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colm_mcm · 17-01-2022 1:11pm

I’d run it through as-is. They apparently are failing some (rightly or wrongly) on front wishbone bushings which is a ruinously expensive job if you’re to do it by the book (as in Honda want to sell you a front subframe for €2500)

there is a cheaper way to do it but actually finding the bushings on their own is difficult.

there may be rear beam rust as well which is another potential show stopper.

CianRyan · 17-01-2022 2:40pm

Probably cheaper to be a polybush kit, daft as that seems.

colm_mcm · 17-01-2022 6:43pm

Yeah, the bushes are part of the subframe. I nearly dropped when they gave me the price. I’m surprised the aftermarket aren’t covering it. I can pass on the details of the motor factors that got the bits if needed

the ones that bolt in are about €50 but it’s the other one that’s hard to get

fryup · 19-01-2022 1:49pm

can you remap a car to make it more economical? or is it best to leave it be?

magicbastarder · 19-01-2022 1:54pm

didn't they have to recall the fiat 500 for remapping because whatever way it was mapped, it didn't deliver enough power to be useful?

PsychoPete · 19-01-2022 1:58pm

Plenty of people doing remaps these days, they claim to make more power,better fuel economy etc. Would personally take the claims with a pinch of salt but definitely go to someone that knows what they are doing

bazz26 · 19-01-2022 3:22pm

You would imagine that if car manufacturers could tune their cars for the most efficient fuel economy possible at the factory then they would as it is a great selling point as well as lowering emissions. I've had numerous cars remapped and it's always been for better power delivery as engines can be sedated a bit to meet stricter emission ratings. I'd say changing your driving style would probably improve mpg over a remap imo.

CianRyan · 19-01-2022 3:45pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118499547#Comment_118499547

Funny you say that, I had a 500 for a week in Lanzarote a few years back and I felt like it was dreadfully underpowered. I figured there was some "rental" map on it to stop people driving like idiots but maybe it needed this recall.

I had driven a few in work before hand with the same engine, way more poke.

colm_mcm · 19-01-2022 5:12pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118499547#Comment_118499547

They had some emissions based fuel saving trickery done to get the 1.2 compliant for Euro 6.

Diabhalta · 19-01-2022 11:25pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118481662#Comment_118481662

Got my carb refurbed there in 2015, shocking work done to it. Missing screw on autochoke, it wasn't even that shiny. I would stay away from them.

CianRyan · 20-01-2022 2:27pm

A memory popped up on my Facebook today, 8 years ago my sister took a picture of ever Mini she saw on a two mile walk around Glasgow's West End.

27, says a lot of the residents.

Sexual Chocolate · 21-01-2022 11:00pm

After 4 months of ownership I learn yesterday that the back seat is about an inch out of alignment due to previous owner bending the hinges inwards with the front electric seat 🤦‍♂️

Need to figure out the best way to bend it back out without damaging anything

Diabhalta · 23-01-2022 11:31pm

if you are driving in the opposite lane, at least slow down and/or turn on the indicator.

shocking really.

YKI9 WDZ

CianRyan · 23-01-2022 11:50pm

On a solid white no less.

Esel · 24-01-2022 1:14am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118523416#Comment_118523416

Legal to cross a continuous white line to pass an instruction - in this case a parked car. Has to be done safely of course.

93Cab · 25-01-2022 12:27am

Can I get a few bob for a scrap car? I’m getting a newer car for my wife and the garage offered me a sum of money off! I’ve put a deposit on the car and they say they will take my old car off me to scrap it or I can keep the car and they’ll still give me the same amount of money off! It’s a 2005 Peugeot 407 2 litre diesel estate !

Thanks!

bazz26 · 25-01-2022 12:36am

Is there something wrong with it? Does it have a NCT? A scrap yard will probably only give you €100 to €150 for it but if it's running ok and has some NCT on it then you could get €500 plus for it on donedeal.

93Cab · 25-01-2022 1:53am

It’s running OK, needs an injector seal and a sensor is gone leaving ABS ESP light on. NCT is out two months didn’t even notice until I was putting new tax disc on it last week. It’s sad to see it go it has NAV, leather, automatic xenon’s, voice control, built in phone, very high spec, but I don’t have the time to sort it out! I’ll probably just take the €150! I’m in Louth, anyone know where the nearest scrappie to me is?

colm_mcm · 25-01-2022 8:02am

I think the price of scrap is at a high point now, have heard of figures like €350 for a car.

problem the salesman might have is the garage may have a house charge, ie a set charge that is billed to each car that comes into the place, could be most of the value of the 407.

Mervyn Skidmore · 25-01-2022 8:38pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118488785#Comment_118488785

Thanks for the advice again. I ran it through and it failed on lambda emissions and hole in the exhaust. Also on a light but I presume that's a handy fix. Would I be right in thinking the lambda fail and exhaust fail are linked?

wotzgoingon · 25-01-2022 8:42pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118532460#Comment_118532460

Depends on where the hole is if it's before the sensor then yes after it then no.

CianRyan · 25-01-2022 8:51pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118532476#Comment_118532476

Lambda is calculated by the test machine, a hole anywhere in the pipe will effect the reading based on the amount of oxygen read at the probe.

wotzgoingon · 25-01-2022 8:53pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118532508#Comment_118532508

Oh yea. Blonde moment.

Mervyn Skidmore · 25-01-2022 8:55pm

The hole is directly beneath the driver seat, there is a box/silencer there (haven't a clue what it's called). That would make it before the sensor I think? I didn't get to talk to the tester

wotzgoingon · 25-01-2022 8:56pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118532521#Comment_118532521

Forget what I said. The NCT put the sensor on the exhaust tip so yea the hole may be causing the bad lambda reading.

colm_mcm · 25-01-2022 10:39pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118532521#Comment_118532521

The exhaust on the civic hatchback is unusual in that it runs along behind the drivers side sill and not down the middle like on every other car.

wotzgoingon · 25-01-2022 11:08pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118533014#Comment_118533014

That's mad. So is there no tunnel in the back to get in the way of a middle passenger and perfectly flat like a EV?

colm_mcm · 25-01-2022 11:12pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118533140#Comment_118533140

Yeah, the petrol tank is under the front seats too.

Thats the reason the boot floor is so low, and how there’s space under the rear seats (which also fold really low into the rear floor or just fold up)

there is a slight hump in the middle which I’d guess is for rigidity.

wotzgoingon · 25-01-2022 11:24pm

They were really thinking outside the box developing that gen Civic. Never knew that about them and I can see why it was always said to be futuristic. I thought it was just the outside they were talking about when that was mentioned.

colm_mcm · 25-01-2022 11:32pm

Yeah, they’re such a practical car, will take 2 washing machines in the back no bother, and if you’re bringing lengths of timber, the glovebox goes all the way back to the firewall, so just open the glovebox :)

Way better thought out than my current car, but ultimately let down by the not-great seats and harsh suspension that I never really realised was as bad as it was until I sold it.

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