Any Car mechanic 'bods' out there ?

livinginhope

Mike_St_Helens wrote:

Well I was puching my luck last week.. before payday. I ran out on a roundabout on a dual carrageway... Wasnt very nice.. Police came and everything !

I now am so scared all the time.. It drinks petrol like I drink wine !

Ooh Mike,the lengths you'll go to to get a man in uniform

Knowing how much wine you drink,the car must be thirsty ,I don't find mine that bad because being diesel,I use bio diesel from a local man at 66p/L
so I only get the £70 top up when away from home.

Great car though,brilliant off road and in the snow,never let us down.

LIH

Mike_St_Helens

livinginhope wrote:

Ooh Mike,the lengths you'll go to to get a man in uniform

Knowing how much wine you drink,the car must be thirsty ,I don't find mine that bad because being diesel,I use bio diesel from a local man at 66p/L
so I only get the £70 top up when away from home.

Great car though,brilliant off road and in the snow,never let us down.

LIH

Does he sell that cooking ouil deisel thing !! Ill bet it bloody stinks !

Yeah, I really like my car, only had it a couple of months.. You know what boys and their toys are like !

immoral_angeluk

Mike_St_Helens wrote:

Does he sell that cooking ouil deisel thing !! Ill bet it bloody stinks !

Yeah, I really like my car, only had it a couple of months.. You know what boys and their toys are like !

Oh yea? DO tell!

Mike_St_Helens

immoral_angeluk wrote:

Oh yea? DO tell!

Yep... I love my toys

livinginhope

Mike_St_Helens wrote:

Does he sell that cooking ouil deisel thing !! Ill bet it bloody stinks !

Yeah, I really like my car, only had it a couple of months.. You know what boys and their toys are like !

I get the bio diesel from a local company that makes it and supplies it to the council for the dust carts,not going to name names as he isn't supposed to be selling it most people round here know him and they all buy it.
It does smell a bit like a chip pan when sitting in traffic,but being in the country we don't sit in traffic much

Glad you like the car,cheap for parts too as it's basically a Vauxhall Vectra engine and parts are available everywhere.We've had ours a few years now and love it.

oscar52

livinginhope wrote:

Don't know if your's is like mine,the needle drops sooooo quickly after the 1/2 tank the full to 1/2 takes ages,then..boom..it's nearly empty?
I don't trust my car for more than about 20 miles when the light is on constantly,it does flicker for about 50 miles though.I know one day I will run out of diesel,DH is always telling me off saying that you shouldn't run on the last bit of the tank,you should always keep it over the 1/4? does anyone know why?

LIH

Cos when you get near the bottom of the tank, it sucks up all the bits of c**p, they clog the injectors and the car starts to run like a bag of bolts

Willsnarf1983

cosworthblue wrote:

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prob not the wisest thing to have this plastered on the message board...neve know who might use and abuse it

Will