Thinking of buying a Turbo or early Arnage

Thinking of buying a Turbo or early Arnage

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silverfoxcc

7,683 posts

144 months

Friday 20th July 2012
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Re brake pedal. Run the engine for a few mins to get the pressure built up. Turn off engine but kep ignition on. and then pump pedal on..1/2...off....1/2..on...1/2. off etc
over 50 pumps good 3/40 ok 20 or less get your spheres changed PDQ

Balmoral

40,659 posts

247 months

Friday 20th July 2012
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bergxu said:
Really healthy and tight hydraulic system should extinguish the warning lamp(s) in 30 seconds, unless the car has sat for an age.
yes

Mine goes off after just a few seconds, even if it's sitting on its arse like an old Citroen after being left idle for two or three weeks.


RoyaleDetailing

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531 posts

245 months

Saturday 21st July 2012
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Here are the pictures. Sorry for the poor quality as the pictures are not mine. As you can see the on dash tv! Yikes.

Thanks also for the tips on the braking system. I will try them when i am with the car next.

One thing if someone can clarify. I thought the mirrors were updated to all 1994 models onwards. This is is advertised as a 1996 car but with the old mirrors (its a Japanese import). Anyone know when the mirrors were updated?





Edited by RoyaleDetailing on Saturday 21st July 12:22

buyer&seller

768 posts

177 months

Saturday 21st July 2012
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It certainly looks like a 96 model year. It has the correct bumpers for that year and the other item that confirms this is the centre armrest, earlier cars had individual ones on each of the front seats. It may well be something to do with the original market it was exported to but if it was a UK car it would have the later mirrors.

silverfoxcc

7,683 posts

144 months

Saturday 21st July 2012
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Re the braking system, just to clarify. pump until the light comes back on!!

Looks nice transport

Rushmore

1,223 posts

141 months

Sunday 23rd September 2012
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Weird. Centre console shift, but pre-1996 mirrors. Nice car anyway.

great2cyou

5 posts

170 months

Wednesday 2nd January 2013
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Regarding testing the accumulators - there's a video of the test on Facebook. Search for EverythingRollsRoyce.

ADP68

528 posts

170 months

Thursday 3rd January 2013
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I searched on youtube and couldn't find it, even if I typed Rolls-Royce accumulator test. Would you mind posting a link please?
Thank you
Doh- edited- I've now read it's on FB!!!! Sorry

keith9849

97 posts

144 months

Tuesday 22nd January 2013
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So, Royale Detailing, did you buy the Turbo R, or 'invest' elsewhere?

RoyaleDetailing

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531 posts

245 months

Tuesday 22nd January 2013
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keith9849 said:
So, Royale Detailing, did you buy the Turbo R, or 'invest' elsewhere?
No haven't pulled the trigger on the Bentley yet. I bought the wife a 911 C4S, and we are in the process of buying a house. Hoping to get a Bentley Arnage before April now. Fingers crossed!

bergxu

381 posts

156 months

Sunday 27th January 2013
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Balmoral said:
yes

Mine goes off after just a few seconds, even if it's sitting on its arse like an old Citroen after being left idle for two or three weeks.

Sometimes that can be an indicator of something amiss, at least on SY series cars. My old '77 SSII would extinguish the brake pressure lamps almost immediately as well and it turned out I had a problem with one of the accumulator valves.