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General Car Chat / Re: Proper Motor

« on: 20 September 2019, 21:21:03 »

Draining it to change coolant bottle. That's keen

Though changing the coolant can never bee too regular, for reasons stated in the past

I had 10L of stuff in garage, so thought why not, besides it was easier/cleaner.

That said, the problem is worse. 

I think the temp new cap (eBay junk) did not form best seal, hence seeing coolant there. New bottle and cap (Vauxhall sourced) it holds pressure better. But I'm seeing an increase in coolant consumption, I'm also seeing a return of miss-fire on start up which is much worse that before and takes a while to clear before it runs well.

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General Car Chat / Re: Decided to keep the Tata... for now

« on: 20 September 2019, 12:34:09 »

I've decided against. Went out with doggie yesterday afternoon and found that, for the conditions available to me, my astra has sufficient power. It gets along the road quite well and, although an extra 40bhp sounds appealing, where would I use it? 

Same with our Tourer, it has more than enough power given cameras/traffic etc.

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Omega General Help / Re: Coolant leak

« on: 19 September 2019, 19:58:24 »

New coolant bottle did not solve the problem 

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General Car Chat / Re: Decided to keep the Tata... for now

« on: 19 September 2019, 14:03:02 »

Surprised a 3rd party tool is allowed write access to such a critical component as engine map, you would have thought Jag would have locked that down for you average DIY'er 

Remappers get around this easily enough.

True, but in a garage full of tech, not home DIY tool.

I'm a bit sceptical of these maps to be honest.

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General Car Chat / Re: Decided to keep the Tata... for now

« on: 19 September 2019, 13:58:28 »

Surprised a 3rd party tool is allowed write access to such a critical component as engine map, you would have thought Jag would have locked that down for you average DIY'er 

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General Car Chat / Re: Decided to keep the Tata... for now

« on: 19 September 2019, 13:31:38 »

Dr Opti,

I have some magic beans here. £500, but you can have them for £250 cash. 


Seriously though, how did you apply the map if it was emailed? Not sure a 5.0 Supercharged V8, with 0-60 if 4s needs more power. 

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General Car Chat / Re: Proper Motor

« on: 19 September 2019, 12:54:50 »

Yes and I fitted it last night, at around 10PM due to other commitments. 

Fitted, filled it up with cap off. Ran it up to engine temp and made sure stat opened. (top right rad pipe hot) - Burped the system to clear any air leaks, it dropped a bit when stat opened.

Topped it up again this morning before work, however on arriving at work, the level had dropped again.  - I hope it's just settling, as I did drain coolant via the rad tap when emptying the system.

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Omega General Help / Re: And again - I think I may have killed it this time..

« on: 19 September 2019, 11:14:08 »

My mistake, though due to suspension pressures that area could not be cut/weld.

Like you suggest, I suspect sills are rotten, mine were starting to get bad before sorted.

It's only a shock absorber mounting point so a repair is viable

 

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General Car Chat / Re: Proper Motor

« on: 17 September 2019, 19:52:38 »

Yours is/was one of the tidiest I've seen, though I suspect a few years of low priority has allowed rust to creep in.

As the body is tidy, worth jacking it up and making sure the underside is as good as can be expected, and catching the problem early.

I shall post some pictures, after I’ve cleaned it though, it’s still completely rust free exterior bodywork wise. 

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General Car Chat / Re: car insurance

« on: 17 September 2019, 07:34:42 »

I had AA about four years ago, then they just quoted a stupid renewal figure. i inquired why the hike but didn,t get a satisfactory reply and they also refused to lower the quote to a reasonable amount, so i moved on. Now i get e-mails offering competitive quotes.

I’m expecting same from Admiral!

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Omega General Help / Re: And again - I think I may have killed it this time..

« on: 16 September 2019, 22:49:17 »

My mistake, though due to suspension pressures that area could not be cut/weld.

Like you suggest, I suspect sills are rotten, mine were starting to get bad before sorted.

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General Discussion Area / Re: north south divide

« on: 16 September 2019, 22:38:39 »

Closest I’ve been is Harrogate, loved that area.

That's the posh & expensive part of Yarkshire 

Thought so, we have expensive tastes. 

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General Discussion Area / Re: north south divide

« on: 16 September 2019, 22:34:18 »

Closest I’ve been is Harrogate, loved that area.

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General Discussion Area / Re: north south divide

« on: 16 September 2019, 22:29:13 »

Can't say that I have 

We did strongly look at move up north to Leeds or surrounding areas, due to the type of property we could get. Was not quite for us in the end.

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Omega General Help / Re: And again - I think I may have killed it this time..

« on: 16 September 2019, 22:19:35 »

Recall you can't simply plasma cut this out and weld new sections in, due to being key area for suspension.

Depends how badly it's gone through?