***Motors Chat Thread Round 3***

166man

dgt wrote: »

@ Cian, best of luck

So I checked my mpg, 41mpg. Not too bad considering I was stuck in traffic for an hour this morning what roadworks are they doing near the north quays again?

Arrived at the car at half 5 to find a pool of oil on the ground under it. Marvellous! I'll check the turbo later, as that's where the leak is coming from. Either a loose union or the clips on the return pipe aren't tight enough. I knew last nights oil change, foglight fix and heater fan swap were too handy :rolleyes:

And I almost got sideswiped on the M3 earlier. By some fat c*nt in a red Suzuki Cultus (00 one) doing, wait for it... Reading a f*cking book on an I-pad :rolleyes:

Do all us a favour, I hope you either crash into a garda car or do some serious damage to yourself, you absolute waste of space :mad:

Yes, I'm seriously pissed after seeing that...

Jesus, it's those moments when you'd really love to be a Guard and just pull them over..

I hope you did the appropriate action, as in overtake them pull back in front of 'em, drop a few gears in the D-Turbo and give it the beans? Sending years worth of black soot into their windscreen and front of their Suzuki C**t?






:pac:

dgt

166man wrote: »

Jesus, it's those moments when you'd really love to be a Guard and just pull them over..

I hope you did the appropriate action, as in overtake them pull back in front of 'em, drop a few gears in the D-Turbo and give it the beans? Sending years worth of black soot into their windscreen and front of their Suzuki C**t?






:pac:

Nah lad, them days are put on hold for now, this yoke doesn't smoke.... So I kept going on my merry way and thought I'd share with everyone here

Plus it was pissing oil everywhere, the car is up on ramps cooling, I' m not sticking my hand to a red hot turbo.... :pac:

challengemaster

dgt wrote: »

I' m not sticking my hand to a red hot turbo.... :pac:

Ah go on. Take a video, it'll be a youtube hit! :pac:

166man

dgt wrote: »

Nah lad, them days are put on hold for now, this yoke doesn't smoke.... So I kept going on my merry way and thought I'd share with everyone here

Plus it was pissing oil everywhere, the car is up on ramps cooling, I' m not sticking my hand to a red hot turbo.... :pac:

But........................but...................with no smoke there's no poke........:o

dgt

challengemaster wrote: »

Ah go on. Take a video, it'll be a youtube hit! :pac:

Didn't have to! Was the bung, didn't use a new washer. Silly me eh I'm so getting rid of that aluminium sump next oil change, good ol steel sumps! :cool:

166man wrote: »

But........................but...................with no smoke there's no poke........:o

That much is evident with this thing!!! :pac:

pred racer

Back in horse eating land (no not Ireland ) i have 2 clios parked outside the door and both of them are now missing a dim bulb, guess Ill have to change one.

Edit: got a new headlight unit for der alfa delivered during the week, even with the best access in the world (its on the kitchen table) and a great view, I still cant figure out how to get the headlight bulb in

renofan

Best of luck Cian, can be nerve wracking but it'll be over before you know it.

I'm just back from the NCT with my wife's Focus. Passed so am well happy! Jan '05 1.4 with 251k kms and all original parts so can't complain. Emissions were feck all too

Stheno

pred racer wrote: »

Edit: got a new headlight unit for der alfa delivered during the week, even with the best access in the world (its on the kitchen table) and a great view, I still cant figure out how to get the headlight bulb in

Did you RTFM?

dgt

Damnit it's still sh*tein' out oil through the bung :mad::mad::mad:

I really should have put ptfe on it, alas it wasn't leaking before and the other car didn't leak a drop. Well, not through the sump bung anyway :rolleyes:

Stheno

dgt wrote: »

Damnit it's still sh*tein' out oil through the bung :mad::mad::mad:

I really should have put ptfe on it, alas it wasn't leaking before and the other car didn't leak a drop. Well, not through the sump bung anyway :rolleyes:

Back to the seicento?

Finished my latest college assignment, I've another due Saturday now :rolleyes:

dgt

Stheno wrote: »

Back to the seicento?

Finished my latest college assignment, I've another due Saturday now :rolleyes:

Sadly, no. The Sei is in huge demand here for such a small car :P I've tightened it as much as I can, without going over that threshold of ringing the threads on the sump. I really should have put a new washer on but no copper ones the right size... To live and learn

Assignments? Don't get me started! :P

MetzgerMeister

It sounds to me like it's a crush washer and needs to be changed each time. Had that on the RX8 and if you didn't change it, you usually got a leak. Often times you can get away with it but 80% of the time, you need a new one.

dgt

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

It sounds to me like it's a crush washer and needs to be changed each time. Had that on the RX8 and if you didn't change it, you usually got a leak. Often times you can get away with it but 80% of the time, you need a new one.

Yep that's what I'm thinking. The last one had a copper washer and with the 4 oil changes (in 5 months) I never had to change it.

I'll end up draining the oil and changing it when I have the time, to be replaced with a copper one

Ronnie Beck

If your feelin real stingy heating the copper washer with a blow torch apparently restores it's goodness. Give the mating surface on the sump and bung a good clean too.

Could have drove my van on to some simpletons lap the other day. Only I could see he was going to pull out in front of me from about 50m back I would have flattened him. I think he thought he had right of way coming onto a main road. I'll have a look for the junction on google maps.

Ronnie Beck

I was following a friend of mine and we wanted to take the second left here. He was coming from the first left in a fiesta. I could see he wasn't looking to his right at all, even though he has a clear white line and a stop sign, so I lifted of and covered the brake. Just aswell I did. He just drove straight onto the main road. I nearly hit him then nearly hit the bank and signs as the van understeered with the wheels locked up on black ice. I slammed in the clutch and just about made it back onto the main road across the grass. Lucky the car behind me was paying attention and had backed off, or I would of had to hit the signs.



The lads in front thought he was going to pull out in front of them too only they drove across in front of him. I thought at first it might be that you cant indicate until very late but on reflection I think he was a little bit simple and didn't look to his right once. I pulled in at the side of the road a bit shook to do a u - turn. He drove past slowly with a bemused look on his face.

Ronnie Beck

A close up of the junction. There was black ice in the shade from the sun around where the triangle is painted on the road.

Foxhole Norman

Good luck today Cian!

Stheno

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

Good luck today Cian!

Yeah! I've an assessment after your test, hope it's good karma for you and me both Cian!

Foxhole Norman

I'm getting my first semesters results tomorrow too :P

MetzgerMeister

spiggotpaddy

dgt wrote: »

Damnit it's still sh*tein' out oil through the bung :mad::mad::mad:

There goes another clean washing-up bowl missing from the kitchen.

BUBBLE WRAP

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

I'm getting my first semesters results tomorrow too :P

Best of luck



Just waiting now to see did Cian pass, Hope he did. :cool:

Foxhole Norman

BUBBLE WRAP wrote: »

Best of luck

Thanks. Did better then I thought I did. 64% average. Most of the scores that brought me down were the ones that I aren't relevant to my course anyway.

Chris_Heilong

BUBBLE WRAP wrote: »

Best of luck



Just waiting now to see did Cian pass, Hope he did. :cool:

Thats alot of pressure for the poor lad, statistically most dont pass first time.

BUBBLE WRAP

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

Thanks. Did better then I thought I did. 64% average. Most of the scores that brought me down were the ones that I aren't relevant to my course anyway.

Ah right, what are you studien'?

BUBBLE WRAP

Chris_Heilong wrote: »

Thats alot of pressure for the poor lad, statistically most dont pass first time.

Ah I know, But atleast he is having a go.

Foxhole Norman

BUBBLE WRAP wrote: »

Ah right, what are you studien'?

Software Development in CIT. All of the computing modules are the same in first year so we have to do stuff like networking and Web dev which don't really apply to us.

CianRyan

Chris_Heilong wrote: »

Thats alot of pressure for the poor lad, statistically most dont pass first time.

Bingo, failed on observation and I got a one red mark.
Was stopped at a roundabout turning left, looked both ways, checked my mirror and looked again. I move off, 1/4 around the turn some eejit comes flying around from the other side of and almost hits me. The tester failed me for observation there and said it was dangerous.

A bit disappointed but not disheartened, second test just booked and I'm on the cancellation list, fingers crossed for getting it soon.

My parents and instructor both though I was a sure shot, pity but that's life.

MugMugs

Chris_Heilong wrote: »

....... statistically most dont pass first time.

Did you know that 78.45% of statistics are made up 100% of the time some of the time?

CianRyan wrote: »

A bit disappointed but not disheartened, second test just booked and I'm on the cancellation list, fingers crossed for getting it soon.

Hard luck horse.

Stheno

Well done FH

Sorry to hear that Cian, that lad on the roundabout sounds like something you couldn't forsee