Mrcento said:
Bloody hell...
So that's 2 Cento's in Dundee NOT going to St Andrews then.... is Daz taking the Toyota or is he not going now?!?!?!
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Bloody hell...
So that's 2 Cento's in Dundee NOT going to St Andrews then.... is Daz taking the Toyota or is he not going now?!?!?!
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nothing we can do when theres bugger all anywhere to work on them now 
can't really legislate for garages getting wrecked by hurricane force winds :laugh:
i was even up there ridiculously today despite the conditions, damn near got wiped out by a bit of garage roof for my troubles :laugh:
can't really legislate for garages getting wrecked by hurricane force winds :laugh:i was even up there ridiculously today despite the conditions, damn near got wiped out by a bit of garage roof for my troubles :laugh:
abyss113 said:and the walls blew down on mine
Can see the t-shirts now... "Storm of 23rd May 2011 - survivor" :laugh:
Sucks about the continuing issues with the Cinq and Del Sol though, hopefully things'll get sorted soon enough
Bloody hell!
Hope you guys get them sorted out!
Hope you guys get them sorted out!
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from what i can see all i need is one day to fix all the little leftover issues and mot test but its 1 day s i just dont have at the moment would have been doen ages ago but this weather has really stumped every plan for the last 3-4 weekends
The weather is a total **** .... it wasn't nice at all when we done steve's engine in the rain lol.
Man, hope you have it sorted as soon as man! The cinq needs some action .
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.... it wasn't nice at all when we done steve's engine in the rain lol.Man, hope you have it sorted as soon as man! The cinq needs some action
.Ming
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just been up to inspect the damage, my garage has been cordoned off, had a peek under the door though, everythings intact apart from the fact the roofs not really part of the garage anymore :laugh:
took a few pics.....
roof panels, big and alot heavier than they look!, had a very, very narrow escape with one of them missing me by millimeters
just round the corner
so yeah, was quite breezy :laugh:
took a few pics.....
roof panels, big and alot heavier than they look!, had a very, very narrow escape with one of them missing me by millimeters
just round the corner
so yeah, was quite breezy :laugh:
Looks like Paisley after a Saturday night :laugh:
ouch!!
Mate Change the crank sensor , see if that make much od a diff .. Mine was runing like **** / not running , and that would explain the coils not sparking right
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it was running perfectly before the timing belt snapped though, i'm not really sure why the sensor would die because of the belt
im just going by the fact theres zero change in engine running when two plugs are taken off leads me to think 2 plugs are totally sooted up, they are sparking fine via the coil and end of the leads and were perfect before the belt snap too, that leads me to it being a physical issue like the plugs
if the two on one coil arent working but theres spark going two them, after the belt snapping given they are on the same spark cycle, they may just be the unlucky ones to have got a dump of fuel that never burnt off cleanly
might aswell just check all the things that are there atm before i replace random parts
had thought of crank though, initially thought timing or the pulley nipple not being locked onto the crank properly giving a weird signal, took out crank sensor and cleaned today after checking timing and re-tensioning belt yesterday....no change.
oddly, it was struggling to start and stay alive today, it would start with a hard rev but cut out on return to idle, after a few revs held, it never cut out again for the rest of the attempts, maybe that adds to the theory of plugs if they burnt some soot off with the revs? i'll find out i suppose when i remove them
im just going by the fact theres zero change in engine running when two plugs are taken off leads me to think 2 plugs are totally sooted up, they are sparking fine via the coil and end of the leads and were perfect before the belt snap too, that leads me to it being a physical issue like the plugs
if the two on one coil arent working but theres spark going two them, after the belt snapping given they are on the same spark cycle, they may just be the unlucky ones to have got a dump of fuel that never burnt off cleanly
might aswell just check all the things that are there atm before i replace random parts
had thought of crank though, initially thought timing or the pulley nipple not being locked onto the crank properly giving a weird signal, took out crank sensor and cleaned today after checking timing and re-tensioning belt yesterday....no change.
oddly, it was struggling to start and stay alive today, it would start with a hard rev but cut out on return to idle, after a few revs held, it never cut out again for the rest of the attempts, maybe that adds to the theory of plugs if they burnt some soot off with the revs? i'll find out i suppose when i remove them
Fookin ell that's a bit windy.
Last time I saw damage on that scale was Thursday 8th Januray 1998 after the Selsey Tornado.
I've still got the photo's I took that day, as had a day off school.
Last time I saw damage on that scale was Thursday 8th Januray 1998 after the Selsey Tornado.
I've still got the photo's I took that day, as had a day off school.
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i think we still have the spare crank sensor lying around to try so we could it on it and we could stick the plugs and leads from mine for another test stage
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i'll have a look at the plugs tomorrow and take it from there
if the plugs are fairly sooty, chances are the lambda is coated too, given the fact a carboard box behind the cinqs exhaust is covered in black soot from the test firing yesterday, i guess im getting near the root of the problems
if the plugs are fairly sooty, chances are the lambda is coated too, given the fact a carboard box behind the cinqs exhaust is covered in black soot from the test firing yesterday, i guess im getting near the root of the problems
Give the crack sensor a go , When mine went , it was half way up the motor way and i had to keep it nailed to say running and every now and then it would POP back up the carb ..
if it dosnt work Give me the car and ill fix it and keep it
if it dosnt work Give me the car
and ill fix it and keep itgengis
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It might be worthwhile doing a compression test on the offending cylinders, you may have a bent valve or two? At what rev's did the belt snap?
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car was doing about 1mph thats the speed limit in our garage drive due to the potholes
thats the speed limit in our garage drive due to the potholes
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valves shouldn't be bent, it's a non interfereance engine and afaik it's not been skimmed down to the minimum markers on the head, belt snapped on a steep hill near the top changing into second, got onto the road in first, accelerated gently, clutch down into second, brought clutch up and the belt went bang, so probably not very high revs, 2.5k?
cant rule it out though
if it is that the engines coming out for an upgrade
james, if you want the cinq make me a proper offer been thinking of selling with the garage situation (break ins, council issues etc) as is, im wanting rid of the garage but i've nowehere to keep two cars
cant rule it out though
if it is that the engines coming out for an upgrade
james, if you want the cinq make me a proper offer
been thinking of selling with the garage situation (break ins, council issues etc) as is, im wanting rid of the garage but i've nowehere to keep two cars
Sell the sol keep the cinq ,
keep the cinq ,
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jatkinson said:Sell the sol
not an option until i can get vague reliability out the cinq
doubt thats gonna happen any day soon :laugh:
