Goldie

Understand im a little older but i can recommend confused.com also. They gave me a shed load of quotes and admiral came up trumps.

Another suggestion is someone i know your age goes with hyperformance and he says they are the elephants danglies.

Im having a nightmere with the car at the moment, firstly ive sprung a difficult to find coolant leak and this morning i took the car out and it felt terrible.

It feels like a misfire and when i lifted the bonnet i can hear a clicking sound. I thought that the car must be cold and a bit damp after 24 hrs of rain but this has continued once its warmed up.

Does anyone have any ideas?? Hoping its gonna be a leads and plugs job.

I could also do with a recommendation of a garage to sort my leak, am in Durham but spend most of my time down south so dont really know any garages in the North East.

Advice greatly appreciated.

Happy days....

Ta very much.

I managed to break the spring loaded bump stop mounted on the inside of the tailgate. After retreiving the main body of it from inside the panel i went to try and refit it. I seem to have lost part of it though as it cannot be secured back on.

Could somebody do me a big favour and open their boot and see how it is attached, ie is it a screw thread collar type thing or something along those lines.

Intend to visit the dealers to get the bit missing but dont want to end up with the wrong bits.

Cheers.

Goldie.

The level has definitely fallen. Dont get me wrong its not empty and i did pop a bit extra in the other day.

Fairly sure it coolant. Would the clutch slave leak be very thin liquid and would it evaporate from the road??

Its a bit of a stange one because when the car is running it appears the dripping stops but one i knock the engine off thats when the leak starts and it keeps going until the car cools down. It has started to get noticeably worse over the last couple of days.

craigowl, How many hoses are included in the Samco kit and how much did it set you back if you dont mind me asking?? Am tempted to upgrade while sorting this out.

Appreciate the advise guys.

Cheers

Ive recently aquired a leak from the gear box end of my VR6. Just below where the hoses join the engine ive got a nice little puddle sitting on the gear box.

Ive checked the hoses and cant see anything obvious. It only appears to leak just after the car has been run.

Has anybody had the same problem or does anyone have any words of wisdom on how to sort it??

Once youd removed the wiper have you binned the motor, wiring and the switch as well?

Think i can feel a little trip to the paint shop coming on in the near future.

Appreciate all the replies fellas.

Now its the agony of choice, Does look ace with the wiper removed, decisions decisions!!

Well i walked straight into that one didnt i!!

Is there any chance of seeing a photo of it. If youre making copies i could well be interested in takking one of your hands.

I know thats the way ahead.

Did you end up welding a plate over the hole and filling it over??

Ill look into that fellas, much appreciated.

Cheers,

Goldie

I know people remove their rear wipers but was just wondering if anyone has ever converted it for something a bit more modern??

Any ideas??

Nice one guys, ill have a pop at it myself.

Cheers.

Does anyone know of a company who has made red rear clusters?? Fancy changing mine but dont really want to just paint the originals.

Cheers guys.

Goldie

Has anyone had to replace the plastic roof strips?? My drivers side one has gone rotten and needs changing.

Any ideas on price and ease of removal and fitting new one much appreciated.

Cheers

Goldie

Thankyou kindly, much obliged.

Can someone do the honours and paste me the link for step by step guide to fitting lupo wipers please?? Sorry for being hopeless, just cant find the thing.

Any other advice greatly appreciated.

Cheers guys.

Goldie

Once the fan has ran at 110, it will cool itself back down to about 100 to 105. Is there a way to check the stages of fans running??

Grateful for the advice.

If the fan is kicking in at 110 is that over the top??

Can anyone advise me as to what their running oil temp is for a standard VR6 and the temperature that the cooling fan should kick in please??

Little concerned mines getting a little hot under the collar and prevention is better than cure.

Cheers fellas.

Ive recently changed my front discs and pads to EBC jobs and not long after had a garage replace my NSF wheel bearing.

Since the job the car just isnt the same, steering wheel isnt straight, vibration at 60mph and under breaking.

Can this be linked to a bearing change and does anyone reckon ive got a leg to stand on if i go back and complain??

Quite fancy investing in a set of german style plates.

Any clues as to what exactly is road legal here, ie font style, the badges inbetween the letters etc and where i can lay my hands on them?