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The story is, we couldn't find a towing eye for the BMW and mine from the Astra wouldn't fit so we ripped out Clocked's back seat and i used it to push his car onto the ramps!
Ingenuity at its finest.
engine in the BMW not a runner?
Quote from: Binary Shadow on April 28, 2011, 23:22:34 PM
engine in the BMW not a runner?
Air in the fuel system, oil was leaking badly from the cap until it was replaced, put a new fuel filter on and bypassed the non working fuel heater as per Knighty's guidelines :P
Now the battery needs to be removed and charged, its totally flat.
Quote from: Binary Shadow on April 28, 2011, 23:22:34 PM
engine in the BMW not a runner?
We got it all the way to Exeter from Sunderland with a bit of determination, then ten miles into me heading home it gave up on me.
clearly this should be in the guides section! well done gentlemen!
Fuel line replaced, lets hope when my old man gets back with his van that it starts up first time :D
You 2 should open up a garage ;D
You're not very good on informing me on stuff are you? I can't believe you've injured the beem! I will miss it
RAC are on their way out to get the car started. I reckon it will live again :ptu: :w00t:
You pair of girls! You could have pushed that on to those ramps
Quote from: Mark on May 11, 2011, 00:13:16 AM
You pair of girls! You could have pushed that on to those ramps
Someone had to steer! They are unbelievably narrow :P
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RIP BMW 325 TDS :yarr: :horse: :violin: :'(
Nearside front coil spring incomplete
Offside rear coil spring incomplete
Fuel system component leaking
Offside front (sill) seat belt anchorage prescribed area is exccessively corroded
Offside rear (sill) seat belt anchorage prescribed area is exccessively corroded
Nearside front suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint
Offside front suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint
Nearside rear wheel bearing rough when rotated
Nearside rear Anti-roll bar linkage insecure
Offside rear Anti-roll bar linkage insecure
Rear Anti-roll bar missing
Front windscreen washer provides insufficient washer liquid
Exhaust emits an excessive level of smoke for a turbo charged engine
Nearside rear parking brake recording little or no effort
Parking brake efficiency below requirements **DANGEROUS**
I managed to drive it all the way back up to Sunderland for the MOT and knighty approved inspection too
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Afternoons work that :D
I like that only the hand brake actually makes it dangerous? :rofl:
Yes, I had to LOL at that too ;D
Quote from: Eggtastico on May 20, 2011, 18:33:41 PM
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Soon to be replaced with another oil burner :thumbup:
I just noticed, even on the ramps you can see how low the rear is sat, its practically rubbing the arches. Dodgy :lol:
Quote from: Clock'd 0Ne on May 20, 2011, 18:31:40 PM
Nearside rear Anti-roll bar linkage insecure
Offside rear Anti-roll bar linkage insecure
Rear Anti-roll bar missing
Front windscreen washer provides insufficient washer liquid
I'd say that's suitable evidence that the linkages are insecure yes.........
and with the variety and severity of the rest of the faults, I had to LOL at the windscreen washer!
sorry for your loss man, may she rust in peace.
Well the fact that you made it to the MOT, just goes to show you don't really need all that stuff anyway :P
Quote from: Mongoose on May 20, 2011, 20:40:36 PM
Quote from: Clock'd 0Ne on May 20, 2011, 18:31:40 PM
Nearside rear Anti-roll bar linkage insecure
Offside rear Anti-roll bar linkage insecure
Rear Anti-roll bar missing
Front windscreen washer provides insufficient washer liquid
I'd say that's suitable evidence that the linkages are insecure yes.........
and with the variety and severity of the rest of the faults, I had to LOL at the windscreen washer!
sorry for your loss man, may she rust in peace.
We ripped off the ARB when I was trying to jump start Alan's van with the tow rope attached to the rear ARB :lol:
Quote from: Clock'd 0Ne on May 20, 2011, 21:24:03 PM
Quote from: Mongoose on May 20, 2011, 20:40:36 PM
Quote from: Clock'd 0Ne on May 20, 2011, 18:31:40 PM
Nearside rear Anti-roll bar linkage insecure
Offside rear Anti-roll bar linkage insecure
Rear Anti-roll bar missing
Front windscreen washer provides insufficient washer liquid
I'd say that's suitable evidence that the linkages are insecure yes.........
and with the variety and severity of the rest of the faults, I had to LOL at the windscreen washer!
sorry for your loss man, may she rust in peace.
We ripped off the ARB when I was trying to jump start Alan's van with the tow rope attached to the rear ARB :lol:
Thread title justified then me thinks :ptu:
The best was actually getting Alan's vans started! A thick cloud of smoke (and I don't just mean mist, I mean a literal, thick, massive, white opaque cloud) filled the A27 so it was pretty much impassable for 5 mins and Alan rattled his van off to do a delivery, needing something like 15 jump starts to get home again :lol:
I'm rubbish with cars and I plain don't understand a lot of the lingo, but it's still tickling me :D :lol:
Quote from: XEntity on May 20, 2011, 18:53:51 PM
I like that only the hand brake actually makes it dangerous? :rofl:
Its laughable isnt it :D Don't they know we can just leave it in gear!
how can a car get into that state ??
Quote from: Mark on May 21, 2011, 00:37:00 AM
how can a car get into that state ??
Before you say it. Nige is a great driver.
Quote from: Bacon on May 21, 2011, 01:11:05 AM
Quote from: Mark on May 21, 2011, 00:37:00 AM
how can a car get into that state ??
Before you say it. Nige is a great driver.
from the look of things he'd have to be just to avoid killing himself LOL
Over on the cool side of the pillow, my Free Soarer has just passed it's third MOT in my ownership.
Nothing has been done to it other than servicing.
Quote from: Mark on May 21, 2011, 00:37:00 AM
how can a car get into that state ??
Because the previous owner was a massive phallus.
Quote from: Beanissocoollike on May 21, 2011, 12:11:06 PM
Quote from: Mark on May 21, 2011, 00:37:00 AM
how can a car get into that state ??
Because the previous owner was a massive phallus.
Thats no way to talk about Knighty! :worried:
Quote from: Bacon on May 21, 2011, 13:54:30 PM
Quote from: Beanissocoollike on May 21, 2011, 12:11:06 PM
Quote from: Mark on May 21, 2011, 00:37:00 AM
how can a car get into that state ??
Because the previous owner was a massive phallus.
Thats no way to talk about Knighty! :worried:
No, he just has one (:
wasn't me ! was the guy I sold it to for 6 months, then bought it back from to sell to nige ;-)
I'm now the relatively content owner of a Skoda Octavia 1.9 SDI. It'll do; it runs on veg oil! :rock:
Pics or your lying!
I'd never let a motor get into that state. Ball joints being bad for example is plain dangerous!
Some people just wait for the MOT to come around - I fix probs as soon as they arise.
I'm not made of money and fix problems when I visit Alan! Unless its brakes/life threatening it can wait. Real men don't need anti-roll bars :yarr:
The biggest problem is I don't know or trust garages enough.
Doesn't the SDI have no turbo?
Quote from: soopahfly on May 22, 2011, 11:54:15 AM
Doesn't the SDI have no turbo?
That would be correct.
QuoteThe SDI engine is generally utilised in applications where reliability and fuel economy are of primary concern. These engines lack any type of forced induction, hence the use of 'suction' in the title, and as such, their power output is lower when compared with a similar displacement turbocharged engine.
Unless someone has bolted a Turbo on somewhere along the line or it has the wrong badges on it?
it'll be a detuned PD engine I would imagine, no one makes diesels without turbos these days.
68 bhp I think.
We're going to go out and investigate shortly... stay tuned for the exciting conclusion! :lol:
Quote from: Clock'd 0Ne on May 22, 2011, 12:32:04 PM
We're going to go out and investigate shortly... stay tuned for the exciting conclusion! :lol:
This is going to be the highlight of my day!
Mk1 1.9 SDI (no turbo) ;)
pulls well for a non turbo!
the sdi is a safer bet for running on veg oil, a lot of the tdi ones are the PD engine which is no good for veg :o
It pulls as well/better than my 1.9 TDI Audi did surprisingly, right through the rev range.
Quote from: knighty on May 22, 2011, 15:06:28 PM
Mk1 1.9 SDI (no turbo) ;)
pulls well for a non turbo!
the sdi is a safer bet for running on veg oil, a lot of the tdi ones are the PD engine which is no good for veg :o
I'm sure Mark will help you fit one ;)
Quote from: XEntity on May 22, 2011, 15:09:20 PMI'm sure Mark will help you fit one ;)
let's not torture him any more... he's still having nightmares about the bmw :o
Your Audi must have been stuffed :D
Nah, I had all the Turbo pipes on the Audi replaced and had it checked over at a specialist garage and even then it still only pulled about as well as this. Unless the 325tds was seriously underpowered then this must have had something done to it I reckon, as it is not the hideously slow 1.2L Corsa's whipping-boy that they seem to say everywhere else about the SDI.
Either way, I'm happy and running on veg oil again :ptu:
Quote from: Clock'd 0Ne on May 22, 2011, 15:19:45 PM
Nah, I had all the Turbo pipes on the Audi replaced and had it checked over at a specialist garage and even then it still only pulled about as well as this. Unless the 325tds was seriously underpowered then this must have had something done to it I reckon, as it is not the hideously slow 1.2L Corsa's whipping-boy that they seem to say everywhere else about the SDI.
Either way, I'm happy and running on veg oil again :ptu:
The 0-60 time for the Octavia is supposed to be 19 secs. The BMW pulled ok, but im shocked that you think the Audi TDI didn't, even the 1.6 petrol A4 pulls well.
Quote from: Bacon on May 22, 2011, 16:34:40 PM
The 0-60 time for the Octavia is supposed to be 19 secs.
Absolutely no way for this one at least, halve that figure.
no way the octavia is 19 sec 0-60... maybe someone's fiddled with the pump etc... but you can;t really push them very far without a turbo - pretty soon you mess up the fuel/air ratio and the extra fuel stops making any difference....
the nice thing about the bmw was the torq from the straight six.... 20mph to 80mph in 3rd pulling hard all the way :-)
68BHP is what my 1.4 8v Fabia has. It's not catastrophic but it's hardly fast, the same power in an Octavia would be painful. Something fishy going on with that Octavia of yours Nige!
I'm not complaining, whatever it is it can stay! :w00t:
We'll know how well it runs if I get back tonight, I'm leaving Sunderland imminently - 5 hour journey :ptu:
Quote from: Clock'd 0Ne on May 22, 2011, 20:04:00 PM
I'm not complaining, whatever it is it can stay! :w00t:
We'll know how well it runs if I get back tonight, I'm leaving Sunderland imminently - 5 hour journey :ptu:
Pfft, we did it in 3 1/2 hours and i single handedly held Knighty's gearbox in place for the whole journey!
I got home no sweat. It eats motorway miles nicely although does lose a bit of grunt going uphill, that's to be expected though, I can't expect the same pull as the 325. Also got back on 3/4 of a tank, very impressed with that (I wasn't taking it particularly slow either).
Quote from: Bacon on May 22, 2011, 20:20:24 PM
Quote from: Clock'd 0Ne on May 22, 2011, 20:04:00 PM
I'm not complaining, whatever it is it can stay! :w00t:
We'll know how well it runs if I get back tonight, I'm leaving Sunderland imminently - 5 hour journey :ptu:
Pfft, we did it in 3 1/2 hours and i single handedly held Knighty's gearbox in place for the whole journey!
In order to do it in 3 1/2 hours you'd have to average 100 mph :lol:
Post-valet
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Quote from: Clock'd 0Ne on May 25, 2011, 12:50:12 PM
Post-valet
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How much did that cost?
I was only going to get an interior valet done but then I realised it was only £10 more for full, so...
SALOON £45.00
* Apply Traffic Film Remover
* Hand wash vehicle with high quality shampoo
* Steam clean bodywork, wheels and wheel arches all sills and door shuts
* Acid bath wheels
* Rinse and leather dry
* Vacuum interior, carpets and upholstery
* Interior carpets and upholstery shampooed
* Door panels and door shuts cleaned and dressed
* Roof lining cleaned
* Dashboard and centre console treated
* Boot area cleaned and vacuumed
* Mirrors and glass surfaces cleaned and polished
* Bodywork polished with high quality wax
* Vehicle deodorized. Floor mats provided
* Extra gloss protectant applied to paintwork
The best part is it no longer stinks of wet dog and stale cigarette ash
Quote from: Clock'd 0Ne on May 25, 2011, 13:05:43 PM
I was only going to get an interior valet done but then I realised it was only £10 more for full, so...
SALOON £45.00
* Apply Traffic Film Remover
* Hand wash vehicle with high quality shampoo
* Steam clean bodywork, wheels and wheel arches all sills and door shuts
* Acid bath wheels
* Rinse and leather dry
* Vacuum interior, carpets and upholstery
* Interior carpets and upholstery shampooed
* Door panels and door shuts cleaned and dressed
* Roof lining cleaned
* Dashboard and centre console treated
* Boot area cleaned and vacuumed
* Mirrors and glass surfaces cleaned and polished
* Bodywork polished with high quality wax
* Vehicle deodorized. Floor mats provided
* Extra gloss protectant applied to paintwork
The best part is it no longer stinks of wet dog and stale cigarette ash
I told you, you were a posh git, i'd pay £25 for that and get 10% discount at my local Hand Car Wash! They might not use big words to explain their services though! :P
I reckon next time you will be using this bloke (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/7899590/Worlds-most-expensive-car-wash-7200.html)!
I could get it for £25 but they wouldn't shampoo the interior! That's the deal clincher (seriously, it was a right state).
A good job done once and it won't need doing again - I'm quite happy to vacuum and wash my own car generally.
I can vouch for the quality, I saw it yesterday, and it was just horrible, with unknown bits of food and awful smells coming from it (mostly dog and stale cigarettes) but today it looked 100x better!
I think he was a nice enough man, and deserved his money
Quote from: Beanissocoollike on May 25, 2011, 20:30:33 PM
I can vouch for the quality, I saw it yesterday, and it was just horrible, with unknown bits of food and awful smells coming from it (mostly dog and stale cigarettes) but today it looked 100x better!
I think he was a nice enough man, and deserved his money
Anyone who cleans Man Stains for 45 quid deserves their money!
that does look 100 times better !
Quote from: Bacon on May 22, 2011, 16:34:40 PM
The 0-60 time for the Octavia is supposed to be 19 secs. The BMW pulled ok, but im shocked that you think the Audi TDI didn't, even the 1.6 petrol A4 pulls well.
After Nige driving me home earlier, I'd say that time was about a quarter of that. No way is it anyway near that figure, it's a speedy little motor
The battery did go flat though, from what I can only think is the interior light playing up and switching itself on (the switch is borked). I had half the neighbours out trying to give me a push and asking for jump leads. I disconnected that now so fingers crossed I haven't ended up with a duff battery!
see.... told you to order a new battery !
Quote from: Beanissocoollike on May 26, 2011, 22:27:10 PM
Quote from: Bacon on May 22, 2011, 16:34:40 PM
The 0-60 time for the Octavia is supposed to be 19 secs. The BMW pulled ok, but im shocked that you think the Audi TDI didn't, even the 1.6 petrol A4 pulls well.
After Nige driving me home earlier, I'd say that time was about a quarter of that. No way is it anyway near that figure, it's a speedy little motor
0-60 in 5 secs! Is it a bird, is it a plane, no its Super Skoda :P
Quote from: knighty on May 26, 2011, 23:33:01 PM
see.... told you to order a new battery !
Didn't we have a battery discussion the other day ? :P
Quote from: Bacon on May 27, 2011, 00:09:48 AM
Quote from: Beanissocoollike on May 26, 2011, 22:27:10 PM
Quote from: Bacon on May 22, 2011, 16:34:40 PM
The 0-60 time for the Octavia is supposed to be 19 secs. The BMW pulled ok, but im shocked that you think the Audi TDI didn't, even the 1.6 petrol A4 pulls well.
After Nige driving me home earlier, I'd say that time was about a quarter of that. No way is it anyway near that figure, it's a speedy little motor
0-60 in 5 secs! Is it a bird, is it a plane, no its Super Skoda :P
Yeah she's overstimating as she wasn't watching the speedo when I was accelerating, but even with me driving leisurely its no slouch.
Quote from: Bacon on May 27, 2011, 00:09:48 AM
Quote from: knighty on May 26, 2011, 23:33:01 PM
see.... told you to order a new battery !
Didn't we have a battery discussion the other day ? :P
I know, but I can't afford one yet! I'm positive disabling that interior light will have sorted it, time will tell!
Quote from: Clock'd 0Ne on May 27, 2011, 00:16:09 AM
Quote from: Bacon on May 27, 2011, 00:09:48 AM
Quote from: Beanissocoollike on May 26, 2011, 22:27:10 PM
Quote from: Bacon on May 22, 2011, 16:34:40 PM
The 0-60 time for the Octavia is supposed to be 19 secs. The BMW pulled ok, but im shocked that you think the Audi TDI didn't, even the 1.6 petrol A4 pulls well.
After Nige driving me home earlier, I'd say that time was about a quarter of that. No way is it anyway near that figure, it's a speedy little motor
0-60 in 5 secs! Is it a bird, is it a plane, no its Super Skoda :P
Yeah she's overstimating as she wasn't watching the speedo when I was accelerating, but even with me driving leisurely its no slouch.
Quote from: Bacon on May 27, 2011, 00:09:48 AM
Quote from: knighty on May 26, 2011, 23:33:01 PM
see.... told you to order a new battery !
Didn't we have a battery discussion the other day ? :P
I know, but I can't afford one yet! I'm positive disabling that interior light will have sorted it, time will tell!
Locate and remove the fuse for the interior light? :) Buy yourself a cheap torch! :D
looks like a nice car, a quick google brings up that geaboxs can be very weak on these so dont thash it too much.
The gearbox is crap and it doesn't always want to go into 1st gear, that's the first thing I said about it (other than disliking the pedal placement)
Quote from: Clock'd 0Ne on May 20, 2011, 18:31:40 PM
Rear Anti-roll bar missing
LOL, how was the handling on this wreck?
How do you just lose an anti-roll bar?
Quote from: Walrusbonzo on May 29, 2011, 18:37:25 PM
Quote from: Clock'd 0Ne on May 20, 2011, 18:31:40 PM
Rear Anti-roll bar missing
LOL, how was the handling on this wreck?
How do you just lose an anti-roll bar?
Suspension worked surprisingly well considering :P
Quote from: Bacon on May 30, 2011, 00:36:43 AM
Quote from: Walrusbonzo on May 29, 2011, 18:37:25 PM
Quote from: Clock'd 0Ne on May 20, 2011, 18:31:40 PM
Rear Anti-roll bar missing
LOL, how was the handling on this wreck?
How do you just lose an anti-roll bar?
Suspension worked surprisingly well considering :P
It really didn't like speed bumps! :lol:
We ripped off the ARB using it in place of a towing eye trying to tow Alan's van to get it running.
Quote from: Clock'd 0Ne on May 30, 2011, 16:27:56 PM
Quote from: Bacon on May 30, 2011, 00:36:43 AM
Quote from: Walrusbonzo on May 29, 2011, 18:37:25 PM
Quote from: Clock'd 0Ne on May 20, 2011, 18:31:40 PM
Rear Anti-roll bar missing
LOL, how was the handling on this wreck?
How do you just lose an anti-roll bar?
Suspension worked surprisingly well considering :P
It really didn't like speed bumps! :lol:
We ripped off the ARB using it in place of a towing eye trying to tow Alan's van to get it running.
And ps. This is why we had to push the car on the ramps cus there was no ARB to use as a towing eye :P
You know what you guys remind of:
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