some advice please
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Hi Everyone,
Sorry I've not posted for a while - i've been away a lot (which has meant not driving the cerb
) I do have a couple of queeries that hopefully you guys can help me out on (bear with me!!)
1. Oil pressure - I know this one comes up a lot but I check the levels everytime I drive the car but it dosent seem to go down. in the 6 months and several 0000 miles i've done I've only had to top up once
the coolant level needs topping up every week as per the manual. the reason i've now posted is that the oil guage is now not as quick to drop below 60 psi and under load jumps to 80 psi!! as you all know is neigh on impossible to get a reading from the dipstick - any suggestions (joolz I was going ask you when I spoke to you earlier but forgot (in the excitment of discussing upgrades))
2. leakage of some sort - pretty much at the front of the car (passenger side) almost under the bumper. Thought it may have been air con related??
3. Driver error - last week I had the missus and daughter in the car (we were going to collect her Alfa from the garage again!!) Instead of reversing up my street as I normally do I decided to do a 3 point turn. when I reversed back on myself I managed to ground the exhaust on the pavement. I wasn't too bad but subsequently the car has developed a rattling, it almost sounds like something is dragging on the road when driving (which its not as I got it up on the ramp at Halfrauds and the only thing they spotted was a lose nut) its a long shot but does anyone know or done anything simmilar
Cheers everyone (sorry about the long post)
Sorry I've not posted for a while - i've been away a lot (which has meant not driving the cerb
) I do have a couple of queeries that hopefully you guys can help me out on (bear with me!!) 1. Oil pressure - I know this one comes up a lot but I check the levels everytime I drive the car but it dosent seem to go down. in the 6 months and several 0000 miles i've done I've only had to top up once
the coolant level needs topping up every week as per the manual. the reason i've now posted is that the oil guage is now not as quick to drop below 60 psi and under load jumps to 80 psi!! as you all know is neigh on impossible to get a reading from the dipstick - any suggestions (joolz I was going ask you when I spoke to you earlier but forgot (in the excitment of discussing upgrades)) 2. leakage of some sort - pretty much at the front of the car (passenger side) almost under the bumper. Thought it may have been air con related??
3. Driver error - last week I had the missus and daughter in the car (we were going to collect her Alfa from the garage again!!) Instead of reversing up my street as I normally do I decided to do a 3 point turn. when I reversed back on myself I managed to ground the exhaust on the pavement. I wasn't too bad but subsequently the car has developed a rattling, it almost sounds like something is dragging on the road when driving (which its not as I got it up on the ramp at Halfrauds and the only thing they spotted was a lose nut) its a long shot but does anyone know or done anything simmilar
Cheers everyone (sorry about the long post)
point 2)
Leakage at the front of the car, along with you saying you need to top the coolant level up every week makes me think--radiator leak, thats what mine was doing when i had to keep topping mine up.
Take it for a drive-- when you get back- open the bonnet and look/listen for any hissing sounds from the Rad
mine was leaking from the hose that connects to the rad on the passenger side, if its that you can try tightening the jubilee clip if its comming from the pipe mouth.
My coolant level hardly ever changes now
oh and BTW my car hardly uses any oil at all!!!!
>> Edited by Garethgtt on Wednesday 31st May 01:31
Leakage at the front of the car, along with you saying you need to top the coolant level up every week makes me think--radiator leak, thats what mine was doing when i had to keep topping mine up.
Take it for a drive-- when you get back- open the bonnet and look/listen for any hissing sounds from the Rad
mine was leaking from the hose that connects to the rad on the passenger side, if its that you can try tightening the jubilee clip if its comming from the pipe mouth.
My coolant level hardly ever changes now
oh and BTW my car hardly uses any oil at all!!!!
>> Edited by Garethgtt on Wednesday 31st May 01:31
gazm said:
Cheers Guys - will try listening for the hissing noise
Gareth
When Joolz Serviced mine, he invented some kindof self bleeding Radiator system, might be worth giving him a shout. He also put the `Fan cutin sooner` ECU map in, which has worked wonders for stable staionary traffic water temperatures.
Mine recently developed a rattle on the exhaust for the second time, so two potential options to check from my experience
1) has the 'bobbin' in the centre of the exhaust come adrift as in my case the exhaust only rattled once heated up (and hence lengthened) enough to show up the fact that it was hanging loose and moving
2) there is a shaped plate above the centre of the exhaust that helps to protect the fibreglass from heat. On mine it was held in place by two scrawny pop rivets, the back one of which pulled through hence allowing it to touch the exhaust at certain rev ranges
SF
1) has the 'bobbin' in the centre of the exhaust come adrift as in my case the exhaust only rattled once heated up (and hence lengthened) enough to show up the fact that it was hanging loose and moving
2) there is a shaped plate above the centre of the exhaust that helps to protect the fibreglass from heat. On mine it was held in place by two scrawny pop rivets, the back one of which pulled through hence allowing it to touch the exhaust at certain rev ranges
SF
[quote=suffolkfox]Mine recently developed a rattle on the exhaust for the second time, so two potential options to check from my experience
1) has the 'bobbin' in the centre of the exhaust come adrift as in my case the exhaust only rattled once heated up (and hence lengthened) enough to show up the fact that it was hanging loose and moving
2) there is a shaped plate above the centre of the exhaust that helps to protect the fibreglass from heat. On mine it was held in place by two scrawny pop rivets, the back one of which pulled through hence allowing it to touch the exhaust at certain rev ranges
SF[/quote
cheers SF - I think 1) may be the problem as it only starts to rattle when its heated up - is this something that Kwikfit could sort or would i need to take it to a dealer.
Cheers
Gareth
1) has the 'bobbin' in the centre of the exhaust come adrift as in my case the exhaust only rattled once heated up (and hence lengthened) enough to show up the fact that it was hanging loose and moving
2) there is a shaped plate above the centre of the exhaust that helps to protect the fibreglass from heat. On mine it was held in place by two scrawny pop rivets, the back one of which pulled through hence allowing it to touch the exhaust at certain rev ranges
SF[/quote
cheers SF - I think 1) may be the problem as it only starts to rattle when its heated up - is this something that Kwikfit could sort or would i need to take it to a dealer.
Cheers
Gareth
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