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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« on: 18 January 2026, 12:15:21 »
Saving that job for later. 
Will use white ones.
Will use white ones.
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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« on: 18 January 2026, 11:00:56 »
Fitted a set of Halfords wheel trims to the C1.
Thats enough for one day.
Thats enough for one day.
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General Car Chat / Re: Vauxhall 1.3 cdti problems.
« on: 17 January 2026, 14:31:29 »
Thanks Henry, if he wants to bring it over to me again I will give that a try.
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General Car Chat / Re: Vauxhall 1.3 cdti problems.
« on: 16 January 2026, 23:22:44 »
I told him to give it a good thrash in a lower gear for a few miles on the motorway, which he did but that hasnt solved the problem.
I think he has owned it about 6 months now.
I think he has owned it about 6 months now.
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General Car Chat / Re: Vauxhall 1.3 cdti problems.
« on: 16 January 2026, 18:33:13 »
He does a fair amount of motorway type driving in it.
Dont know about servicing as he has only had it a few months.
I would like to get some clues for him as he uses his local friendly garage and I have the distinct impression that they rip him off as he knows nothing about engines.
Plus, he is alone in my family of in laws as being the only one I would piss on if he was on fire, as somehow he has turned out to be a half decent bloke.
Dont know about servicing as he has only had it a few months.
I would like to get some clues for him as he uses his local friendly garage and I have the distinct impression that they rip him off as he knows nothing about engines.
Plus, he is alone in my family of in laws as being the only one I would piss on if he was on fire, as somehow he has turned out to be a half decent bloke.
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General Car Chat / Vauxhall 1.3 cdti problems.
« on: 16 January 2026, 17:13:57 »
BIL has recently bought a 2018 combo van fitted with the above engine which is giving problems.
Performance is a bit sluggish and light on the dash (EML presumably) comes on and off randomly.
He brought it over to me yesterday and I plugged my Autel reader into it, and it gave three codes.
P0235. turbo boost sensor A circuit.
P0069. Manifold absolute pressure barometric pressure correlation.
P0235. ( pending) turbo boost sensor A circuit high.
Other than sticking a £15 ebay boost sensor on it and hoping for the best, Im a bit clueless as to where to start with this.
Anyone got any better thoughts ?
Tia.
Performance is a bit sluggish and light on the dash (EML presumably) comes on and off randomly.
He brought it over to me yesterday and I plugged my Autel reader into it, and it gave three codes.
P0235. turbo boost sensor A circuit.
P0069. Manifold absolute pressure barometric pressure correlation.
P0235. ( pending) turbo boost sensor A circuit high.
Other than sticking a £15 ebay boost sensor on it and hoping for the best, Im a bit clueless as to where to start with this.
Anyone got any better thoughts ?
Tia.
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Omega General Help / Re: Drivers side cyl head
« on: 16 January 2026, 09:41:40 »
Well done. Must be a bit rare these days.
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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« on: 15 January 2026, 00:07:37 »
No, that was just for fitting tyres I had already purchased. 
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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« on: 14 January 2026, 18:29:10 »
Took the C1 for MOT. It passed with a couple of minor advisories.
Had to pay £40 to have ap air of tyres fitted though.
I begrudge paying it, but my knees cant handle DIY anymore.
Had to pay £40 to have ap air of tyres fitted though.
I begrudge paying it, but my knees cant handle DIY anymore.
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General Discussion Area / Re: What has P*ssed you off today?
« on: 13 January 2026, 18:03:46 »
Change jobs.
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General Discussion Area / Re: What has P*ssed you off today?
« on: 13 January 2026, 12:47:12 »
If like me you use trains approx. once a decade, then they are a novelty rather than a cause of annoyance.
As for buses - Im entitled to travel on them free now, but I still avoid them like the plague.
Used one in Romford nearly a year ago and was reminded why I hadnt been on one in over 40 years.
If the good Lord had intended us to use Buses, he wouldnt have invented Driving Licences.
As for buses - Im entitled to travel on them free now, but I still avoid them like the plague.
Used one in Romford nearly a year ago and was reminded why I hadnt been on one in over 40 years.
If the good Lord had intended us to use Buses, he wouldnt have invented Driving Licences.
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Omega General Help / Re: Thermostat transfir pipe
« on: 13 January 2026, 12:42:49 »
The link to the stainless pipe is very useful as they are difficult to source these days.
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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« on: 11 January 2026, 14:08:53 »
Because you then suddenly hear the sound of your own voice and realise you dont sound even remotely like the lead singer of the band you were listening to.
Not that I have any experience of that type of thing.
Not that I have any experience of that type of thing.
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Omega General Help / Re: Thermostat transfir pipe
« on: 10 January 2026, 17:12:15 »Which begs the question - why do we go to all that trouble and replace the Stat with housing as a matter of course ?
Annoyingly I'd already removed the transfer pipe to do it when I tested mine.
Maybe the pipe still has to be separated from the housing to allow the housing to be turned over far enough to remove and insert the new Stat ?
My memory is so fuzzy !
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Omega General Help / Re: Thermostat transfir pipe
« on: 10 January 2026, 17:09:37 »
Usual issue though, ime, is lazy Stat resulting in engine struggling to get up to temperature, which doesnt help empeegee figures.