Your fleet running reports

[McSwede]

Only drivers window open which is strange. Not sure how it's happened

You can set the car to only unlock the drivers door IIRC, only opening the rest on another click. And p'raps for some bizarre reason, global open can be applied just to one door too. But again, how would the door still be locked if 'global open' had been set - given that's 'hold the unlock button for a few seconds'.....

Very odd.

If your fob is set to open driver’s door on first press, keeping it pressed will open the driver’s window. After a set amount of time, the car will re-lock itself if the door hasn’t been opened. Guess it doesn’t close the window.

One press opens all doors as thankfully I don't live in some third world shithole like Birmingham

Press and hold opens all windows. To quote Toyah, "it's a mystery"

[Rich B]

You can set the car to only unlock the drivers door IIRC, only opening the rest on another click. And p'raps for some bizarre reason, global open can be applied just to one door too. But again, how would the door still be locked if 'global open' had been set - given that's 'hold the unlock button for a few seconds'.....

Very odd.

If your fob is set to open driver’s door on first press, keeping it pressed will open the driver’s window. After a set amount of time, the car will re-lock itself if the door hasn’t been opened. Guess it doesn’t close the window.

One press opens all doors as thankfully I don't live in some third world shithole like Birmingham

Press and hold opens all windows. To quote Toyah, "it's a mythtery"

EFA

[McSwede]

If your fob is set to open driver’s door on first press, keeping it pressed will open the driver’s window. After a set amount of time, the car will re-lock itself if the door hasn’t been opened. Guess it doesn’t close the window.

One press opens all doors as thankfully I don't live in some third world shithole like Birmingham

Press and hold opens all windows. To quote Toyah, "it's a mythtery"

EFA

[Nic]

Engine was stripped down today.

Block has been rehoned recently, possibly done without removing it from the car.  Water, oil pump and belt are obviously new. Piston rings have been changed, all the gaps are stacked on top of each other rather than being spaced equally. Spark plugs look like they have been running hot and haven’t been changed, ever. You can see the valves are looking pretty rough, one of the spark plug holes has been helicoiled.  One HT lead just fell apart.  It looks like it has two cats, first one is totally blocked, I’ll just rip the guts out of that one.  Block is going to be checked for oval bores before going any further with it.

Good job we did pull it out!

[nuttinnew]

If your fob is set to open driver’s door on first press, keeping it pressed will open the driver’s window. After a set amount of time, the car will re-lock itself if the door hasn’t been opened. Guess it doesn’t close the window.

One press opens all doors as thankfully I don't live in some third world shithole like Birmingham

Press and hold opens all windows. To quote Toyah, "it'th a mythtery"

EFA

EFEMA

[mr_jon]

Looks like plenty of calcium to me. Had a polo with the same motor, it was poor.

[nuttinnew]

Good job we did pull it out!

Hmm, I wonder how big an overbore you can go on those?

[Nic]

Good job we did pull it out!

Hmm, I wonder how big an overbore you can go on those?

Not sure it would be economically viable

[nuttinnew]

I was thinking of keeping matching numbers (but perhaps I can be a bit sad like that).

[drcarlos]

Engine was stripped down today.

Block has been rehoned recently, possibly done without removing it from the car.  Water, oil pump and belt are obviously new. Piston rings have been changed, all the gaps are stacked on top of each other rather than being spaced equally. Spark plugs look like they have been running hot and haven’t been changed, ever. You can see the valves are looking pretty rough, one of the spark plug holes has been helicoiled.  One HT lead just fell apart.  It looks like it has two cats, first one is totally blocked, I’ll just rip the guts out of that one.  Block is going to be checked for oval bores before going any further with it.

Good job we did pull it out!

When i fitted new rings and rebored one of my worn out race engines a couple of year ago I read up about piston ring ‘clocking’ as I had no idea about it. Each engine has its own specific design and putting them on with all the gaps aligned is undoubtedly why it’s burning oil (I guess you know that already though). Easy mistake to make though as I’d have probably done the same and I’ve no idea what caused me to look for it when I was building it up again.

[Nic]

Engine was stripped down today.

Block has been rehoned recently, possibly done without removing it from the car.  Water, oil pump and belt are obviously new. Piston rings have been changed, all the gaps are stacked on top of each other rather than being spaced equally. Spark plugs look like they have been running hot and haven’t been changed, ever. You can see the valves are looking pretty rough, one of the spark plug holes has been helicoiled.  One HT lead just fell apart.  It looks like it has two cats, first one is totally blocked, I’ll just rip the guts out of that one.  Block is going to be checked for oval bores before going any further with it.

Good job we did pull it out!

When i fitted new rings and rebored one of my worn out race engines a couple of year ago I read up about piston ring ‘clocking’ as I had no idea about it. Each engine has its own specific design and putting them on with all the gaps aligned is undoubtedly why it’s burning oil (I guess you know that already though). Easy mistake to make though as I’d have probably done the same and I’ve no idea what caused me to look for it when I was building it up again.

If it’s that simple then win, but looking at the state of the head it’s obviously been neglected a bit!

[V8Granite]

Engine was stripped down today.

Block has been rehoned recently, possibly done without removing it from the car.  Water, oil pump and belt are obviously new. Piston rings have been changed, all the gaps are stacked on top of each other rather than being spaced equally. Spark plugs look like they have been running hot and haven’t been changed, ever. You can see the valves are looking pretty rough, one of the spark plug holes has been helicoiled.  One HT lead just fell apart.  It looks like it has two cats, first one is totally blocked, I’ll just rip the guts out of that one.  Block is going to be checked for oval bores before going any further with it.

Good job we did pull it out!

When i fitted new rings and rebored one of my worn out race engines a couple of year ago I read up about piston ring ‘clocking’ as I had no idea about it. Each engine has its own specific design and putting them on with all the gaps aligned is undoubtedly why it’s burning oil (I guess you know that already though). Easy mistake to make though as I’d have probably done the same and I’ve no idea what caused me to look for it when I was building it up again.

If it’s that simple then win, but looking at the state of the head it’s obviously been neglected a bit!

It depends on how much they have removed from the liners. If it was using a dingleberry honer then they just remove polishing and don’t really take any material off. If it was jones using proper stones then you can actually remove a lot of material and the tan load (how much the rings push against the bore) can be reduced and you can get blow by.

I’d be surprised if the blocked cat wasn’t a big reason for the oil usage, you get a horrible burn in the cylinder with a high exhaust back pressure.

I’ve stripped engines with badly aligned rings and seen no difference in oil consumption but I’ve no idea how much of an affect it has, we just don’t assemble them any other way.

It’s amazing how little will destroy an engine but also how some engines take so much mis-treatment and soldier on.

Dave!

[Nic]

Obviously a bit of both, they are known to burn oil and the cat wouldn’t have helped either, not sure if I uploaded a picture of the oil all over the back of the car or not? Strange that they went to all the effort to rebuild the bottom end and then a couple of silly/naive mistakes has fucked it again, from the general condition and ride it’s obviously been loved. As long as the bore is round and not oval it can be saved.

[evostick]

Finally got around to fitting some new seats in the truck. So much more comfortable, should've done it ages ago. Losing brake fluid somewhere but it still stops ok. You just have keep an eye on the level.



Subaru Outback 2.5l has been good to us so far. Needs new anti-roll bar bushes I think but other than that it's been no trouble. Not a drivers car by any means but really very relaxed and comfortable, if a little slow.

[DeskJockey]

Just had the worst MPG from a tank on the Galaxy. 347 miles, 62L poured in. 25MPG from a 1.6 turbot family bus. Not impressed!

[Foz]

All coils and plugs replaced, as well as the MAF on the 911, still not running right, ECU away for checking now as the signals are all good

[Carlos]

The City folk are going have a stroke when they see the dog in the open bed lol

[Beany]

Just had the worst MPG from a tank on the Galaxy. 347 miles, 62L poured in. 25MPG from a 1.6 turbot family bus. Not impressed!

I've just brimmed the car for a trip down to The Smoke to install a server.

I wonder if I'll get better overall MPG door to door....

[DeskJockey]

Just had the worst MPG from a tank on the Galaxy. 347 miles, 62L poured in. 25MPG from a 1.6 turbot family bus. Not impressed!

I've just brimmed the car for a trip down to The Smoke to install a server.

I wonder if I'll get better overall MPG door to door....

I'd expect so. This is all short trips over the last few weeks. Not done more than 15 miles in one stretch, except for one time, so cold running short hops.

With the stereo on the blink (now removed and off for repairs) it has been complaining about low battery most days, so wonder if that adds to it. Certainly the stop/start hasn't been as active as normal.

[Mito Man]

It’s amazing how much fuel you use in traffic with an old fashioned car compared to a flowing motorway. When I drive from the countryside to London I use more fuel in the final 8 miles of my journey than the preceding 80 miles according to the gauge. I reckon that a plug in hybrid with say a real world range of 30 miles on the battery would be my ideal car but it should be balanced out with a decent 6 or 8 cylinder engine rather than an economy 4 pot so it’s both fun outside the city and frugal in the city.