Car D.I.Y.

[Adam4868]

Front will be live and sides negative.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

@Adam4868
Thankyou!

 

[Tom B]

Quick Question
(as l think the multi-meter is at the caravan)

Which is the positive in a cigarette lighter plug, or indeed, a DIN plug, please?

Is it the ‘front pin’, or the ‘spring-clips on the sides?
l might replace the plug on my tyre-inflater

My father has a tyre "inflator" that deflates after he replaced the plug.... I keep meaning to take my soldering stuff to sort that!

Car and newly acquired trailer (my newly fitted tow bar and electrics) performed well on their recent summer 2200miles trip, though the car has developed a bit of a loud rattle on start up.

Having got the trailer back and empty they plan was to lift it onto its end and carry it through the side gate to where it will live. However the trailer is rather more heavy and unwieldy than i had anticipated, well its 96kg and I underestimated my strength and ability. So after briefly flirting with the idea of a renting a lockup or buying a garage (nothing local anyway) I have come up with the ideal of building a Dolly that the trailer can tip up onto and then be pushed around on. So that is the new plan - Parts ordered.

 

[Tom B]

Spoke too soon...

It seems the car has developed an appetite for coolant. Not sure how fast it's dropping, put topped it up by a little over a litre to bring it back.

Has anyone ever used any of the UV Dye kits to add to coolant to trace leaks?

 

[Gunk]

Spoke too soon...

It seems the car has developed an appetite for coolant. Not sure how fast it's dropping, put topped it up by a little over a litre to bring it back.

Has anyone ever used any of the UV Dye kits to add to coolant to trace leaks?

Root around with some kitchen towel, usually it’s a bottom hose or a cracked expansion tank

 

[screenman]

Spoke too soon...

It seems the car has developed an appetite for coolant. Not sure how fast it's dropping, put topped it up by a little over a litre to bring it back.

Has anyone ever used any of the UV Dye kits to add to coolant to trace leaks?

They are mainly used for the air conditioning unit, if you have any significant leak to the outside you should see it, internal may be harder. You can buy a head gasket leak tester kit from Ebay, very cheap, I am not sure of their reliability.

 

[derrick]

Took adblue injector out of the Peugeot partner and cleaned it up, need to go for a run to if fault has cleared.

 

[fossyant]

Took adblue injector out of the Peugeot partner and cleaned it up, need to go for a run to if fault has cleared.

Seem to be an issue these. Wynns do an additive which I believe is very good which stops the crystallisation. I'm looking at a Traveller for next year, and they seem reliable engines, but the adblue can be an issue.

 

[Jameshow]

Seem to be an issue these. Wynns do an additive which I believe is very good which stops the crystallisation. I'm looking at a Traveller for next year, and they seem reliable engines, but the adblue can be an issue.

Lots of taxi round here use them so thats a good thing.
I'm thinking if a partner teepee, son said dad what drugs gave you been taking?!

 

[derrick]

Seem to be an issue these. Wynns do an additive which I believe is very good which stops the crystallisation. I'm looking at a Traveller for next year, and they seem reliable engines, but the adblue can be an issue.

thinking of getting it mapped out if anymore faults come up.

 

[fossyant]

thinking of getting it mapped out if anymore faults come up.

Seems to be the option.

 

[fossyant]

Lots of taxi round here use them so thats a good thing.
I'm thinking if a partner teepee, son said dad what drugs gave you been taking?!

The Partner Teepee is a great mini-van, do it all vehicle. The Rifter 'Long' is on my list too, but I like the removeable seats in the Traveller.

 

[Tom B]

They are mainly used for the air conditioning unit, if you have any significant leak to the outside you should see it, internal may be harder. You can buy a head gasket leak tester kit from Ebay, very cheap, I am not sure of their reliability.

It might only be a weep...

I have to my disgrace been looking at the tide mark on the expansion bottle thinking it was the water level.

The is a bit of crust around one side of the radiator, which is quite new... Being OAT coolant, you don't get the old c
blue crustyness hence the dye idea.

I was looking at this type of thing (I have access to a good UV lamp)

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/37228593...6Rec-NnSUe&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY


What got me thinking about the coolant was a humid feeling in the car making me think about the heater matrix, but we have been on a camping holiday with lots of beach and wet towels and wetsuits in the car.

I need to do more research, but the car seems to have an electric heater, not sure if it is additional / Aux or if it has a traditional matrix too.

 

[november4]

I had a slow drip after taking radiator out to change starter motor a couple years ago, but radweld stopped it, and has lasted, bit surprised but happy

 

[DRM]

Seem to be an issue these. Wynns do an additive which I believe is very good which stops the crystallisation. I'm looking at a Traveller for next year, and they seem reliable engines, but the adblue can be an issue.

Works van had a new Ad-Blue tank under warranty, despite being quite high mileage and using a fair bit of the stuff, it failed, I suspect crystallised, the Wynns additive gets good reports, even just bang it in the tank and it clears the blockage, I think it’s going to be more prevalent in low mileage vans to crystallise as a tank full lasts about 5000-6000 miles, I do about 6 full tanks of Ad-Blue a year, the 1.6 Diesel has, touch wood, been pretty good, the 2.0 120BHP seem to eat clutches, and drive shafts, but ours are loaded up to the max all the time.