Problem with your car?

[jen_br]

Re: Problem with your car?

head gaskets cheap part but a biatch to fit etc they can be expensive!

[di30]

Re: Problem with your car?

Sorry to say Di, but it sounds like it could be a head gasket failure, your Son really needs to get it to a mechanic and checked out before it does any other damage to the engine.

Thank you hon, I did think something along those lines.

He is hoping to get a new car soon, shame he didn't do it earlier lol.

Any idea on a rough price to get a job like this done, if this is the problem (on top of your head)?

Cheers so muchly x

[alland]

Re: Problem with your car?

Advice please.

My son rang today, he broke down in his Vauxhall Corsa 1.2 SXI, 2003 year.
He heard a pop, then car cut out.

Oil checked, Water Res, this did need filling, so did that, managed to get it started by a passer by with jump leads, but by the time we got it home the water res was empty "already", and it was only about 2 miles from where breaking down to getting it home.

Taken the battery out to charge as well, but the machine confirmed it was already fully charged.

Any ideas please guys?

Thank you. x

Sorry to say Di, but it sounds like it could be a head gasket failure, your Son really needs to get it to a mechanic and checked out before it does any other damage to the engine.

[di30]

Re: Problem with your car?

Advice please.

My son rang today, he broke down in his Vauxhall Corsa 1.2 SXI, 2003 year.
He heard a pop, then car cut out.

Oil checked, Water Res, this did need filling, so did that, managed to get it started by a passer by with jump leads, but by the time we got it home the water res was empty "already", and it was only about 2 miles from where breaking down to getting it home.

Taken the battery out to charge as well, but the machine confirmed it was already fully charged.

Any ideas please guys?

Thank you. x

[SXGuy]

Re: Problem with your car?

Have you never thought of using chromatography to remove the dye from red diesel?

Didnt even know you could!

Def gonna be googling that!

[CleverClogs (RIP)]

Re: Problem with your car?

i think a 50/50 mix sounds good, im currently using some deisel i bought about 15 years ago stored in a drum in the garage, bought it during the last fuel crisis, gotta be saving me a fortune what with todays prices, but i def wanna save some more!

Have you never thought of using chromatography to remove the dye from red diesel?

[CleverClogs (RIP)]

Re: Problem with your car?

Bio-diesel or lipo-diesel? (link)

ROFL never seen that article before, hey ill take whatever is cheapest!!

I believe he was living off the fat of the land.

[SXGuy]

Re: Problem with your car?

I have a mate that runs his van on old chip oil . All he does is collect it from the local takeaway's and filter it. The only problem he has dad is reduced fuel pump life as the cooking oil doesn't lubricate the metal pump parts as well as normal diesel. In winter he mixes it 50/50 with normal fuel.

You wouldn't want to drive at the back of him, it's not the smoke but the smell of Fish and Chips that's the problem

LOL that would make me hungry everytime i drove behind!

i think a 50/50 mix sounds good, im currently using some deisel i bought about 15 years ago stored in a drum in the garage, bought it during the last fuel crisis, gotta be saving me a fortune what with todays prices, but i def wanna save some more!

[Handyman]

Re: Problem with your car?

ROFL never seen that article before, hey ill take whatever is cheapest!!

Seriously though, really interested to know whether bio diesel would work. I understand you have to find a good source and its wise to ask for test sample to prove its quality before you buy, but i have no idea on the impact it would cause to parts, or whether some need upgrading.

I have a mate that runs his van on old chip oil . All he does is collect it from the local takeaway's and filter it. The only problem he has dad is reduced fuel pump life as the cooking oil doesn't lubricate the metal pump parts as well as normal diesel. In winter he mixes it 50/50 with normal fuel.

You wouldn't want to drive at the back of him, it's not the smoke but the smell of Fish and Chips that's the problem

[SXGuy]

Re: Problem with your car?

Bio-diesel or lipo-diesel? (link)

ROFL never seen that article before, hey ill take whatever is cheapest!!

Seriously though, really interested to know whether bio diesel would work. I understand you have to find a good source and its wise to ask for test sample to prove its quality before you buy, but i have no idea on the impact it would cause to parts, or whether some need upgrading.

[CleverClogs (RIP)]

Re: Problem with your car?

Bought myself a wee runaround ... its a wee Fiat Punto

Does it really run on wee?

[CleverClogs (RIP)]

Re: Problem with your car?

Does anyone here have an expierence with using bio deisel in a BMW 320D 06 plate? Read conflicting views all over the net.

Some say its fine providing the filters are changed every 10k miles, others say something about needed to upgrade the fuel pipes due to corrosion?

Bio-diesel or lipo-diesel? (link)

[alland]

Re: Problem with your car?

it was cheap!

MrsD, regardless of being cheap, if it is a new generation Fiat eg. 2003 onwards it should give you good trouble free motoring.

Our road car side of the business is known locally for the service and repair of all Italian car variants, and for the most, we see very few issues with the newer Fiat range.

Unlike French crap (old or new) which we decline to get involved with...... despite the fact we could earn a very good living from the amount of work they require to keep them on the road...

[MrsD]

Re: Problem with your car?

it was cheap!

[oscar]

Re: Problem with your car?

Wheels/tyres altering the speedo is quite correct. On my evil piece of french shite, I have alloys - 14", but I think originally, it had 13" steels (my opinion is steels are better anyway).

I know my speedo is out by about 7 or 8%. When I do 70 in the car (speedo) sat nav says I am doing 65/66. Same for other speeds also.

But why the hell get a FIAT??!! They almost as bad as Renault/Peugeot/Citoen. You know fiat stands for Fix It Again, Tony