Today I did something to my car (volume 2)

toastedpickles

So last night myself, dgt and ybfocus went for the last run at the car, we got the sump out and here's what greeted us





The stuff was like tar



It wasn't pleasant to see so we took it inside for a better look



Not good to say the least!





And the engine





And this is what happens when you use semi synth on a fully synth car!

Now the pickup strainer seen better days too by the looks of it



To say this car was close to blowing the engine would be an insult, we guessed that given another 500 miles and it was a goner

So onto the cleaning! For this we used, kerosene, small wire brushes from the 1.50 shops, a tesco screwdriver, paintbrushes, and a pot scrubber :pac:





Mr yb's work



After much elbow grease we have this



More in the following post!

toastedpickles

Fit the new pick up strainer and o-ring



Fit the baffle on


And there you have a new sump! Kinda....

Provided you have sump sealer, I used a saab sump sealant because these sumps are known to bubble up other sealants so better safe than sorry!

So stick that on just like in the picture



Now you'd think now all i have to do it put it back up and tightnen the bolts right? WRONG!

To get the clearance, disconnect the gear mounts



Then disconnect the engine mount, jack up the engine on the auxiliary belt just enough to get the clearance, drop in the sump with a bit of persuasion, and do the entire process in reverse, no pics of the engine mounts and so on because it was about 1 in the morning and we just wanted it done at this stage :pac: But seriously lads i owe you two big time, if it wasn't for you it's still be sitting out there on stands

YbFocus

He told us there'd be girls there

Bpmull

Some serious job lads. The sump was spotless putting it back on I imagine it took a serious amount of cleaning to get it like that. I know who to call now if I ever need to drop my sump

Sobanek

My ma broke the gearbox on the V50 today... still waiting to find out what's wrong exactly...

toastedpickles

YbFocus wrote: »

He told us there'd be girls there

Well i had to get yous over somehow! :pac:

Bpmull wrote: »

Some serious job lads. The sump was spotless putting it back on I imagine it took a serious amount of cleaning to get it like that. I know who to call now if I ever need to drop my sump

I'd never do it again, if i was to, i'd make sure i have the right work area for it, working out in all sorts of conditions late at night is not fun, but at least we saved the car

Alanstrainor

Awesome work going into that car toastedpickles. Very impressive indeed!

Got the timing belt and water pump done today. That plus the new tyres last week have meant an expensive few weeks!

YbFocus

Dónal wrote: »

Got the timing belt and water pump done today. That plus the new tyres last week have meant an expensive few weeks!

Ouch

At least she's right as rain for a long time now

NCT next month to hopefully tell me that!

YbFocus

After all that scrubbing I feel like this pickles

toastedpickles

YbFocus wrote: »

After all that scrubbing I feel like this pickles

Hahahaha I'm the same, took it up to dublin and back on less than 20 euro, it was reading 9.6l/100km, no idea if that's good or bad, but it gets me to college on less than the price of a bus ticket so im happy

YbFocus

toastedpickles wrote: »

Hahahaha I'm the same, took it up to dublin and back on less than 20 euro, it was reading 9.6l/100km, no idea if that's good or bad, but it gets me to college on less than the price of a bus ticket so im happy

Off the top of my head I think it's about 30mpg..

Not a bother on it and I'd say she's being caned a bit so it'll be better in future
Smiles per mile

toastedpickles

YbFocus wrote: »

Off the top of my head I think it's about 30mpg..

Not a bother on it and I'd say she's being caned a bit so it'll be better in future
Smiles per mile

No no I've been very good with it bar that one little time on the m6 earlier on :pac:

YbFocus

toastedpickles wrote: »

No no I've been very good with it bar that one little time on the m6 earlier on :pac:

Speeds which the aviation division of saab would be proud of

toastedpickles

YbFocus wrote: »

Speeds which the aviation division of saab would be proud of

Speeds which would send the pc brigade here into overdrive :pac:

maceocc2

Installed GPS tracker in the E38 I'll always know where she is now. (the car, not my wife )

Voodoomelon

Got the 740 back from the dealer's mechanic today, after being "repaired" of its burning oil and smoking issue. The repair? Change of oil and filter. :mad:

"See how it is in a week and let us know".

Dumbass here agrees and collects it this evening. Idling later on tonight outside work, plumes of white/blue smoke from the exhaust; give it some revs and the place is destroyed with the stink of burning oil and smoke. What a pathetic attempt to fob me off, a bloody insult.

Wasted 2-3 hours sitting in traffic both ways with a €60 odd petrol and diesel bill for something I could have told them wouldn't do a damn thing.

toyotaavensis

Voodoomelon wrote: »

Got the 740 back from the dealer's mechanic today, after being "repaired" of its burning oil and smoking issue. The repair? Change of oil and filter. :mad:

"See how it is in a week and let us know".

Dumbass here agrees and collects it this evening. Idling later on tonight outside work, plumes of white/blue smoke from the exhaust; give it some revs and the place is destroyed with the stink of burning oil and smoke. What a pathetic attempt to fob me off, a bloody insult.

Wasted 2-3 hours sitting in traffic both ways with a €60 odd petrol and diesel bill for something I could have told them wouldn't do a damn thing.

Time to get tough with them methinks

Voodoomelon

They'll be getting a call tomorrow for sure.

Alanstrainor

Voodoomelon wrote: »

Got the 740 back from the dealer's mechanic today, after being "repaired" of its burning oil and smoking issue. The repair? Change of oil and filter. :mad:

"See how it is in a week and let us know".

Dumbass here agrees and collects it this evening. Idling later on tonight outside work, plumes of white/blue smoke from the exhaust; give it some revs and the place is destroyed with the stink of burning oil and smoke. What a pathetic attempt to fob me off, a bloody insult.

Wasted 2-3 hours sitting in traffic both ways with a €60 odd petrol and diesel bill for something I could have told them wouldn't do a damn thing.

Sickening, but not that surprising I guess, given what I think we all know the issue is. Hopefully it'll get sorted!

maceocc2

That sucks, I'm assuming he attempted thicker oil? Not that it worked, but its not any kind of a repair, more of a band aid fix until it becomes more serious. Annoys the hell outta me.

Gavman84

Dropped car to dent devil having breakfast should be ready soon dent free!

Alanstrainor

Plugs changed. Oh baby.

toyotaavensis

The other night when my bulb died i replaced it one of those fancy super white light bulbs made by philips. That one was so much better than the normal bulb on the other side of the car I just put another one of the super duper bulbs in on the other side.

Nicer weather today than the last night.

Supergurrier

toyotaavensis wrote: »

The other night when my bulb died i replaced it one of those fancy super white light bulbs made by philips. That one was so much better than the normal bulb on the other side of the car I just put another one of the super duper bulbs in on the other side.

Nicer weather today than the last night.

Superduper price too I paid 40 notes for mine.

Bpmull

Today I cleaned my car and one of the Octavia's. But the main thing was I replaced the pollen in said octavia. My mother was complaining that the general air quality was crap and the windows were always fogging up. When I pulled it out last night it was filty and half a forest fell out with it of nuts of anything and everything. So I phoned around and got prices off 3 motor factors today the price varied 35, 20, 15 euro. Went for the 15 euro one as that happened to be the closest anyway I wasn't that concerned about brands as it's only a pollen filter and skoda parts were closed today.

The brand was purflux I never heard of them but there a French brand going by the box. The filter itself was more surdy than the original one had plastic rather than foam holding the filter element together. Some pics below the job itself was absolute piss compared to the focus you need no tools the cover just slides of and pull out the filter.

The old filter


The mats after pulling out the filter


The new filter




The air coming into the car is really fresh now and the window shouldn't fog up. There's something about changing the pollen filter a simple cheap job but it always makes the car so much nicer to be in.

MuppetCheck

Before on 19s:


Now:

Ded_Zebra

I don't mean to be rude or anything but the brakes looked tiny behind the 19"s and now minuscule behind the 20"s:p

MuppetCheck

Ded_Zebra wrote: »

I don't mean to be rude or anything but the brakes looked tiny behind the 19"s and now minuscule behind the 20"s:p

They're the rears!

Although I should have thought of that before picking a random wheel to photograph!