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Dorris

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  1. Lets just say his FB profile doesn't do him self any favours and from what I can see he had the car since Nov 13 but either way its a travesty. Dorris
  2. Happy 10 Anniversary Dorris!

  3. Anybody have a ball park figure unless they have actual figures and more importantly did they make a limited edition version and how many of them were made? Thanks Dorris
  4. AC will put more load on your engine but is minimal compared to what the heat is doing to your induction, in fact you will get more negative drag effect over 50mph with your window down then using the AC. Higher temperatures effects the power an engine will produce as the fuel injection system is putting much less fuel in to the engine in relation to the less dense hot air then it would do on a cold winters morning and this is much more noticeable with the smaller engines or older engines that may not be as efficient. Dorris
  5. Ill have a look in work to see if we have one im only up the road at St Athan, Dorris
  6. Happy 9 Anniversary Dorris!

  7. I've had my CS for over 8 years now. Dorris
  8. Happy Anniversary Dorris!

  9. Even if you buy a rev3 3SGTE it’s not a matter of a just swapping the engines over and job done, there are additional sensors with the turbo, different ECU, intercooler/change cooler to be added and deference in exhaust systems to name but a few and also as others have found out brakes to upgrade too. So as you can see a lot involved in both time and money but if it’s something you want to do for engineering shits and giggles then go for it. Dorris
  10. Such an elegant way with words as usual but hit the nail on the head again. Dorris
  11. Was that through a post office? But when you put a car through an MOT everything gets put onto the data base but seems odd that DVLA would just take your word for it but then again I believe what DVLA say as they never make mistakes The only thing I can think of is, if you do have a current valid MOT then DVLA will ignore the new results but how will that stand with the police and insurance I wonder? Dorris
  12. Ok I’m going to throw a bit of a curve ball out there for you all now. MOT systems work by, you take your car to garage, garage tests car, garage passes or fails car, garage then enters record and details on to a national data base for all authorities to access and see! Scenario is you have a current MOT and all is fine but 6 month further on you decide for what ever reason to put your car through another MOT but this time it fails. Lets say for arguments sake it fails on emissions but even though your intentions are to sort it ASAP its ok you think as you still have 6 month left on your old MOT. A few weeks go by and suddenly you get a blue light in your mirror, you get pulled over and told by the kind officer that according to their record you vehicle is showing that it has a failed MOT and should not be driven on the highway. You say that's OK officer the MOT before that is still current and only 6 months old and MOTs are current for 12 months, he replies to what we all know about driving an un-roadworthy vehicle on the public highway. Not sure if this will apply to getting your vehicle licence (tax) across the Post Office counter but try and get tax from DVLA with a failed MOT via the phone or internet by just using your V5, ”computer says no!” The sheer fact that you need an MOT to be able to drive your vehicle on the public highway and a failed MOT means that you are knowingly driving your vehicle in an un-roadworthy condition and couple this with the fact that you will never hide this fact from the authorities (including insurance people) surely this means just by the mechanics of the way the system works your second MOT supersedes the first????? I how I look at it is getting MOTs done really early to see what it might fail on is a waist of time as if it does fail you then cant legally drive it on the road until the records say it is roadworthy again, which means a retest which you have up to 10 days to do before it becomes a complete new test again. Dorris
  13. What sort of time and milage on the discs and what sort of abuse have they had? Dorris
  14. Its all to do with how the fuel injection works, the ECU takes information from array of sensors from around the car two of them being throttle position and gear box so if you knock it in to neutral or push the clutch in and then coast down hill with the engine still running, the ECU is being told the engine is sat stationary so there for its on tick over and still supplying fuel to keep the engine running. If you are travelling down hill in gear and completely off the peddle with the weight of the car pushing you along then the ECU puts zero fuel into the injectors to give you engine braking, the reason the rev counter shows a reading in this situation is purely the speed of the gear box driving then engine. The other option is to turn the engine off but this really isn’t advisable as with the engine off you loose power steering and vacuum for the brake servo. These rules only applies to fuel injected petrol engines, CI and carburettor engines play by different rules of automotive engineering. Dorris
  15. If you hardly use your bike or car there is no need to flush the engines, just do an oil change. Oil flushes are something you would do on an engine that has been used a lot but not been serviced regularly. Dorris
  16. Pros = All good Cons = None at all A lot of engines come with them can’t understand why Toyota didn’t fit them! Next time you do an oil change you will see the swarf produced by the engine on the magnetic plug. Dorris
  17. First question is why do you want to flush your engine? If your engine has been looked after as it should there is no need to flush your engine, however if you have recently purchased the car and there is questions over its servicing intervals then by all means give it a flush, but use either a cheap oil or a flushing oil, using diesel is not cleaver or wise in this day in age with modern engines. 50-60 years ago it might of been common practice but I like to think technology has moved on a bit since then, mind you, you wouldn’t of thought so if you should see some of the guys I have to work with lol. Dorris
  18. You could use bolts or a length of threaded bar. Just watch the lead of the thread once you’ve cut the bolt or bar, the best way is to put a nut on then cut down the side of the nut then file the end of the new stud with a slight chamfer and then when you wind the nut off it will help clean up and damaged thread this will help the new stud thread in to the manifold or head. If you tighten 2 nuts together on the end of the stud you can use these to wind the stud into the manifold or head with out damaging the stud especially if you use treaded bar. Dorris
  19. Ive made my own studs in the past, easy enough to do. Dorris
  20. Thats like saying how long is a bit of string there are a lot of nuts and bolts on a Gen 6
  21. A radiator should theoretically last the lifetime of the vehicle but due to stone damage and corrosion this is never the case. Any anti freeze is better then straight water, anti freeze not only stops your water freezing but it also stops the corrosion inside your engine and it should never be used neat, your average anti freeze normally is mixed 50/50 but its always best to read the instructions first, depending on the mix depends on the freezing point of your coolant but be aware that some will come neat and some will come pre mixed. A lot of people will swear by the Toyota life time coolant but I have not come across any evidence supporting any advantages of using this coolant nor have I come across anything supporting that using normal anti freeze is a disadvantage, the only one being the price. The reason the manufacturers say to change your coolant periodically is down to the microscopic debris that is produced within your system, which might cause damage to your water pump, but even if you never change your coolant the chances are you will not have your car long enough before the water pump fails. If in doubt go with what the owners or work shop manual says. Dorris
  22. You know what she is like try and stop her lol She is fully booked this weekend and we are hoping to be in Plymouth over the Easter weekend but just let us know what weekend you are planning mate. D
  23. Might as well make something of it and if you want to pop over Jan your more then welcome, many hands make light work! Dorris
  24. Mini CCUK bonnet wrapping meet at mine then is it Jon? Im sure Vicky and the dogs can look after Izzy whilst we all wrap. Dorris
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