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Re: Your fleet running reports
Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2020 2:28 pm
by Sundayjumper
Oh dear. Am I a “detailer” now ??
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Re: Your fleet running reports
Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2020 3:19 pm
by _andy
speedingfine wrote: Sat Mar 14, 2020 9:22 am
_andy wrote: Fri Mar 13, 2020 5:39 pm
I bought a 1994 Civic Coupe.
<snip>
It started life as a 1.5 automatic but has had a B16A2 engine with manual swap at some point. Plenty of other track mods like coilovers, LSD and so on. Plan is to tidy it up a bit as there is rust in the usual places (90's Honda life), maybe some period correct mods then turbo it.
Very nice. Cut price Integra
Far too cheap on eBay so had to purchase?
Yeah that's what I'm telling myself!
Re: Your fleet running reports
Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2020 3:23 pm
by _andy
Matty wrote: Fri Mar 13, 2020 6:40 pm
In a proper 90's colour too. That was all the rage on the Rover 100's .
nuttinnew wrote: Fri Mar 13, 2020 9:35 pm
Matty wrote: Fri Mar 13, 2020 6:40 pm
In a proper 90's colour too. That was all the rage on the Rover 100's .
Polynesian Turquoise
It's GAF but the colour was a large part in deciding to buy it. There was a non-starter auto coupe for sale about 20 minutes away that looked to be in great condition body wise and only went for £800, but it was red.
Re: Your fleet running reports
Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2020 3:46 pm
by integrale_evo
Always disliked cars with mismatched light clusters, ever since I noticed it on Vauxhall novas in the 80s
So the mitos have been buggin me for a while.
So bought a reversing light for a lhd car. Took about 5mins to fit, just one slightly awkward to get to 8mm bolt then wiggle it out.
Just hope we don't get any fog as I've not got a red bulb yet. Turns out all the bulbs on a mito are canbus / error checked so it doesn't like generic led ones.
Would have preferred a lhd fog light and gone all red purely for looks, but then there's no way to get a white reverse light and we have a dark and narrow driveway to reverse down.
Re: Your fleet running reports
Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2020 4:55 pm
by Sundayjumper
We’ve been gifted a small trailer. The wood’s rotten but the chassis is totally sound. Easy resto job.
Nobody seems to know how old it is but the tyres say “Made in German Democratic Republic”. That’s not existed since 1990
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Re: Your fleet running reports
Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2020 5:50 pm
by Mito Man
Halfords still sell something like that for a joke price of £500.
Re: Your fleet running reports
Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2020 9:41 pm
by 16vCento
Pulled over to help a guy who broke down in a black Celica Gt4 on the way to the van today. Cut out in traffic on the A64 near where the Hazlebush cafe used to be, spent about 20 mins with him checking pipes as it smelt like it was running rich as fuck. But it restarted. Hes just spent 6k on a forged engine rebuild and sent it for mapping.
Seemingly the board on the ECU is breaking down and blowing capacitors for some reason causing it to over fuel and idle like a sack of shit.
He has a plug and play piggyback ECU (not sure which type) but it got going and he turned off before long.
Great looking thing it was
Hope he got home ok.
Re: Your fleet running reports
Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2020 9:44 pm
by nuttinnew
_andy wrote: Sat Mar 14, 2020 3:23 pm
Matty wrote: Fri Mar 13, 2020 6:40 pm
In a proper 90's colour too. That was all the rage on the Rover 100's .
nuttinnew wrote: Fri Mar 13, 2020 9:35 pm
Matty wrote: Fri Mar 13, 2020 6:40 pm
In a proper 90's colour too. That was all the rage on the Rover 100's .
Polynesian Turquoise
It's GAF but the colour was a large part in deciding to buy it. There was a non-starter auto coupe for sale about 20 minutes away that looked to be in great condition body wise and only went for £800, but it was red.
I've bought because of colour before (I may brave putting pics up...), and have my eye on a couple of things atm
For sure if I had the garage space I'd have a collection of random cars in uncommon colours and/or trims.
Re: Your fleet running reports
Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2020 9:49 pm
by nuttinnew
scotta wrote: Wed Mar 04, 2020 1:48 pm
integrale_evo wrote: Wed Mar 04, 2020 1:05 pm
scotta wrote: Wed Mar 04, 2020 11:02 am
3 series in for MOT today - See how these LED bulbs fair.
Technically they should fail for a light source incompatible with the light unit, but hopefully if the beam pattern is ok and the tester isn't an arse they should pass it.
A pass I assume. Unfair!
The ones I fitted to the A2 (because I got fed up with bulbs not lasting long) failed the mot, one of the halogens I fitted to pass has already gone 7-8 weeks later
At least they're easy enough to change.
Re: Your fleet running reports
Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2020 9:52 pm
by nuttinnew
JonMad wrote: Wed Mar 11, 2020 6:44 am
<info & specs>
& delivered as well
Re: Your fleet running reports
Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2020 9:56 pm
by nuttinnew
Sundayjumper wrote: Wed Mar 11, 2020 10:29 am
nuttinnew wrote: Tue Mar 10, 2020 11:46 pm
Are those BMW wheels forged?
No, they're genuine
(sensible answer - yes they are)
oem goodness
Not sure if I should be happy I was right, I only asked because from their simple pattern/style they looked to me like they should be
Re: Your fleet running reports
Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2020 10:09 pm
by nuttinnew
Sundayjumper wrote: Sat Mar 14, 2020 2:28 pm
Oh dear. Am I a “detailer” now ??
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No. Well, not unless your name is D. Taylor.
Re: Your fleet running reports
Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2020 11:22 pm
by Sundayjumper
I've just come across a company called
CANchecked who make a very nifty little data display / logger and some custom mounts too, including one for the E30 (which is the same as the E36 Compact). It clips in to replace the vent, and swivels up & down too, and reads live data from the car, and displays it in a very customisable layout.
Want !
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Re: Your fleet running reports
Posted: Sun Mar 15, 2020 2:45 pm
by JonMad
[mention]scotta[/mention] has your Fabia got two fans behind the radiator?
I wanted to check they were both working after my off, and only the slighter higher up of the two, the one nearest the battery, came on. This was once the temp reached about 98-99 degrees, according to my bluetooth-connected OBDII dongle and Car Scanner app.
Haynes manual shows the following:
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This suggests fan 1 should have come on at a lower temp.
I don't know which one is fan 1 and fan 2.
Do you have a connector, low down in the engine bay behind the fans?
I have these two parts that look like they should be connected?
Maybe they came apart when I was pulling the mud out from beneath the engine?!
This is looking down, with the fans at the bottom of the shot (overexposed to brighten what's in the gloom beneath).
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That's slightly blurry, I apologise. The end with the ribbed cover on it (oo-er) is higher up. The end with the red wires is coming out from underneath.
I would need to get underneath and get the sump guard off to try and reconnect them, hence checking first.
Here is the connector on the upper end, that I can reach. This is coming out of that clipped in tubing that you can see.
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Re: Your fleet running reports
Posted: Sun Mar 15, 2020 8:47 pm
by NotoriousREV
Broccers wrote: Mon Feb 24, 2020 2:14 pm
NotoriousREV wrote: Sat Feb 22, 2020 7:48 pm
drcarlos wrote: Sat Feb 22, 2020 7:42 pm
If it fills and slowly leaks away it's likely that it's the compressor shaft seal, they shrink when the system is not used and then leak. As the system is not running when fill it will hold the vacuum for the required time and then fill. Had this in my navara, needed a new compressor.
It’s a Porsche. The condensers are rotten.
They probably are but is it worth regassing and checking rather than replacing the units willy nilly?
What was the verdict?
Re: Your fleet running reports
Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2020 10:41 am
by Carlos
I've done about 600 miles in the M340i now and been really pleased with. It's all the car you'll ever need.
Me and my son had a go at launch control yesterday but it is mechanically brutal so going to wait a few more miles before repeating and trying to film it .
Re: Your fleet running reports
Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2020 11:18 am
by mik
Twotted this last night.
White shows up tar spots more than other colours, but the amount picked up this year is crazy.
Luckily 45mins of WFH sorted it....
Re: Your fleet running reports
Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2020 11:31 am
by scotta
JonMad wrote: Sun Mar 15, 2020 2:45 pm
@scotta has your Fabia got two fans behind the radiator?
I wanted to check they were both working after my off, and only the slighter higher up of the two, the one nearest the battery, came on. This was once the temp reached about 98-99 degrees, according to my bluetooth-connected OBDII dongle and Car Scanner app.
Haynes manual shows the following:
2020-03-15 12.27.50 copy.jpg
This suggests fan 1 should have come on at a lower temp.
I don't know which one is fan 1 and fan 2.
Do you have a connector, low down in the engine bay behind the fans?
I have these two parts that look like they should be connected?
Maybe they came apart when I was pulling the mud out from beneath the engine?!
This is looking down, with the fans at the bottom of the shot (overexposed to brighten what's in the gloom beneath).
2020-03-15 12.20.30 copy.jpg
That's slightly blurry, I apologise. The end with the ribbed cover on it (oo-er) is higher up. The end with the red wires is coming out from underneath.
I would need to get underneath and get the sump guard off to try and reconnect them, hence checking first.
Here is the connector on the upper end, that I can reach. This is coming out of that clipped in tubing that you can see.
2020-03-15 12.17.19 copy.jpg
[mention]Nefarious[/mention] Is the man to ask. Ive not even seen the car yet.
Re: Your fleet running reports
Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2020 12:08 pm
by Sundayjumper
It's definitely not the power supply to the fan(s) but it could be a sensor. I'd be inclined to plug it in and see what happens.
(or maybe check the wiring colours and compare to the wiring diagram in the back of the manual)
Re: Your fleet running reports
Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2020 1:42 pm
by mik
mik wrote: Mon Mar 16, 2020 11:18 am
Twotted this last night.
White shows up tar spots more than other colours, but the amount picked up this year is crazy.
Luckily 45mins of WFH sorted it....
Another 15 mins of WFH to run the clay over (which picked up practically nothing) and zip a coat of wax on (again - extremely quick when the paint is spotless).
That’s better.
So the mitos have been buggin me for a while.