The Car Thread: Mark III

[Neon Ignition]

2014 Ford Focus, I tried googling it but there's tons of potential causes. The main puzzle is most should have it doing it from the get go rather than after running for 20-30 mins

[vanpeebles]

Petrol or diesel?

[Neon Ignition]

Petrol

[vanpeebles]

Might be worth trying unplugging the MAF, and see how it runs on the backup map/

[Neon Ignition]

Cheers, gonna finish early today and try and get it sorted. If something is broken as opposed to clogged up hopefully it's something like that so on the cheaper end to fix. Still sorting out from the last 2 repairs.

[Neon Ignition]

So, after 2 days in the garage we've had the car back this weekend. They managed to run up 2 errors: the first being a sensor and the second being the MAP filter. They've replaced the sensor and we're currently in the process of seeing how it goes to see if the filter needs replacing too or whether the sensor was giving a false reading on that one. On Saturday the power had a slight wobble for a few minutes, nothing on Sunday and so far nothing today so hopefully it's settling into being fixed...

[fishbowlhead]

Well the Scoob hasn’t been boosting properly for months now. With doing the new house up bleeding me dry I’ve been slowly eliminating all the cheep stuff before moving onto checking the expensive stuff out.

Turns out the exhaust has bit the dust. Cat 1&2 are faulty and all the gaskets down the whole exhaust are shot. Direct replacement from Subaru? £1000 inc p&p. Year but no.

So I've gone for a sports CAT with a de-catted up pipe, plus remap, as a replacement, was the only financial option right now.

[vanpeebles]

Sounds like you have rode the tail off it.

[fishbowlhead]

Cars 19 years old and has the original exhaust system on still. Its done well to be honest. The pipes down the line a still good as their stainless, but the gaskets are gone and steel fittings.

[vanpeebles]

Cars 19 years old and has the original exhaust system on still. Its done well to be honest.

I'll let you off then

[fishbowlhead]

Just glad i have a 2.0 and not the dreaded 2.5 engine. The remap shouldn’t cause any problems even on a wrx thats done 130k miles.

[Neon Ignition]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-50169527

Smart Motorways are going to be put under an urgent safety review following several deaths since they were implemented.
Another road change implemented from one of only three options:

1-Cost Cutting
2-Decision by someone who doesn't know how to drive
3-Both of the above

[Neon Ignition]

http://www.msn.com/en-gb/cars/news/popular-cars-disappearing-from-our-roads/ss-BBXtmtZ?li=BBoPWjQ&ocid=iehp#image=2

Cars that are dying out:
(Name and number still on the road)

Ford Cortina - 4,250
Ford Capri - 3,750
Ford Sierra/Sapphire - 3,000
Vauxhall Cavalier - 2,000
Ford Granada - 1,500
Vauxhall Nova - 1,000
Renault 5 - 1,000
Peugeot 405 - 800
Citreon AX - 650
Austin/MG/Rover Maestro - 500
Austin/MG Metro - 450
Ford Orion - 425
Morris Marina - 375
Datsun/Nissan Bluebird - 350
Opel Manta - 350
Citreon BX - 300
Vauxhall Chevette - 250
Renault 19 - 250
Fiat Uno - 250
Austin Allegro - 225
Vauxhall Carlton - 225
Lada - 200
Austin Maxi - 175
Austin/Rover Montego - 175
Vauxhall Belmont - 40

So many childhood recalls across the board there, amazing how easily the numbers fall on these things.

[Soundwave]

http://www.msn.com/en-gb/cars/news/p...d=iehp#image=2

Cars that are dying out:
(Name and number still on the road)

Ford Cortina - 4,250
Ford Capri - 3,750
Ford Sierra/Sapphire - 3,000
Vauxhall Cavalier - 2,000
Ford Granada - 1,500
Vauxhall Nova - 1,000
Renault 5 - 1,000
Peugeot 405 - 800
Citreon AX - 650
Austin/MG/Rover Maestro - 500
Austin/MG Metro - 450
Ford Orion - 425
Morris Marina - 375
Datsun/Nissan Bluebird - 350
Opel Manta - 350
Citreon BX - 300
Vauxhall Chevette - 250
Renault 19 - 250
Fiat Uno - 250
Austin Allegro - 225
Vauxhall Carlton - 225
Lada - 200
Austin Maxi - 175
Austin/Rover Montego - 175
Vauxhall Belmont - 40

So many childhood recalls across the board there, amazing how easily the numbers fall on these things.

Ah man the Renault 19
I loved my '92 K Reg 16V Chamade
One of the best cars I ever owned

Also sad to see the Orion going the same way, my '87 E Reg Ghia was beautiful & the car still a big part of some of my happiest memories

Neil

[charlesr]

I had an Orion 1.6GL. Happy Times