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Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: JamesV6CDX on 16 May 2013, 22:45:57
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I bought one of these as a cost saving run around a few weeks ago. Well what a hoot! It's great to drive, holds the road well, comfy, always starts first time, good gearchange, and is incredibly punchy!!
Very little turbo lag, and an easy 55+mpg everywhere I go *
* As long as I keep off the turbo a little, which I'm struggling to do if I'm honest!!
Today I did a few jobs. I replaced a rear quater panel (not a bad job) and changed the fuel filter.
I filled the new filter full of diesel, to aid starting. reconnected the fuel lines.
Do you think the blasted thing would go again? Not for love nor money. self bleeding my backside..
Thankfully.... easy start was my friend!! Ran it on the stuff for a short time, when it decided to run off it's own steam!
Quality car :y
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Thankfully.... easy start was my friend!! Ran it on the stuff for a short time, when it decided to run off it's own steam!
Quality car :y
A very foolish thing to do....very foolish indeed! :y
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Thankfully.... easy start was my friend!! Ran it on the stuff for a short time, when it decided to run off it's own steam!
Quality car :y
A very foolish thing to do....very foolish indeed! :y
Yes. You should have used a squirt or two of that well known Australian fuel additive. The one called 'Start Yer bastard'. ;D ;D ;)
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Ether does a lot of damage to engines, it has no lube properties, ignites very early in the compression stroke and puts extreme pressure on the rings, rods and pistons.
It is truely the spray of the devil....
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Ether does a lot of damage to engines, it has no lube properties, ignites very early in the compression stroke and puts extreme pressure on the rings, rods and pistons.
It is truely the spray of the devil....
Wondered why it blew the head off my old CZ175 ::) now i know :'(
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Thanks for the tip Mark - it's genuinely something I've not used before and I wasn't sure entirely of its drawbacks.
That said, it's a 10 year old fiesta, I figured a few sprays of the stuff into the inlet wouldn't kill it as a one off :y
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Thanks for the tip Mark - it's genuinely something I've not used before and I wasn't sure entirely of its drawbacks.
That said, it's a 10 year old fiesta, I figured a few sprays of the stuff into the inlet wouldn't kill it as a one off :y
Oh it easily could as a one off, particularly oe a weak engins such as that (its far from being a robust agricultural power plant).
I have seen it used on a petrol mower and it took ten minutes to find the cylinder head in the hedge
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Ether does a lot of damage to engines, it has no lube properties, ignites very early in the compression stroke and puts extreme pressure on the rings, rods and pistons.
It is truely the spray of the devil....
Wondered why it blew the head off my old CZ175 ::) now i know :'(
You rode some exotic machinery in your youth, Mr Emd. ::) ::) ::) ;)
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Ether does a lot of damage to engines, it has no lube properties, ignites very early in the compression stroke and puts extreme pressure on the rings, rods and pistons.
It is truely the spray of the devil....
Wondered why it blew the head off my old CZ175 ::) now i know :'(
You rode some exotic machinery in your youth, Mr Emd. ::) ::) ::) ;)
It was a field bike Mr Optic ::) After many hours rebuilding it with care and attention it wouldnt start kickstarting for hours >:( a squirt of stat you barstad blew the head off >:(
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Let me guess....You where only supposed to blow the bloody doors off!!!!
::)
Hat and coat please.....
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Ether does a lot of damage to engines, it has no lube properties, ignites very early in the compression stroke and puts extreme pressure on the rings, rods and pistons.
It is truely the spray of the devil....
Wondered why it blew the head off my old CZ175 ::) now i know :'(
You rode some exotic machinery in your youth, Mr Emd. ::) ::) ::) ;)
It was a field bike Mr Optic ::) After many hours rebuilding it with care and attention it wouldnt start kickstarting for hours >:( a squirt of stat you barstad blew the head off >:(
I once owned the 'posh' alternative to the CZ......an MZ 250 2 stroke single. :y ;)
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Ether does a lot of damage to engines, it has no lube properties, ignites very early in the compression stroke and puts extreme pressure on the rings, rods and pistons.
It is truely the spray of the devil....
Wondered why it blew the head off my old CZ175 ::) now i know :'(
You rode some exotic machinery in your youth, Mr Emd. ::) ::) ::) ;)
It was a field bike Mr Optic ::) After many hours rebuilding it with care and attention it wouldnt start kickstarting for hours >:( a squirt of stat you barstad blew the head off >:(
I once owned the 'posh' alternative to the CZ......an MZ 250 2 stroke single. :y ;)
You rode the elite version then ::) ;D Boy did they billow out smoke !
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My mate had an MZ50 and it was the fastest 50cc bike around, it even beat the Fizzies!! :y
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Ether does a lot of damage to engines, it has no lube properties, ignites very early in the compression stroke and puts extreme pressure on the rings, rods and pistons.
It is truely the spray of the devil....
My Merc has never been the same since a 'mechanic' tried to get it to go with easy start.... :'(
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Ether does a lot of damage to engines, it has no lube properties, ignites very early in the compression stroke and puts extreme pressure on the rings, rods and pistons.
It is truely the spray of the devil....
Wondered why it blew the head off my old CZ175 ::) now i know :'(
You rode some exotic machinery in your youth, Mr Emd. ::) ::) ::) ;)
It was a field bike Mr Optic ::) After many hours rebuilding it with care and attention it wouldnt start kickstarting for hours >:( a squirt of stat you barstad blew the head off >:(
I once owned the 'posh' alternative to the CZ......an MZ 250 2 stroke single. :y ;)
You rode the elite version then ::) ;D Boy did they billow out smoke !
Yes, and unfortunately it didn't make the girls 'wet with sexual need' ;D ;)
That all changed when I bought my Yamaha RD250. I became a Beckhamesque 'babe magnet' overnight. ;)....Honest. ::) ::) ;)
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Vacuum pump on return hose to filter does the trick, esp on later tdci's, theres an electronic cut off on the return line, no fuel no go.
not so good news on the easy start, but you live and learn :y
Whats happened to the Jag? Please dont tell me easy start?