the web is full of stories of this engine in various applications suffering turbo failure. The lubrication seems to very marginal and is seriously affected by neglecting servicing intervals and not following proper oil change procedures….hence Citroen picking up on your extended intervals.

An oil leak will not have helped if it let the oil level or pressure drop excessively, but don’t these have an electronic oil level display?

I fear you might have an uphill battle to get this paid for. Just do some research on t’web about similar cases. Oh, and whoever does end up fixing it, make sure they use the proper parts which includes the sump oil pickup strainer that gets blocked by sludge and causes the turbo to fail.

as above – they are efficient. Only downsides:

1. they bloody know how to charge for going over limits. This is avoidable though.

2. HSBC are pretty shoddy. Branch opening times for paying in cheques are rubbish.

3. They send out a LOT of paper mail. e.g. new terms and conditions several times per year, multiplied by 3 for each of my and Mrs’ accounts.

But they’ve never bollocksed up and are efficient on phone.

Cranking weak. New battery went in today. Started pretty well on the button. Drove 20 miles to work. Left it all day. Amazingly good starting at coming home time. Think the old one must have been weak for a while. One surprise benefit is that the car seems quicker and smoother now the engine management has been reset whilst powered down! All is well!

cheers all

not ridden in the past week, but looking at the top of Altar Lane on the opposite side of the valley, all is green again apart from drifts against walls. I suspect it will be back to the usual sog-fest that its been for the past 18 months!

Careful now, Vit C isn’t water soluble, so crystallizes out in your kidneys.

I call bollocks, sir! Before talking rubbish:

inform yourself!

However, in one long term study of people taking 3000mg/d (equivalent to 3 berrocca), there was increased incidence of kidney stones. This isn’t anything to do with the solubility of vit C though…..

Considerably OT but I wonder how many cat owners think its OK to let their cats (introduced species) go out and about and terrorise the local wildlife, but would be offended when their own moggie gets terrorised by a bigger, wilder introduced species….

Clutches do have to work hard anyway, but there is a known issue where the cruise control switch on the clutch pedal is set too far out from the factory, effectively “riding” the clutch all the time. Once this is sorted, clutch lifespan becomes comparable with any other 2L+ turbo diesel.

I once asked my GP for a chirpodist referral. His response was

“you don’t want one of those, they just dig about under your nails with pointy things. Just pull it out a bit after a hot shower / bath and let it grow out naturally”

it worked.

there are those who say that more use is better, and a 9 year old car that has never had a proper run will actually be suffering from significant deterioration. e.g perished plastic and rubber components, water condensate damage inside engine and fluids etc.

I don’t know how realistic this is. Maybe get it looked over by a friendly mech and take it from there.

Lovely motor if its straight though.

I did silverside with a sundried tomato and anchovy crust at the weekend. went well…..

class – I was waiting for the Badger reference!

do you like Blackpool?

+1 Puky.

Also Ridgeback Zooom

depends what on. having bought a car with very dubious history blind and through the trade, I have have now assigned financial value to peace of mind…..

Nice shop. Have struggled to get staff attention from time to time. By choice I tend to go to Aire Valley just up the road in Keighley.

it would appear that they scrape the bottom of the employment barrel round here also…..

Cool – loads to go on here. Almost downloaded that warthunder, but it needs 8GB of HDD space!

Anyone rate Lock On?

I try not to think about it, to be honest. Saw my Mum have stroke at 45 – she recovered. Saw my Dad have a heart attack at 51 – he didn’t. He was out on his bike at the time though, so kind of counts as a good way to go, even though it left me in a bit of state for a year or so.

Going back further in family history there’s chronic vascular disease and also cancer, so I certainly don’t consider myself immune from an unpleasant ending.

My best approach is to try to enjoy the present and stay in good shape (good excuse for a ride)

any news?

Father in law (retired painter & dec) never used a roller, just a big brush. He avoided brush marks by thinning down paint and using more coats.

Sometimes works for me, sometimes I can’t be arsed.

+1 for seeing how it dries, too.

useful case study……thanks for coming back with the answer

if the bike is not ridden in wet or dusty conditions.

there you have it then…..

FWIW, I usually remove and relube. On my new bike I didn’t and approx 100 road miles later I had a hell of a job cleaning up a salty, gritty, greasy, noisy, sticky mess of a chain.

You do what you want though……

I would hazard that either a seal has given way in a major way, or you have serious amounts of air in the system. Maybe put a syringe or two full of fluid through it before trying bleeding. I got a couple of larger size luer lock syringes from work for this purpose.

seems like we’re not the only fans…

Hot estates

Just for balance. Tried Noddle for free and it’s not bad actually IMO

Roadies tend to wear tights for longer in the year because they suffer from more wind chill.

Having started my riding career in lycra, then switched to nothing but baggies for a few years, now back again to lycra, I reckon the latter is far more comfortable.

prob worth paying a few quid for an experian / equifax credit scoring file if its really a mystery. Equifax in particular have an excellent online tool which tells you what things are likely to influence your rating.

as of this week I have switched to my 3/4 length lycra.

I got the Cannondale Synapse…slightly more upright and more forgiving than a CAAD 8. Perfect for an MTBers first road machine!

ride them through some gritty mud, then jetwash / brush down

If he’s a danger to others, then think about the potential consequences of not doing something….

I also thought the 2.0 was supposed to be generally better. Gary – would you mind updating this thread once you know what the outcome it?

on a related note re your Focus – there ARE preventative actions to ease the time bomb effect. You could find a decent diesel specialist and talk to them about checking for leaky injectors (1 fault), clogged egr valves (2nd fault) and carbonned-up turbo oil feed lines. If nothing is actually broken then it shouldn’t cost a lot to get piece of mind.

Up until earlier this year, I ran a 1998 civic 1.5. Part-exed it for the princely sum of £150. For my purposes it was run into the ground but a competent mech could have had another few years out of it. Not at all exciting to drive, but rewarding to own. In all the time it was in my family, it only had routine maintenance, consumables plus a new fuel tank and brake lines.

Original clutch, alternator, starter.

The 1.8 will be LOT faster. Harder suspension and bigger wheels will probably tighten up the handling a bit. Just make sure it hasn’t be thrashed (most will have been) and as woods said, been maintained.

Oh, and have a sit in one because the driving position is a bit strange and not very adjustable by modern standards.

I actually think old, fast Hondas are quite cool. The Aerodeck is especially niche!

If you’ve done it twice before, you should know the rules:

1. Be there
2. Speak only when spoken to
3. Don’t try to say anything funny about poo, “extra” stitches etc
4. STAY AT THE TOP END
5. Try to be invisible to midwives
6. Be aware of the “blunt scissors” gag played by the most evil of midwives….
7. Take STW / the papers for after the excitement
8. Take your own food / bevs
9. Dress lightly – it’ll be **** boiling in there!

liner shorts and base layer – every ride. outer tights and jersey – every 2 or 3 rides depending on dirtiness.

another decontamination tip…..go in house. stand in a big blue Ikea bag and peel off. I do this after riding to work (in segregated changing rooms, by the way)

It’s a family forum after all.

is it?!

For a bit of balance…I was OK when I unexpectedly found my first was on the way when I was 29 and a week away from getting married.

I DID worry when Jr arrived and I didn’t receive the “lightning bolt, instant, life-changing love” thing. I just felt pleased and overwhelmingly responsible for the little guy, but I didn’t become a different person.

For me, it actually took weeks / months to properly bond with the little guy and then it was best described as that scarily vulnerable, falling in love feeling that you get at the start of a new relationship.

5 years, one more son and no. 3 on the way, I’ve never been fitter, am covering more bike miles and have been abroad every year. Its hard work. There are compromises, but life is good!

Only ever used 105, on my newish road bike. They are OK but don’t have the same precision as my XT MTB shifters. Don’t know if Dura Ace or Ultegra are better…..