Another year - another MOT failure!

[Dub_nut_g60 0]

After the way my day went yesterday (overshadowed by Trig's day luckily) i wasnt exactly suprised to fail! thought id share the list of failures with you!

 

001 Brake pedal spongy

 

002 Nearside rear shock absorber has a serious fluid leak

 

003 Offside rear shock absorber has a serious fluid leak

 

004 Nearside front shock absorber has a serious fluid leak

 

005 Offside front shock absorber has a serious fluid leak

 

006 Nearside front (top mount) front suspension joint has execessive play in upper suspension ball joint

 

007 Offside front (top mount) front suspension joint has execessive play in upper suspension ball joint

 

008 Nearside front tyre fouling a part of vehicle

 

009 Offside front tyre fouling a part of the vehicle

 

010 Nearside front brake padl less than 1.5mm thick

 

011 Nearside rear brake disc cracked

 

012 (mid section clamp loose) exhaust system has a major leak of exhaust gases

 

013 Emisions not tested

 

018 Brakes imbalances

 

Advisory Notes

 

014 Brake Hydraulic reservoir fluid close to minimum level

 

015 Rear Brake pad wearing thin

 

016 Engine/gearbox mouting(s) defective

 

017 Oil Leak

 

Darren - you to fix next week!!!! :lol: (will give you a call later in the week!!)

 

I knew the suspension was bad so its already booked in with darren to have new coilovers fitted.

 

Engine mount wasnt a suprise after watching the amount of play in the motor on the rollers yesterday!!!

 

For those who witnessed the comedy oil change yesterday an oil leak isnt exactly a suprise!! :roll:

[Furkz 0]

you def did it in style man :lol

[Trig 0]

You asked for it...

[Furkz 0]

WOAH-- what happened here then!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Trig 0]

I'll let Dub_nut_g60 tell you. Make sure it's the FULL story! :lol:

[Dub_nut_g60 0]

Cheers Trig!!!

 

Well ill start at the beginning........

 

checked my oil before the trip to stealth like any sensible motorist!! but in the process manages to leave the filler cap off, met up with the other guys coming up from the south to see smoke coming from under my bonnet, popped it up to see the engine COVERED in oil!

 

Put a bit more oil in, put the cap on, mopped up a bit and off we went! hit the M3 and i have several noticable clouds of white smoke billowing out the back, we pull over, wipe off more oil and carry on.

 

NEXT my oil pressure sensor keeps going off so we pull over to put MORE oil in (didnt manage to get a reading on the dipstick)

 

we get to chively services to meet zippy and i STILL have oil drops from underneath, pretty random so we give it a check still no reading on dipstick, we find out some monkey had used gaffa tape to stick the plastic top of the dipstick tube on which had come off leaving jsut the tape.

 

Turns out we werent getting an oil reading as the tape was wiping the oil off before it came out the sleeve finally get a reading, and the oil level was almost half way up th e dipstick (OOPS!!)

 

so we decide the 'best' way to sort out the problem was to drain best part of 10 litres of oil out and refill it! dont think we left too much of a mess!!

[Trig 0]

PMSL @ it all over again!

[Furkz 0]

u should be on telly man :lol:

 

sorry to hear abt ur misfortune

[dinkus 10]

Sucky news man, but it's nothing too major - all wear and tear stuff, so hopefully won't be too crippling to get fixed :)

[Trig 0]

Nah like dinkus says it's all wear and tear & looks like your coilovers will cure quite a few of the problems. :)

[Dub_nut_g60 0]

triggermyson Im laughing at in now!!!! was a bit worried until we got to chively and everyone got a bit gung ho about it and sorted it!! think its an 'could only happen with a corrado' moment!!

 

Dinkus like ya say dom all wear and tear stuff!! looks worse than it is, 6 points on suspension and 4 on brake issues! shame i didnt get to 20 though!!

[bcstudent 0]

I understand that you had limited options, but dumping 10 litres of oil on the floor and leaving it was pretty bad!

[Dub_nut_g60 0]

I understand that you had limited options, but dumping 10 litres of oil on the floor and leaving it was pretty bad!

 

well aware!!

 

we did do it over a drain so it wasnt just left in a puddle (yes there is a drain under there!) (again not very environmentally friendly)

[A20 LEE 0]

Well impressed :lol:

[dazzyvr6 0]

mine failed today aswell..but no where near as long a list as yours

[Pickard1 0]

Hello Chaps,

Got my MOT next week I bet it fails on more than that little lot......in fact Im willing to bet the cost of our respective repairs that mine will be worse news.......any takers.. :shock:

Trig - you get home ok? :lol:

[bristolbaron 10]

Cheers Trig!!!

 

Well ill start at the beginning........

 

checked my oil before the trip to stealth like any sensible motorist!! but in the process manages to leave the filler cap off, met up with the other guys coming up from the south to see smoke coming from under my bonnet, popped it up to see the engine COVERED in oil!

 

Put a bit more oil in, put the cap on, mopped up a bit and off we went! hit the M3 and i have several noticable clouds of white smoke billowing out the back, we pull over, wipe off more oil and carry on.

 

NEXT my oil pressure sensor keeps going off so we pull over to put MORE oil in (didnt manage to get a reading on the dipstick)

 

we get to chively services to meet zippy and i STILL have oil drops from underneath, pretty random so we give it a check still no reading on dipstick, we find out some monkey had used gaffa tape to stick the plastic top of the dipstick tube on which had come off leaving jsut the tape.

 

Turns out we werent getting an oil reading as the tape was wiping the oil off before it came out the sleeve finally get a reading, and the oil level was almost half way up the dipstick (OOPS!!)

 

so we decide the 'best' way to sort out the problem was to drain best part of 10 litres of oil out and refill it! dont think we left too much of a mess!!

 

Cant you add the bit where you blew off hlf your face pouring petrol on the BBQ?! I know its not strictly related, but it was the best bit of my day! :lol:

 

.And i'm surprised the engine mount was only advisory, At one point i thought your engine was gonna touch stealths ceiling! :shock: :twisted:

[iow_corrado_g60 0]

we could tell your suspension had gone from in my car seemed like you had cut springs you were bouncing round so much lol!

[Dub_nut_g60 0]

lol, trying to forget the head in a fireball moment!!!

 

engine did a have a little bit of play in it, mounts will be sorted next week too!

 

As for the suspension its not exactly fun driving at the moment!! bounces around more that a fat kid on a bouncy castle!! had some major understeer on some of the roundabouts iow_corrado_g60 insisted on taking laps round!!

 

I already knew it wasin a bad way, unfortuanatly my suspensin was still being built in germany last time i spoke to darren!

[iow_corrado_g60 0]

yeah and zippy's spirited driving round the service station

[iow_corrado_g60 0]

good luck with getting it all done thou andy get darren to give it all a quick health check too! after that oil leak might be worth changing a few seals/ gaskets!

[scarlett 0]

niiiiiiiiiiice.... you can always trust a dub to fail its MOT properly!

 

the audi I just bought managed to fail today on an equally grand scale...

 

new front discs and pads, new front tyres, new wishbones, new cv boot, rear wheel bearings.......... at least the intermittant reverse light decided to work... :roll:

 

looks like it will cost more to fix than it did to buy.... :( such a pity cos its a really lovely car..........

[bristolbaron 10]

niiiiiiiiiiice.... you can always trust a dub to fail its MOT properly!

 

the audi I just bought managed to fail today on an equally grand scale...

 

new front discs and pads, new front tyres, new wishbones, new cv boot, rear wheel bearings.......... at least the intermittant reverse light decided to work... :roll:

 

looks like it will cost more to fix than it did to buy.... :( such a pity cos its a really lovely car..........

 

nice, just what you need at the mo. :roll:

but just noticed... :new-bday: :new-bday: :new-bday: :new-bday: :new-bday:

[Phil K 0]

scarlett, thats fkin sh** specialy with everything else thats going on! I'd get your money back and be done with it tbh... let me know if there's anything I can do to help :)

[scarlett 0]

thanks Baz...!! :)

 

and yes, not what I needed.... I hate my birthday, something always goes wrong with my car.... and I always hurt myself somehow too..... :(