday....better service than the stealers
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Car Parts, bits For Sale & Wanted / Re: Expansion tank wanted.
« on: 17 July 2022, 14:13:54 »
Thanks for the advice, I think that I looked at Autovaux, and they were showing out of stock at the moment. I might well look for a used one. Although that in itself may only be a short term option, new would really be the way to go. These cars are getting a bit of problem on some parts as the numbers diminish, it's not really a viable option to manufacture for the small market that would need them.
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Car Parts, bits For Sale & Wanted / Re: Expansion tank wanted.
« on: 08 July 2022, 14:08:32 »
Just checking....AutoVaux has new OE expansion tanks for £53, but no sensor fitment. So I guess when push comes to shove, then as long as the non sensor tank does its job, there's still the temp gauge to keep an eye on things OR just carry on with the old one and spend the money on Thatchers blood orange and sit in the garden and do nothing 
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Car Parts, bits For Sale & Wanted / Re: Expansion tank wanted.
« on: 08 July 2022, 12:01:47 »
To be honest, I only found the problem yesterday and after faffing around with the errant float, I sort of decided on replacing the tank. So hence the wanted post but without thinking about the fitting of a replacement tank. I'll have to look up the how to in the help section. So not sure about your query....but I'm sure that when I come across the problem...I'll break it! 
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Car Parts, bits For Sale & Wanted / Expansion tank wanted.
« on: 07 July 2022, 16:22:37 »
Had a game of pin the donut down with the float in the expansion tank, but no luck. So had a look on fleabay, and there are some new ones available in Germany but...£26.00 apiece and £34.00 postage, and that's a no from me! So has anybody got one kicking around and for sale? it's just that coolant level warning is getting on my wick 
TIA
TIA
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Meetings, gatherings, parties etc / Re: Would anyone be up for a meet in Lee-on-the-Solent
« on: 24 June 2022, 16:40:48 »
How about.....Simply Vauxhall at Beaulieu on the 16th of July, I went last year and took my VXR8, but will be taking one of the Omegas this time. Also quite a lot of Omegas were sprinkled around the show area, plus all marques of classic Vauxhalls.
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General Car Chat / Re: Year 2000 F/L 3.0 a question of identity.
« on: 23 June 2022, 17:07:03 »
Thanks Al, will dig out the ramps and take a peek
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General Car Chat / Re: Year 2000 F/L 3.0 a question of identity.
« on: 23 June 2022, 16:18:17 »
Thank you, she's coming up for a birthday shortly...wish I was only twenty two. So I should be able to disregard that the fact that there aren't real links with the PFL other than a few tweaks and it should be OK to order any big ticket items such as the compressor etc without the worry of hopefully not having to return the item to its country of origin if bought in error. I've dropped a couple of expensive bo***cks recently, and as spares are now getting pricey, I just need to pull my head out of my backside and concentrate more
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General Car Chat / Re: Year 2000 F/L 3.0 a question of identity.
« on: 23 June 2022, 15:43:01 »
Many thanks....reg X84 YGW, and chassis number WOLOVBF69Y1177005.
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General Car Chat / Year 2000 F/L 3.0 a question of identity.
« on: 23 June 2022, 12:31:50 »
As above....this is the cop car. registered 7/11/2000 easy enough. But I seem to be running into a bit of confusion when trying to get bits and pieces for it. For instance.... A/C compressors have a cut off date at 09/99,which for some reason the PFL and the F/L items must differ in some way, anyone got any ideas on that one, as there doesn't seem to be a reason to fix something that already works. 