Move a car from Yorkshire to Cornwall
Discussion
NoIP said:
Realistically the travel costs and potential child care costs to get it back to Yorkshire, fix it and get it back down are going to amount to an absolute minimum of £200 and a full day wasted and that's assuming everything goes to plan with your taxis/trains/planes.
400 miles Cornwall to Yorkshire is going to be a minimum of 6 hours driving each way (if she's in south cornwall, getting to the M5 can easily be a couple of hours on its own), so it is going to need an overnight accommodation added on to that. Monty Python said:
GreatGranny said:
Are you sure?
Part alone is approx. £100
From ECP the part is £280 - are there different parts for different years?Part alone is approx. £100
Edited by Monty Python on Tuesday 25th April 15:01
NoIP said:
A recon one would do the job in the short term if getting back up and running as cheaply as possible is the plan. But if short journeys are what she's doing then the vehicle needs disposing of and a petrol vehicle needs acquiring which would prove to be infinitely more reliable than a diesel for those kind of journeys.
Great suggestion when the OP has already explained her financial position.
berlintaxi said:
Great suggestion when the OP has already explained her financial position.
Why the sarcasm? 2011 Touran going to be worth quite a few quid in a working state. Fix car (which she's going to have to find the money to do regardless), sell car, buy petrol car with proceeds. Seems like a perfectly reasonable suggestion to me, or do you think it would make more sense to keep it, only for the EGR to predictably become clogged again in the near future and require another bunch of money throwing at it, ad infinitum. ?NoIP said:
Why the sarcasm? 2011 Touran going to be worth quite a few quid in a working state. Fix car (which she's going to have to find the money to do regardless), sell car, buy petrol car with proceeds. Seems like a perfectly reasonable suggestion to me, or do you think it would make more sense to keep it, only for the EGR to predictably become clogged again in the near future and require another bunch of money throwing at it, ad infinitum. ?
^ This, with bells on.There's only a tiny handful of 2011 diesel Tourans on Autotrader under £7k, with most of the private sale ones between £7k and £8k. The top money ones are £12k.
If she's so hard-pressed financially, she can not only solve one problem, but free a bit of equity at the same time.
If it's a school run/shopping car, she needs to take it to a local specialist and get the EGR blanked off and the warning light remapped out. It will pass MOTs and it will stop breaking down. If she undertakes this epic plan to go back to Yorkshire, they will flush it out with petrol and send her on her way again, only for it to happen in a few months time. It's simply not worth it.
Correct me if I am wrong, not a diesel aficionado but cant these things be cleared out with a can of brake cleaner or something ?
Does she have any mechanical nous or know someone who has, there will be a YouTube video on how to do it and I cant imagine its that hard, got to be worth a try ?
Its probably just a bit gunky and needs a blasting through with carb cleaner and maybe a compressor ?
Does she have any mechanical nous or know someone who has, there will be a YouTube video on how to do it and I cant imagine its that hard, got to be worth a try ?
Its probably just a bit gunky and needs a blasting through with carb cleaner and maybe a compressor ?
J4CKO said:
Correct me if I am wrong, not a diesel aficionado but cant these things be cleared out with a can of brake cleaner or something ?
Does she have any mechanical nous or know someone who has, there will be a YouTube video on how to do it and I cant imagine its that hard, got to be worth a try ?
Its probably just a bit gunky and needs a blasting through with carb cleaner and maybe a compressor ?
I have a tin of ..... EGR cleaner in my garage. £6 from a well known car parts reseller.Does she have any mechanical nous or know someone who has, there will be a YouTube video on how to do it and I cant imagine its that hard, got to be worth a try ?
Its probably just a bit gunky and needs a blasting through with carb cleaner and maybe a compressor ?
mondeo_man said:
J4CKO said:
Correct me if I am wrong, not a diesel aficionado but cant these things be cleared out with a can of brake cleaner or something ?
Does she have any mechanical nous or know someone who has, there will be a YouTube video on how to do it and I cant imagine its that hard, got to be worth a try ?
Its probably just a bit gunky and needs a blasting through with carb cleaner and maybe a compressor ?
I have a tin of ..... EGR cleaner in my garage. £6 from a well known car parts reseller.Does she have any mechanical nous or know someone who has, there will be a YouTube video on how to do it and I cant imagine its that hard, got to be worth a try ?
Its probably just a bit gunky and needs a blasting through with carb cleaner and maybe a compressor ?
But you've got to get to it...
That's all the Yorkshire garage are going to do, anyway.
TooMany2cvs said:
Sure.
But you've got to get to it...
That's all the Yorkshire garage are going to do, anyway.
BUT cant the EGR valve just be unplugged, get someone to clear the fault code and be on your way ? This is what I did with My Mondeo. EGR now blanked off and what a difference its made.But you've got to get to it...
That's all the Yorkshire garage are going to do, anyway.
TooMany2cvs said:
mondeo_man said:
J4CKO said:
Correct me if I am wrong, not a diesel aficionado but cant these things be cleared out with a can of brake cleaner or something ?
Does she have any mechanical nous or know someone who has, there will be a YouTube video on how to do it and I cant imagine its that hard, got to be worth a try ?
Its probably just a bit gunky and needs a blasting through with carb cleaner and maybe a compressor ?
I have a tin of ..... EGR cleaner in my garage. £6 from a well known car parts reseller.Does she have any mechanical nous or know someone who has, there will be a YouTube video on how to do it and I cant imagine its that hard, got to be worth a try ?
Its probably just a bit gunky and needs a blasting through with carb cleaner and maybe a compressor ?
But you've got to get to it...
That's all the Yorkshire garage are going to do, anyway.
RicksAlfas said:
If it's a school run/shopping car, she needs to take it to a local specialist and get the EGR blanked off and the warning light remapped out. It will pass MOTs and it will stop breaking down. If she undertakes this epic plan to go back to Yorkshire, they will flush it out with petrol and send her on her way again, only for it to happen in a few months time. It's simply not worth it.
Nope, if it is a school run car then it needs to be sold and replaced by a petrol. Diesel does not do that kind of trip, it will continue to cost a fortune in repairs.RicksAlfas said:
If it's a school run/shopping car, she needs to take it to a local specialist and get the EGR blanked off and the warning light remapped out. It will pass MOTs and it will stop breaking down. If she undertakes this epic plan to go back to Yorkshire, they will flush it out with petrol and send her on her way again, only for it to happen in a few months time. It's simply not worth it.
KevinCamaroSS said:
Nope, if it is a school run car then it needs to be sold and replaced by a petrol. Diesel does not do that kind of trip, it will continue to cost a fortune in repairs.
Yes, you are correct. Ultimately a petrol engine would be better. However she currently has a diesel engine and my solution was to get her mobile without a 600 mile round trip and without any panic selling. My wife's Golf has the same engine and does lots of short urban journeys. They are sturdy and reliable, the main weakness for this use is the EGR valve, but blanking it works well.TooMany2cvs said:
Sure.
But you've got to get to it...
That's all the Yorkshire garage did previously.
Fixed that for you.But you've got to get to it...
That's all the Yorkshire garage did previously.
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