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I think the economy map probably assumes you are using full throttle in every gear so you can change up sooner but as I very rarely use full throttle in any gear I have my doubts - I can't afford it anyway. :frown: Head gaskets seem to last well on the Hdi, I've never had one go and my present one ...

Traditional Auto boxes that 'slip' by design seem to completely contradict the whole point of the HDi which is to ride the wave of natural torque you get. This 'wasted' torque must lead to heavy fuel use. As with all slushmatic boxes; fluid and filter changes give better service and less trouble. M...

My daughter had an 03-plate 807 2.2 HDi, (I have the wishbone tee-shirt too). :roll: To cut a very long story short, I lost the fight with all the gremlins that beast could summon when feeling cantankerous..... I fixed the dodgy airbags, then the ABS, then the self leveling witchcraft for the xenon...

Been having a fun* week with the 807..... It had a short MOT, no worries given the purchase price. Needed rear discs 'n' pads and the lower wishbone ball joints. Again no worries, had a quick look while it was on the MOT ramp nothing overly difficult or expensive. Got it home and then the fun* comme...

I've not had too many issues with my 307 over the last 4 years/20k miles apart from the engine (1.6hdi). I do have pre facelift 2004.

Forums are a far better source for information than facetube. Unfortunately the more specific the forum the tighter the audience is and in the case of a forum for a specific car it's only going to have a limited lifespan (unless it's a classic). A good lounge section can help people come for the inf...

I still use that principle, the older I get the longer breaker bar I have to buy. :? Peter If you haven't already got one, I'd recommend an electric impact gun. One of the older guys at work (70) still does most of his own spannering and he'd never considered one (impact guns are a big no no on air...

Ollie - that looks a good buy for sure, I always forget about that model, certainly don't notice them around too much, seem to see a lot of the big Citroens instead. Hope it serves you well should shift along nicely with a remap and some de-strangling :D In terms of Torque settings, the more I look...

I definitely didn't find the correct Torque values on the web for the caliper bolts yesterday (after completing the job) and definitely didn't get home and strip the whole lot to re-torque bolts to correct values or anything, no that never happened. My previous 'by hand' torques felt very similar t...

Doggy wrote:She's really cute.

A tri-colour cavalier, I assume?

Indeed

PeterN wrote:Lovely, so innocent looking - at the moment.

Peter

Just had jabs, so very quiet today.
She does have soft squirrel she loves to "kill"

UH OH Doggo.....


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Introducing Tinkerbell, She's 11wks, collected her on Tuesday

steve_earwig wrote:More like nothing produced today that's not going to be a shitload of trouble when it ages into our pricerange

T'wife and I were discussing this yesterday, these leccy cars are all good and well for the first couple of years but what aboot once they are 7-10 years old and 80k plus?

Congratulations Bailes

Those Bluetooth obd2 jobbies are very handy. I picked mine up for aboot 8 quid on amazon and utilise the free torque lite app on my phone. It's a damn site easier to setup and use than pp2k. Probably no good for dealing with any of the body systems but it works very well for engine stuff.

Hello chaps, guess what. over 1,000km since I last changed the battery and... I dropped t'wife off at t'airport this avo. Coming out the carpark: BONG! Check engine system. BONG! Check VSC system. BONG! Check 4x4 system. Same deal, coming out of the airport after collecting my nephew last night. Is...