look closer next timeMrcento said:haha half tempted to pull over next time...free money
project dirty diesel
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nah itll drop a lot when you play with the turbos still love how mine pulls and its beginning to be a looker
although i am now having the fiat electrical gremlins hatchback icon on dashboard so ive got water in my tailgate and have to strip it out now
still love how mine pulls and its beginning to be a looker although i am now having the fiat electrical gremlins
hatchback icon on dashboard so ive got water in my tailgate and have to strip it out now
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i hope my consumption drops a little, im driving everywhere with my foot welded flat to the floor just to keep up with traffic...got to give it credit though, it's struggling badly for fuel pressure and is running with much lower compression than its designed to minus its turbo, yet it's still soldiering on, can't help but think that if it was a fiat, it would have thrown its toys out the pram by now in some random italian way, ala the cinq randomly throwing out driveshafts :laugh:
can't wait to get the power back and give the mondy a good thrash.....ermm.i mean, test drive, to clear all the gunk out, it's going to be smokey
can't wait to get the power back and give the mondy a good thrash.....ermm.i mean, test drive, to clear all the gunk out, it's going to be smokey
Get some pics Mark.....
Daz what age is your GP?? Just thinking if it's not that old it 'shouldn't' be getting water in the tailgate.
Daz what age is your GP?? Just thinking if it's not that old it 'shouldn't' be getting water in the tailgate.
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4 year old and its a common problem on the grandes
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i will get pics when i actually get a chance in daylight :laugh:
as said though, it's nothing exciting, it's a silver mk3 totallly standard Mondeo, theres tens of thousands of the things on the road, if you've seen one, you've seen them all, hence why i need to make mine stand out a fraction, i keep losing the damn thing in car parks amongst other silver mondeos and need to use the key to flash the lights to find it :laugh:
as said though, it's nothing exciting, it's a silver mk3 totallly standard Mondeo, theres tens of thousands of the things on the road, if you've seen one, you've seen them all, hence why i need to make mine stand out a fraction, i keep losing the damn thing in car parks amongst other silver mondeos and need to use the key to flash the lights to find it :laugh:
08 or 58?? can't say I've had that problem myself, but noted...abyss113 said:4 year old and its a common problem on the grandes
I do find though when I open the boot after it's rained I have to open itjust under halfway to let the water drain, then open it fully.
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i keep forgetting to take pics, too busy driving or fault finding :laugh:
made a wee discovery or two today, my inlet pipe had spilt underneath, so now the engine is getting roughly the right amount of air it's actually revving up far nicer, it was horrendously sluggish before, im now just about able to keep pace with traffic, progress :laugh:
secondly, i dug deeper into the split boost hose...a previous owner thought a boost pipe could be repaired using duck tape and cable ties....yeah, because duck tape is well know for its ability to withstand upwards of 1.2bar of pressure from hot exhaust gasses, especially when reinforcerd by a couple of cable ties, sakes :laugh:
so basicly, the problems arent as bad as first seemed,a working lift pump, new fuel filter, boost hose and intake pipe should see me up at full power
made a wee discovery or two today, my inlet pipe had spilt underneath, so now the engine is getting roughly the right amount of air it's actually revving up far nicer, it was horrendously sluggish before, im now just about able to keep pace with traffic, progress :laugh:
secondly, i dug deeper into the split boost hose...a previous owner thought a boost pipe could be repaired using duck tape and cable ties....yeah, because duck tape is well know for its ability to withstand upwards of 1.2bar of pressure from hot exhaust gasses, especially when reinforcerd by a couple of cable ties, sakes :laugh:
so basicly, the problems arent as bad as first seemed,a working lift pump, new fuel filter, boost hose and intake pipe should see me up at full power
Good to hear progress is being made mate Should just go the full hog if there's a few split hoses and silicone pipe everything. Maybe in orange :laugh:
Should just go the full hog if there's a few split hoses and silicone pipe everything. Maybe in orange :laugh:
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i took off the suspect boost pipe today and ermm, yeah, i think the techincal diagnosis is "it's ****ed"
theres a 4 and a half inch split in it might explain my lack of performance somewhat!
theres a 4 and a half inch split in it
might explain my lack of performance somewhat!imported_abyss113
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a 4.5" split sounds like some of the birds in dundee
sounds like some of the birds in dundee
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i have boost again
bodged up the split boost pipe with chemical metal, duck tape, cable ties, tin foil, more chemical metal, more tin foil then more duck tape...the result is a boost pipe that is solid and weighs 2.5kg :laugh: holds boost perfectly and i have plenty grunt now
just need to sort the pump out and all is well, pipe will still be getting replaced too, but i think the boost pipe is fine for now
bodged up the split boost pipe with chemical metal, duck tape, cable ties, tin foil, more chemical metal, more tin foil then more duck tape...the result is a boost pipe that is solid and weighs 2.5kg :laugh: holds boost perfectly and i have plenty grunt now
just need to sort the pump out and all is well, pipe will still be getting replaced too, but i think the boost pipe is fine for now
I almost asked if you were auditioning for a role on Blue Peter and then realised there were no empty toilet rolls on the list
Maybe next time
Maybe next time
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Harper said:I almost asked if you were auditioning for a role on Blue Peter and then realised there were no empty toilet rolls on the list
Maybe next time
thats for when the exhaust starts leaking, wrap the tinfoil around the empty toilet roll to make a heat proof sleeve, stick it together with some sticky back plastic, the cable tie the whole thing onto the exhaust
your then ready for your mot
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Mrcento said:thats for when the exhaust starts leaking, wrap the tinfoil around the empty toilet roll to make a heat proof sleeve, stick it together with some sticky back plastic, the cable tie the whole thing onto the exhaust
your then ready for your mot
Ah, a one-day repair.
At least when we used baked bean tins they lasted slightly longer - sometimes past pay day if you did it right :laugh:
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i put the Honda in for its MOT with the exhaust held together by epoxy putty, it was one of the few things it didnt fail on
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Another derv owner? I warned you all that I would turn you all to the dark side!!!!
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well time for a wee update on the issues
firstly, my headlight bulb blew at the perfect time, an hour before i was away to fit hid's, fitted them, they are stupendously good
the repaired boost pipe is still holding perfectly
the fuel lift pump i thought was totally dead has started buzzing, so i dug deeper and found there were no sheaths on the electrical terminals so they were badly corroded, cleaned them up a bit to see what happened, the pump now buzzes alot louder under the car and the wee hesitations i was getting on elevation changes has more or less gone, whats left seems to be the result of a perished induction hose which is due to be replaced anyway
found an uncapped vacum pipe so blocked that off, my turbo feels more eager to boost
however, there is one big issue, the clutch. it is 100% fine when the car is cold, but once it's warmed up and has been running for about half an hour, i start getting odd noises and the clutch under strain will vibrate and jam the pedal to the floor, seems to all be linked to a faint clonk i get now and then....result? the DMF is out of tollerance and needs changed, the sticking is a jamming cylinder either master or slave ouch that said, its only just going in no more, so not critical by any means, the pedal can be raised by toe and pumped to reset cylinder and all is fine for a while again, and i know how to stop it jamming when it starts vibrating, so it can be managed for now until needs must
firstly, my headlight bulb blew at the perfect time, an hour before i was away to fit hid's, fitted them, they are stupendously good
the repaired boost pipe is still holding perfectly
the fuel lift pump i thought was totally dead has started buzzing, so i dug deeper and found there were no sheaths on the electrical terminals so they were badly corroded, cleaned them up a bit to see what happened, the pump now buzzes alot louder under the car and the wee hesitations i was getting on elevation changes has more or less gone, whats left seems to be the result of a perished induction hose which is due to be replaced anyway
found an uncapped vacum pipe so blocked that off, my turbo feels more eager to boost
however, there is one big issue, the clutch. it is 100% fine when the car is cold, but once it's warmed up and has been running for about half an hour, i start getting odd noises and the clutch under strain will vibrate and jam the pedal to the floor, seems to all be linked to a faint clonk i get now and then....result? the DMF is out of tollerance and needs changed, the sticking is a jamming cylinder either master or slave
ouch that said, its only just going in no more, so not critical by any means, the pedal can be raised by toe and pumped to reset cylinder and all is fine for a while again, and i know how to stop it jamming when it starts vibrating, so it can be managed for now until needs must
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got some pics of it today
the lights are the same brightness btw, its just the crappy iphone cam not liking the right ligt focusing on it, so its put the left one a wee bit out of focus
the lights are the same brightness btw, its just the crappy iphone cam not liking the right ligt focusing on it, so its put the left one a wee bit out of focus
Apart from the reg plate that's possibly the most nondescript car I've ever seen
Are you planning on a second career as a private investigator?
Are you planning on a second career as a private investigator?
