November 2007
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Folks,
The following is supposedly gleaned from a boy racer forum somewhere on the 'net.
I hope that this method catches on. It will certainly lead to quieter, safer roads.
Hey guys, I've got a 98 1.8T. I've had a k04 and chip for a while and
wanted to get more performance. I was recommended to port and polish
the intake and exhaust. We found out they used abrasive material to do
it like gritty sand. So I got with my friend that tunes Hondas and we
decided to try it ourselves. We got a bag of sandblasting sand and
hooked up into the intake and started the car. We had to hold the gas
so it would run. He wanted to let the engine suck in the sand through
the intake so it would port it out and then push it out the ehxaust so
it would port the exhaust manifold.
I was worried that it might cause problems but he figured it'd be OK
as long as we didn't make boost and it get sucked in the turbo. After
running the car and letting it suck in sand we got about half way
through a 25 lb bag. The check engine light was on and the engine was
bucking and kicking and sounding really weird. We stopped and hooked
the car back up normal and took off the sand supply. We tried to start
it again and it was really hard. Once started it couldn't idle and
kept making weird noises. We took it out and drove it and it started
to make scraping and knocking noises.
rg
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I believe one Colin Chapman used metal polish (for 50 miles or so, then drain, clean, replace bearings...) in a back axle where the crown wheel and pinion didn't belong together (to achieve the desired ratio) as a way of making them fit together...
Not much new under the sun - this is from the 1950's.
Collected my 02 Focus 1.6 from a local garage tonight, after it had been in for a service
Drove home about 3 miles and decided to have a look under the bonnet, just to see that they had done the filter changes etc etc
I found the engine oil cap completely removed, lying on the battery and slightly messy engine bay. Not oil everywhere, just on the surrounding area
Now it was obviously dark so I couldn?t really see that well, but I?ve cleaned up as best I can, and topped up a little bit. Again because it?s dark can?t really get a decent dipstick indication. Will have a look again tomorrow.
Other than cleaning up and getting the oil level right are there other issues I need to consider here?
Obviously I will speak to the garage about this but wondered if there could be any serious effects from this mistake.
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Called them and they were very sorry etc etc. Am taking it in tommorrow to clean it. (big deal!)
car seems fine, oil level seems fine, will monitor closely for the next little while
girl at work has gone n lost her only key and lucas fob. she also has no 4 digit code. What or who is best for getting her back on the road by what means and what sort of costs? Its in the Redditch area, 12 miles north of Stratford. paperwork/ownership detail is available. Read more
Call Viking on 0121 459 6866. They're based just of the A441 on the southern edge of Birmingham.
They do recovery and have all the Rover software/hardware to recreate keys.
www.vikingautodismantlers.co.uk/
Pedants claim over pendants purge
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>Where do you, or would you, place your SatNav for maximum safety and ease of use?
In the boot?
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Hi all
I'm going to Arnhem at the end of March next year (Friday 28th) to go a concert at the Gelredome.
Now I'm struggling to find anywhere to stay at a resonable price, all the B&Bs seem to be fully booked and I don't want to pay a huge amount for a hotel for one night.
So what I was thinking would be to find a B&B on the drive back to Calais, so outside of Arnhem. Wouldn't mind driving for, say, an hour towards Calais after the show.
Any suggestions?
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We used it for about three days a couple of years ago - stayed in a nice hotel in Utrecht for a few days and then "slummed it"! Its much the same as all the other similar hotel chains, I wish we had more of them over here! Its right alongside a more upmarket hotel (can't remember the name but part of the same group), they do food and drink!!
BTW the best "cheapo" we've found us Mister Bed which are just as cheap but have toilets in the rooms, they only seem to be in France, though.....
My 2004 Civic 1.6SE VTEC suffers from a severe transmission jerk. This is most noticeable while travelling in heavy traffic moving at walking pace, driving mainly in 1st or 2nd gear. It is nigh on impossible to manage a smooth drive at this sort of speed. Careful 'riding' on the clutch helps, but does not eradicate entirely.
I have owned the car from new, it has covered 23000miles, and has been regularly serviced. The car has been checked for this problem 3 times now by a Honda main dealer who cannot find a fault with it. An independent garage suggested it could be down to the type of clutch fitted.
Could this possibly be a problem inherent with VTEC engines? Has anyone else experienced this symptom? Would welcome any advice. Read more
Thanks Mr.Greasemonkey. Just tried your suggestion and, although the throttle cable doesn't feel particularly notchy, it doesn't feel particularly smooth either. I'll get it checked out.
Whilst browsing a few tyre sites for a friend, it is suprising (to me) just how many of them still carry this warning in the Tyre Legality section.
· A two-axle vehicle with single rear wheels must not have radial ply tyres on the front axle if cross ply tyres are fitted to the rear axle.
I assume that this statement is a legacy from the 70?s when Cross-ply tyres were common place, and Radials were just becoming popular, also at the time that this rule would have applied most cars would be rear-wheel drive. Supposing cross-plies were still available to fit, and considering most cars are now front wheel drive, is it still sensible to ?publicise? this statement.
I only ever had one car that had cross-ply tyres fitted, and at the time they seemed o.k, was it simply the superiority of the Radial that brought about their demise or were they really carp?
Billy
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the road holding on hilman hunters was often improved by reattaching the front struts to something on the innerwing (metal i think it was called)
don't know why this came up the other day, but it did so i thought i'd share it. Others must also have memorable moments, funny or not, that are worth sharing:
20 yrs ago, invited a mate from work to come on lads holiday in Greek islands that 2 of my mates had arranged. Felt sorry for him cos he was going through a really weary divorce. As i'd invited him to join the group he offered to drive us from London to Bristol airport, where we'd meet the others.
So one very wet and miserable morning i got the tube down to South London and despite the pouring rain and grey day was met by my mate wearing shorts, sandals and a Hawaiin shirt...intent on starting his holiday immediately..He showed me to a new steed as well...... fairly new Jag XJ6.....and stated he was doing his best to prevent his wife getting all his money.
So off we drove to the M25 to link up with the M4. The weather was awful, constant pouring rain and bad spray from the motorway. At one point whilst gingerly trying to overtake a lorry, the wipers going full pelt, this apparition appeared in front of us, which for the life of me I could not work out what it was....my mate, driving, shouted
"EXPLETIVE... It's the grim reaper".
It turned out to be a motorcyclist with a couple of fishing rods strapped to his back, so that they were much higher than him and his bike. We couldn't stop laughing, but some of it was through relief! Read more
That can still happen, copped one in between my glasses and face last week !
Does anyone know what the spark plug gap should be for my 2005 Focus, which has done 32,000 miles.
The originals had 0.050" (approx 1.3mm) gaps.
The new ones are factory gapped at 0.047" (approx 1.2mm).
Both are Ford AYFS22CB
I can only find information on the Mk1 Focus 1.6 which seems to be 1.3mm and use AYFS22C plugs.
The Ford ones appear very similar to NGK's, their recommended replacement being TR5A -10 gapped at 1.0 mm (for all 1.6 models)
The new ones are running well and have cured the hesitant idling problem recently experianced.
I'm confused! many thanks for your help.
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Thanks Screwloose,
Some websites make you think it's a matter of life or death if they are not exactly spot on. I'll leave them as they are 1.2mm, the gap may increase oslightly over the next 30k miles or so.
Browse
What's really worrying is that they'll then start charging as much for water as they did for oil. Imagine paying £1 for a litre of water. What, you already do?