*******Motors Chat - Round 7*******

toastedpickles

RobTheLad wrote: »

for alloy refurb I'm guessing

Maybe its my eyesight but they just look dirty but if it was the latter then it's some difference!

Hal1

Hal1 wrote: »

Ah one battle at a time man. At least you know what needs fixing.

Ah, it's just the nature of it all. One problem after another, the whole time.

I feel like I'm due some good, trouble-free mileage out of it at this stage, but I'm gonna have to sell it I think. At least I can sell it with a clear conscience, knowing that anything and everything that has gone wrong on it has been addressed and fixed.

Hopefully whoever buys it (if anyone!) gets a fair bit of hassle-free motoring out of it.

Just hope I can get something decent for it, money wise. I know I won't get what I paid, but I can't let it go for nothing, either.

Cleveland Hot Pocket

toastedpickles wrote: »

Well seeing as according to some posters in here I own 3 gm's:rolleyes: I'm sure an engine out of them would fit into it

It's something I intend on doing in the future at some stage

fyp :pac:

Sobanek

toastedpickles wrote: »

Maybe its my eyesight but they just look dirty but if it was the latter then it's some difference!

Paint flaking. That's Volvo's Scotia wheels for you.

Ours have been sanded to prevent this happening in the future.

We paid €200 for the set though and that was 6 years ago :eek:

YbFocus

toastedpickles wrote: »

We may do!

I'll go to you this time, only fair, you're always at mine!

toastedpickles

YbFocus wrote: »

I'll go to you this time, only fair, you're always at mine!

Sounds like a plan! Sure drop down the weekend or something

toastedpickles

YbFocus wrote: »

I'll go to you this time, only fair, you're always at mine!

Sounds like a plan! Sure drop down the weekend or something

Foxhole Norman

Ignition coil didn't sort my idling problem, or maybe I just didn't install it right :pac:

Will be getting it plugged in again to see if it sorted the misfire, next course of action is vacuum leaks.

Cleveland Hot Pocket

toastedpickles wrote: »

Sounds like a plan! Sure drop down the weekend or something

YbFocus wrote: »

I'll go to you this time, only fair, you're always at mine!

:P

Bpmull

And it passed sideslip, brake imbalances, park brake effort were all well within the limits. Smoke test limit 3.0 mine 0.03

MetzgerMeister

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

Ignition coil didn't sort my idling problem, or maybe I just didn't install it right

Injector issue? I have a bit of a rough idle and it's most certainly down to an injector issue. Problem is I can't just replace one, has to be all 6 due to the way they're coded. A new one won't work with an old one and they've brought out 2 revisions since the originals :rolleyes:

Foxhole Norman

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

Injector issue? I have a bit of a rough idle and it's most certainly down to an injector issue. Problem is I can't just replace one, has to be all 6 due to the way they're coded. A new one won't work with an old one and they've brought out 2 revisions since the originals :rolleyes:

Going to make sure it's installed right either tomorrow or Friday when the weather gets better, it's not the worst issue as it's only if you sit in the car without moving after it not being on for a few hours. Will have it plugged in again and hopefully won't be a huge cost.

bear1

Quick question lads, I left my logbook with the garage but I completely forgot that I needed to book the NCT today and I can't remember the date of first registration.
Is there any other way other than the logbook that I could find it out?

colm_mcm

RobTheLad wrote: »

Seen this post from a friend come up on my newsfeed on facebook, claiming it was the best 300 euro ever spent, should of spent the 300 on a decent set of tyres instead!!

Locking wheelnut seems to have gone missing...

YbFocus

bear1 wrote: »

Quick question lads, I left my logbook with the garage but I completely forgot that I needed to book the NCT today and I can't remember the date of first registration.
Is there any other way other than the logbook that I could find it out?

Take the date off the current disc and use the year of your car.
Should work!

Day and month on nct disc, year of registration!

bear1

YbFocus wrote: »

Take the date off the current disc and use the year of your car.
Should work!

Day and month on nct disc, year of registration!

Bollocks, didn't work and now I'm locked out :rolleyes: meh I'll just do it another time then.

YbFocus

bear1 wrote: »

Bollocks, didn't work and now I'm locked out :rolleyes: meh I'll just do it another time then.

I just can't help you today can I

Hal1

I don't even...





Found it randomly browsing there. I don't have any other info on it. But why is all I can say .

toastedpickles

Car's running, at last, one thing I've learned today is if you want something done, do it yourself, late/unreliable people annoy the fcuk out of me

wotzgoingon

Hal1 wrote: »

I don't even...



Found it randomly browsing there. I don't have any other info on it. But why is all I can say .

Why would you even do that? Wouldn't want to take a corner at speed.

toastedpickles

Hal1 wrote: »

I don't even...


Found it randomly browsing there. I don't have any other info on it. But why is all I can say .

Is that a metro?? didn't the front suspension have a tendency to collapse on them? if it is a metro thats fecked when the shocks go

wotzgoingon

toastedpickles wrote: »

Car's running, at last, one thing I've learned today is if you want something done, do it yourself, late/unreliable people annoy the fcuk out of me

So you got the correct belt. If I installed a belt on my car and it came off I would have gone straight to the mechanic thinking the reason it came off was I hadn't a clue what I was doing. Fair play to you in sticking with it and realizing it wasn't your mistake.

toastedpickles

wotzgoingon wrote: »

So you got the correct belt. If I installed a belt on my car and it came off I would have gone straight to the mechanic thinking the reason it came off was I hadn't a clue what I was doing. Fair play to you in sticking with it and realizing it wasn't your mistake.

Eventually yeah haha, I knew what i was doing i just didn't have time to do it so i had asked this guy to fit it and he never showed up, so i done it myself, the busted pulley i put on the build thread was throwing it off i'd say, it's all good now!

GvidoR

Drove past Charlestown, there was some weird, green-ish rotating light pointed up in the air.

Aliens?

Foxhole Norman

My head unit is in Belgium now, hurry up TNT! I wonder what the chances are of it landing here and getting through customs and being delivered to me by Friday

Bpmull

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

My head unit is in Belgium now, hurry up TNT! I wonder what the chances are of it landing here and getting through customs and being delivered to me by Friday

Seems like you ordered that a good while ago where is it coming from ?

Foxhole Norman

Bpmull wrote: »

Seems like you ordered that a good while ago where is it coming from ?

Ordered it at like 2am New Years day :P Only shipped Monday from Hong Kong due to holidays, latest it should be here is Monday which is not bad at all from there.

Noccy_Mondy

NCT is on a Sat at half 8. Lord, what a sow of a time :mad:

Stheno

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

NCT is on a Sat at half 8. Lord, what a sow of a time :mad:

Half nine for me

Noccy_Mondy

Stheno wrote:

Half nine for me

One of the few days I get to have a lie in

Supergurrier

Booked ST and S60 in for nct within 10 minutes of each other in Castlerea.

Got a text this evening saying i have a day/time for in 2 weeks, they 5 minutes later i get another text and i suddenly realise that i could be in a pickle as test centre is 45 mins away.

Luckily 2nd test is following day

wotzgoingon

GvidoR wrote: »

Drove past Charlestown, there was some weird, green-ish rotating light pointed up in the air.

Aliens?

I'm telling you the truth is out there. They caught me a few times but won't get me again. I have a tin foil hat in all. I also have alien radar installed in the car. I spot them before they spot me.

Long shot but does anyone here in the general Limerick area have Volvo VIDA DICE? Need to get to the bottom of this chugging issue. Putting it off far too long at this stage.

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime

Snotaul Goodman wrote: »

Long shot but does anyone here in the general Limerick area have Volvo VIDA DICE? Need to get to the bottom of this chugging issue. Putting it off far too long at this stage.

Was the throttle body cleaned out properly ?

i had similar where the s80 would idle a little bit rough, out with the throttle body and a lad went at it with a toothbrush and made it brand new shiny and didnt have a problem again.

I do have vida/dice but not in limerick

toastedpickles

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime wrote: »

Was the throttle body cleaned out properly ?

i had similar where the s80 would idle a little bit rough, out with the throttle body and a lad went at it with a toothbrush and made it brand new shiny and didnt have a problem again.

I do have vida/dice but not in limerick

Well if you want I'll take it of your hands and take a spin down during the week or whenever?

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime wrote: »

Was the throttle body cleaned out properly ?

i had similar where the s80 would idle a little bit rough, out with the throttle body and a lad went at it with a toothbrush and made it brand new shiny and didnt have a problem again.

I do have vida/dice but not in limerick

I'll give that a go too.

Was your acceleration and power affected before you got it cleaned?

Supergurrier

Snotaul Goodman wrote: »

Long shot but does anyone here in the general Limerick area have Volvo VIDA DICE? Need to get to the bottom of this chugging issue. Putting it off far too long at this stage.

I spent 140e on mine and used it once

Is your throttle body a magnetti or Bosch Snotty ?

Bpmull

As I was getting my cvrt done today the amount of 141 vans being done was unreal. I can only imagine if nct started that with cars there would be war.

Noccy_Mondy

Not only does the front window washer seem to allow water up on both front and rear (there's a seperate switch for the rear), it now sprays the water INSIDE the back window onto the parcel shelf, what

toastedpickles

Dafuuuuq??

dgt

Why can't people juat be f*ckin honest for a f*cking change.

I ring up to buy a car. Question number 2 is always does the car drive? It does and drives very well. Grand Can I have a look bla bla bla.

I'm after busting my arse getting from Camlough to Tipp town to look at a car that was supposedly running but needs tightening up.

Arrive and the first thing "oh I thought you had a trailer"

Not a puff from the exhaust, not a higgle from the engine, not a hope of it going even with a 110ah 1200cca lorrey battery attached.

I have wasted several hours of my life and worse still someone elses lookin at yet another f*cking hippo of a car. I'm only headig back now, miles and miles away. I'm also up at 6 am just to make it all the better.

I'm fairly disappointed to say the least, I should have known better.

Last time was in Leitrim, van and trailer to look at a chicken coop I was told was a running car that needed work.

Don't really know why I bother sometimes, I really don't

Noccy_Mondy

toastedpickles wrote:

Dafuuuuq??

I dunno, some major problem with the washer system. I'm guessing the pipe that brings water to the back window is broke, just above the boot door, allowing the water in.

toastedpickles

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

I dunno, some major problem with the washer system. I'm guessing the pipe that brings water to the back window is broke, just above the boot door, allowing the water in.

Maybe! it might be something to do for tomorrow or something

Noccy_Mondy

toastedpickles wrote:

Maybe! it might be something to do for tomorrow or something

Huh will have to wait until the weekend. Curse the dark evenings :mad: It's so annoying, because usually I nearly go through a full "tank" of washer fluid a week, with all the minging spray that builds up on the windscreen. When the windscreen gets so bad, I have to spray it, and of course que the back wiper having a spasm and drench my parcel shelf :pac:

Supergurrier

Supergurrier wrote: »

I spent 140e on mine and used it once

Is your throttle body a magnetti or Bosch Snotty ?

I think its Bosch. I'm not sure but judging by some other sites the 2002 2.0T S60 uses this ETM. Apparently Volvo changed from Magnetti to Bosch from 2002 onwards. I could be wrong.

Anyway, a very generous fellow Limerick man who shares the first name as me has offered me the use of his scanner next week! YAY!

toastedpickles

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

Huh will have to wait until the weekend. Curse the dark evenings :mad: It's so annoying, because usually I nearly go through a full "tank" of washer fluid a week, with all the minging spray that builds up on the windscreen. When the windscreen gets so bad, I have to spray it, and of course que the back wiper having a spasm and drench my parcel shelf :pac:

Dark evenings are a cnut all right I'd say maybe get a diagram of the washer system or something?

Supergurrier

Snotaul Goodman wrote: »

I think its Bosch. I'm not sure but judging by some other sites the 2002 2.0T S60 uses this ETM. Apparently Volvo changed from Magnetti to Bosch from 2002 onwards. I could be wrong.

Anyway, a very generous fellow Limerick man who shares the first name as me has offered me the use of his scanner next week! YAY!

No you are right.

The Bosch unit rarely fails electronically only the odd time mechanically as they made the sensors on the throttle body contactless.

I took mine to sent it to uk to be fitted with contactless sensors but once it was out realised it was a bosch so i just cleaned the hell out of it.

Problem continued.

Noccy_Mondy

toastedpickles wrote:

Dark evenings are a cnut all right  I'd say maybe get a diagram of the washer system or something?

Yar that's what I was thinking. Will have a root around for one!

toastedpickles

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

Yar that's what I was thinking. Will have a root around for one!

Grand! I'm lowering mine next week, much excitement

Noccy_Mondy

toastedpickles wrote: »

Grand! I'm lowering mine next week, much excitement

By how much?