oceansoul
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Originally posted by IvIarkgraham
how much oil must it take to fill the block!
....alot i reckon.
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IvIarkgraham
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Originally posted by Hammer
I treat mine as a means of transport tbh, the honeymoon period when I first get a car lasts a month then it gets used to take me places and washed once a year if its lucky.
mine has been washed once on the outside since ive owned it
but i always check my oil and water
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DaveyLC
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Originally posted by oceansoul
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Originally posted by Lynny
This should be checked on the driving test! Annoys me lasses (and lads) like this! Especially those who can't change a wheel!!
Fair enough if they dont have the strength to change the wheel but theres no excuse for not knowing how. I dont get what goes through these peoples heads, standing there looking at the flat think hmm what to do. Does undo the bolts remove wheel put on spare do up bolts not instantly come to mind.
There are ALOT of people who have never even used a spanner so changing a wheel is a dauhnting task 
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ed
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There have been engines developed that can go to about 80k miles without being serviced. They're totally sealed units.
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oceansoul
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Ive just written on my fb asking if people know how to change a wheel. So far (<1min) 3 birds have said they know how to ....
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mattk
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our 140k 1.9 8v JTD Doblo has been in my dads possesion for 5 years now and the only time its had an oil and filter change was at about 100k when a stone peirced the oil filter and drained it, we only noticed when the oil light came on and the dipstick looked like it had been chromed, drove it 15 miles home, new filter topped it up and off it went
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jay2907
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Originally posted by ed
There have been engines developed that can go to about 80k miles without being serviced. They're totally sealed units.
micras must be one of em mum got one never serviced it or anything checked oil and had it since 02
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Root
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Originally posted by oceansoul
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Originally posted by Lynny
This should be checked on the driving test! Annoys me lasses (and lads) like this! Especially those who can't change a wheel!!
Fair enough if they dont have the strength to change the wheel but theres no excuse for not knowing how. I dont get what goes through these peoples heads, standing there looking at the flat think hmm what to do. Does undo the bolts remove wheel put on spare do up bolts not instantly come to mind.
lol, i once stopped to help some stranded girls that had a flat tyre, only problem: They in a ford KA and the spare wheel is not under the boot, it's under the car. Anyway, I was mystified by this, couldn't see a fucking thing as it was pitch black and decided that trying to push the metal bar holding the wheel upwards, that maybe that would release the bar and the wheel, anyway, I had no luck, in the end I said I'm sorry and drove off. lmao, oh...what a cunt I felt and I still don't know how the under-car spare wheels are released today
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IvIarkgraham
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i had a blow out on the motorway in a 206 with the spare wheel under the car
wasnt gonna change it as it was a hire car and was on the motorway side
so called the rac and was gonna get the wheel out read but i couldnt see how it came off either
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Root
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quote:
Originally posted by IvIarkgraham
i had a blow out on the motorway in a 206 with the spare wheel under the car
wasnt gonna change it as it was a hire car and was on the motorway side
so called the rac and was gonna get the wheel out read but i couldnt see how it came off either
tbh ford KA's...206's...they suck anyway.
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Colin
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My sisters like that, just totally not interested in the slightest, she'll buy a car for say £4k & just zip about in it for a number of years until its absolutelly done it & then get nother one.
Current clio she's had for about 5yrs & its never had a service, never been washed, is covered in moss & other marine type morsoles, covered in dents.......she drove it along the wall outside her flat & just shrugged it off. Deary me its a state.......but she doesnt give a hoot!!
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mattk
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Id be fucked if I got a puncture, Id have to ring the AA
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Root
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Originally posted by mattk
Id be fucked if I got a puncture, Id have to ring the AA
how could alcoholics anonymous help you?
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IvIarkgraham
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Originally posted by mattk
Id be fucked if I got a puncture, Id have to ring the AA
no spare wheel?
tyre weld?
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Colin
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I done 30k-odd in my last golf without a service but those miles csme on quick & it was running fine & I didnt see the point in spending £xxx whn it was going to be traded in, I wouldnt have got any more for it anyway so I just reset the service light the day before I px'd it
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oceansoul
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quote:
Originally posted by Root
quote:
Originally posted by IvIarkgraham
i had a blow out on the motorway in a 206 with the spare wheel under the car
wasnt gonna change it as it was a hire car and was on the motorway side
so called the rac and was gonna get the wheel out read but i couldnt see how it came off either
tbh ford KA's...206's...they suck anyway.
OMG lads. Inside the boot there is a small nut. Rotate this and it undoes the cage under the car. Then u can push the cage up and out of the clamp and slide the wheel off.
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Root
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oh right..i thought having a spare wheel under the car was a bit...not safe, lmfao. oh well, at least we know how to do it in future.
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oceansoul
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Originally posted by Root
oh right..i thought having a spare wheel under the car was a bit...not safe, lmfao. oh well, at least we know how to do it in future.
There underneath the car in the zafira too. They get stolen often.
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dannymccann
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quote:
Originally posted by oceansoul
quote:
Originally posted by Lynny
This should be checked on the driving test! Annoys me lasses (and lads) like this! Especially those who can't change a wheel!!
Fair enough if they dont have the strength to change the wheel but theres no excuse for not knowing how. I dont get what goes through these peoples heads, standing there looking at the flat think hmm what to do. Does undo the bolts remove wheel put on spare do up bolts not instantly come to mind.
TBF I havent got a clue how those jacks that come with cars work (where you have to spin it or something to raise it up???), so unless I had my proper trolley jack with me I would be calling out the Yellow or Orange van to help me. Im fine on the drive way though
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John
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Should all get on AON.
If you don't service a car with a 20k service interval by 10k at the very very latest it's apparently unsafe.
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csweatherston
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we've had loads in work.
The usual filled block with oil.
Topped oil up with anti freeze.
Bottle of egg white in radiator to block leak.
copper greased the inside suface of brake pads to stop squeak.
One man removed his brake pads on a mini to stop them squeaking. then wondered why the pistons came out and pissed brake fluid over the road.
Recently a woman superglued her gearknob on because it was loose, drove head on into the garage then couldnt use the lift reverse.
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John
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Originally posted by csweatherston
Egg in the radiator.
This works, at least temporarily.
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biswell
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quote:
Originally posted by oceansoul
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Originally posted by Root
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Originally posted by IvIarkgraham
i had a blow out on the motorway in a 206 with the spare wheel under the car
wasnt gonna change it as it was a hire car and was on the motorway side
so called the rac and was gonna get the wheel out read but i couldnt see how it came off either
tbh ford KA's...206's...they suck anyway.
OMG lads. Inside the boot there is a small nut. Rotate this and it undoes the cage under the car. Then u can push the cage up and out of the clamp and slide the wheel off.
sayin that it isnt that easy you need a 19mm socket to undo it so your fucked if you haven't got one with you lol
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Graham88
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Originally posted by IvIarkgraham
how much oil must it take to fill the block!
That's what I was thinking, she must have bought a few bottles!
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Andrew
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I got a flat on the motorway, was i fuck as changing the wheel in the dark, rain and wind. I called Green Flag who came out and changed it for me while i sat on the grass 
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