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

« on: 23 March 2024, 22:04:49 »

The back boundary is a ridge line, the patios terace down to the house with a 4' retaining wall across the back with a flower bed across the front of each level and steps, then finally there's a soak away outside the back door which seems to drain out under the the drive  Hopefully it will all soak away...

Apparently I am paying the water bill in July

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Cars for Sale & wanted / Re: 2.6 Elite Estate for Spares or Repair!

« on: 23 March 2024, 20:39:35 »

Apologies re inbox.

I’ve just done my occasional eBay browse, and seen this car advertised at £1500, rather than the
£275 I asked for it.

It’s still there is anyone is interested - RK53 ZWT.

Nothing to do with me, just an observation.

At £275 I got  / offered a bargain… £1500 for a scrapper (that’s all it’s good for without significant work) is just ridiculous.

Apparently it has a fresh MoT so scrapper might be a bit judgemental.

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General Car Chat / Re: Arrival of new Vehicle.

« on: 23 March 2024, 20:31:25 »

....
 You won't miss the heated steering wheel if you grew up with ice on the inside of the windows like I did.
 ....

I like the heated steering wheel on my ML despite having grown up with ice on the inside of my bedroom windows 

even had an outside toilet till I was 7 

A toilet? You must be posh

Heated steering wheel is one of those things you wonder how you ever managed without... so much easier than trying to warm your fingers on the heated mirror.

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General Car Chat / Re: C1 (The skate) serious misfire.

« on: 23 March 2024, 20:29:34 »

Havent checked code yet, but I expect cylinder 3 misfire, because it always is. Even when I swapped spark plug, injector and stick coil  from 1 to 3.
A mechanic on another forum said that he has found that cylinder related codes on these should be taken with a pinch of salt, and can be a red herring.
Think its the last one on the rail but will need to check.
Im now also wondering if it could be a sign of fuel pump starting to fail. Not sure how to diagnose for sure though.

By the time you have removed it to test, you may as well put a new one in 

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

« on: 23 March 2024, 20:28:02 »

Just how much mess pressure washing the patios made

In my limited defence, they haven't had much more than an annual scrub since we had them built 22 years ago

That said, they look like new and I can honestly say that I am glad I went with a pressure washer with a water cooled motor... Three hours almost non stop without so much as a splutter

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General Car Chat / Re: C1 (The skate) serious misfire.

« on: 23 March 2024, 15:49:27 »

Run the tank dry/drain and refill with Vpower. And replace the injectors...

Is the latest code still for cylinder 3 and is that by chance the first cylinder on the fuel rail

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General Car Chat / Re: C1 (The skate) serious misfire.

« on: 23 March 2024, 14:46:03 »

Fuel would sit on top of any water and the pump should pick up from the bottom of the tank. Is the tank pressurised (positively or negatively) to the extent that there's an audible noise when you undo the cap?

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General Discussion Area / Re: Consumer rights after warranty has expired

« on: 23 March 2024, 14:42:53 »

Best do that then ;)a

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

« on: 23 March 2024, 12:51:23 »

And MoTd for another year. Which is nice.

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General Car Chat / Re: Arrival of new Vehicle.

« on: 23 March 2024, 12:50:30 »

Noice

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General Discussion Area / Re: Consumer rights after warranty has expired

« on: 23 March 2024, 12:17:42 »

They will probably blame you for that, they will say that you were putting the screen under stress by opening it and closing it by lifting it and lowering it with the same corner each time.

Is it just the one side?

Yep....but I always open and close from the centre. There is a small flap to get my fingers under.

I can see why that had a certain appeal

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Omega General Help / Re: Micksgarage and cheap wishbones

« on: 23 March 2024, 00:10:44 »

If you're happy with how it rides and don't really use the car then  it's upto you, but equally, if you do change them then you will notice the difference. You have to remove the front springs if you change the front shocks anyway so it's only really the extra cost of the parts... Likewise the rears will practically fall out once the shocks are removed.

If it were mine I would do them if only for piece of mind, but you might get another 20-30k out of the springs/shocks as they are.

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Omega General Help / Re: Problems with LTFT on LPG

« on: 22 March 2024, 20:41:36 »

Have you checked the plugs yet

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Omega General Help / Re: Head gasket?

« on: 22 March 2024, 20:40:32 »

MarkDTM did explain how/why it fails without mixing oil. Something to do with where the oil and coolant galleries are in the engine. It's one of the few engines where it will run indefinitely as long as you keep it topped up with water.

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

« on: 22 March 2024, 18:43:30 »

If you see the state of the filter in the video, it's a wonder the car ran so well

MoT is just a partial retest so will be a formality