Minus 5degrees this morning, heading for my daily paper. Papers are left in a box at the old Postoffice, money left in another box on Monday’s. Trusting lot up here. Not a breath of wind, you could really feel the cold getting into your lungs. Believe it or not, we don’t get much snow here, but very icy weather, minus 10 is not uncommon, we usually have very windy spells as well, but at the moment no wind at all.
What's made you not grumpy but not smile either today?
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What's made you not grumpy but not smile either today?
We do have snow this morning and last 2 mornings I've looked out at commuting time and it's been coming down thick and lying on the roads.
Now part of me thinks "ah well I'm home working as long as we've got power and broadband we'll be fine" other part is thinking "spent all that money on tyres for just this situation and have no need!"
Having said that wife is at work this evening and heavy snow is forecast through out the day so she may have need of them later!
Now part of me thinks "ah well I'm home working as long as we've got power and broadband we'll be fine" other part is thinking "spent all that money on tyres for just this situation and have no need!"
Having said that wife is at work this evening and heavy snow is forecast through out the day so she may have need of them later!
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just drove past a milkman delivery milk at 1am:shrug:
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-2 down here car doors glued shut by ice. Oh joy.
I put silicone spray along the rubber seals on my car which seems to be stopping it from sticking, as I notice it on other cars now. Still, hasn't been quite cold enough here for the whole door and handle to freeze shut yet (or I haven't been up and out early enough this year to suffer it)
Our milkman usually seems to drop off between 1-2am
Gummi Pflege Stift (Available on Amazon)
Is a special treatment specifically for car door seals and rubber seals, very good for keeping them soft and supple so they actually seal and was recommended to me for use on all the seals you get in convertible cars as they get older and dry out you can get roof leaks and where parts press against each other they deform but this liquid stops that happening.
The proper VW stuff is an old called Krytox Which is what’s used specifically to stop the roofs and seals of metal folding roofs from leaking, however that’s about £45 for 50ml
Our 169 panda was bad for that..
But I read it as frozen rain had linked the doors..
When I needed to be out early last week I took keys for both cars..
312 panda was fine
199 punto was solid
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i supposed with so few people using them their round must cover a large area so have to start early, not like the old days when 1 milkman would do every house in a small area
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I've just gone over all of my car's door seals with a kitchen towel. They were really quite wet (not to mention dirty). We will see how stuck they are tomorrow morning.
Weather is pretty localised tonight..
Went to check a friend of my wife's who lives alone and has been ill and hasn't responded to anything in 24 hours...Good news she's fine, just been asleep since 9pm yesterday. Came to the window looking very confused as to why she had 20 odd missed calls and umpteen messages. Obviously didn't stay and chat..
Had loaded the car up with cold weather stuff as it was full blizzard, shovel in the back seat and tyre socks dropped down the hill it's raining heavily 2 miles away, sleet 1 mile, full blizzard 1/2 mile must just be right on the altitude this evening. At least I only really needed snow capability in my own street
Went to check a friend of my wife's who lives alone and has been ill and hasn't responded to anything in 24 hours...Good news she's fine, just been asleep since 9pm yesterday. Came to the window looking very confused as to why she had 20 odd missed calls and umpteen messages. Obviously didn't stay and chat..
Had loaded the car up with cold weather stuff as it was full blizzard, shovel in the back seat and tyre socks dropped down the hill it's raining heavily 2 miles away, sleet 1 mile, full blizzard 1/2 mile must just be right on the altitude this evening. At least I only really needed snow capability in my own street
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Silicon spray either on the seals or sprayed onto a rag and then used to wipe the seals does stop all this behavior from the door seals. It also helps preserve them from the ravages of time.
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Working of our 169 today I removed the throttle body. The inlet manifold was swimming in yellow ooze. All cleaned out and decision on a catch tank made once and for all. That was the easy bit... I dropped my torx bolt when doing up the body, and subsequently touched it once only to see it disappear. God alone knows where it went, I cannot find a trace of the B thing I put the car over the pit and got underneath, had two lamps, used my endoscope, took video and photos with my phone and there is no sign of it whatsoever. I can only presume it lies on top of the starter. Oh well tomorrows another day to waste trying to locate it....
At least I found the horrid noise problem that I thought was the alternator isn't. Its the air con compressor. A careful dose of silicon has sorted that out too, it really does click on and off smartly now, I just hope I don't regret having dosed it this way.
At least I found the horrid noise problem that I thought was the alternator isn't. Its the air con compressor. A careful dose of silicon has sorted that out too, it really does click on and off smartly now, I just hope I don't regret having dosed it this way.
I did that with a glowplug..
Dumb design where they are down the back of the motor.. all done by feel
Couldnt get any replacements for 3 days.. so had to find it.. took hours
At least they are a fair size..
Thought youd dropped a torx bit down the manifold for a moment..
Dumb design where they are down the back of the motor.. all done by feel
Couldnt get any replacements for 3 days.. so had to find it.. took hours
At least they are a fair size..
Thought youd dropped a torx bit down the manifold for a moment..
I've been looking into catch tanks myself just of late to try to cut down on inlet tract contamination on my Direct Injection Ibiza - It's an interesting subject with a lot of choices. Have you decided on a particular one yet or are you going to have a go at meking your own? As you may know, our Panda is also a 169 (2010 1.2 Dynamic Eco) and I'm interested in your "yellow ooze" - I'm guessing this is "mayonnaise"? Has it been introduced via the small breather pipe which comes off at a "T" from the main pipe between the cam cover and air filter or has it gone in through the throttle body itself from the breather in the air filter? I've never had our inlet in pieces and wouldn't have thought of this. I really must pull the breather pipe and fit the new one I have and I can see what our "mayo" situation is.
It's astonishing how nuts and bolts seem to have an innate ability to "hide" and then, if subsequently "discovered" to then "relocate" to an even more inaccessible place. They are also masters of disguise!
Fingers crossed for your compressor. should be Ok as long as you haven't managed to contaminate the clutch pack itself?
Are you working outside? It's absolutely brass monkeys up here this morning. Ten minutes would probably see all feeling vanish from the fingers! Here's a shot of the Becky's roof I took a few minutes ago:
Pretty patterns in the ice I thought?
Note to self: Remind Mrs J not to even think of touching the sunroof button!
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Been raining here since 14:30 monday
Ice patterns are great arent they..
Bit like snowflakes.. how does geometry occurr ?
Ice patterns are great arent they..
Bit like snowflakes.. how does geometry occurr ?
Beautiful bright sunny day here, not a cloud in the sky, but oh boy is it chilly!
Here's a positive spin on catch tanks. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-B4VRxAtbw
This is a very knowledgeable guy, although his voice is a bit fierce at times, so best sampled in short doses.
Then there's this, also a knowledgeable guy, with a less positive spin, but highlighting the need to maintain the circuit as designed. Clouded a bit by mention of EGR, but that is also interesting.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBAqxSXFyb4
Move to 11:50 to hear his views on short trips.
I particularly like his phrase, "facts don't give a S*** whether you like them or not". Could be applicable in the coronavirus thread just lately.
I have seen a few catch cans that just vent to atmosphere, which may upset the engine control. It is important to route the pipes back into the engine intake system, so it just takes a longer route.
So, it looks like, fit one if you wish, but get a good one that allows you to take the pipe back to the engine as designed. It won't cure the mayo problem though, just move it to the catch can, hopefully.
(I liked the one with a dipstick in the first vid.)
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I have fitted one to my 1.6TD punto. it works very well at catching gunk from the breather The type I have allows a connection back to the sump to drain the oil back, I have not used that option as i'm not even sure where to connect it back in, so I have to empty it.
It is horrid what it collects from what is a breather pipe, some really gelatinous black goop mixed with water, you'd probably not want that going back into the sump anyway. It's also surprising how quickly it fills up, but that's on a higher compression diesel with 170+k miles so probably a bit worn and letting a bit more combustion gasses into the crank case than a more lightly used petrol would.
