Ah, right. I couldn't remember how the coils were set up. So each coil does 2 cylinders of each bank then?
I know the lambda sensor for that bank isn't reading properly from when I did my head gaskets last October - just not got round to replacing it yet (cold, busy in general over the Christmas/New Year etc) but it's been running ok since then. Had an issue with my idle speed for a while but that seems to have cleared up.
Looks like there's a lambda sensor in my immediate future then! At least I know it'll come out easy as I had a new exhaust not so long ago.
Forgot to mention, there were missfires codes for cylinders 1, 3, 5 and 7. I assumed that coil was dying from that.
When I left the services I ran it on petrol only and it seemed fine. Either it was so slight that it wasn't noticeable or its not there when running on petrol.
Did the rest of the journey on petrol.
I'll message Simon since I usually forget to do that with LPG questions!
I'm not too far from Chester, stopped at the Knutsford services.
If I was on my own I'd stop by and give you a hand but I've got my girlfriend and our little boy with us so I won't get away with that.
Luckily she's in her own car (she has to go home earlier than me and the little man do) so she doesn't know it's happened yet. She'd panic and flap if I told her half way there!
Halfway to Caernarfon and the car has started playing up.
Feels like a loss of power, slow to accelerate and there's a vibration.
The vibration seems to lessen when the gearbox kicks down and doesn't seem noticeable when cruising. Light acceleration gives a noticeable vibration.
Revving the engine in neutral gives a slight vibration too - pointing towards engine rather than gearbox or torque converter?
MPG doesn't seem affected, hovering around 18 on the motorway on LPG. There's no weird smells or smoke etc.
Could someone give me a quick crash course on where to look in the Nanocom to help pinpoint the issue if there's no stored codes when I plug it in?
davew wrote:
Ok, one last go RR (as you really aren't going to read those links are you ?... but it is highly recommended)
No, I'm not overly inclined to do so.
I've been told by the most qualified person I personally know that BT aren't contravening GDPR and I have no reason at all to doubt her.
To be honest, I can't think of anything short of a successful court case declaring your position to be correct and forcing BT to change their arrangement that would make me believe she is wrong.
I also don't care enough. It's not affecting me or bothering me and I get the feeling that you're of the same mindset as me: nothing will make you change your mind.
So, it's pointless me reading them. I've put in my 2p worth and I'll leave the thread again.
What personal info does the location of a hotspot give?
If I look at a map of hotspots all I can glean from is that there is an internet connection there.
I don't know the name of the person who lives there, I don't know their gender, colour, race, religion, I don't know how many kids they have, I don't know their bank details, I don't know where they work. I don't know anything about them other than they have BT broadband.
I know no more about them than I would know about someone driving down the road in a Ford. All I know about them is that they drive a Ford.
I don't have BT internet so I can't use the app but the screenshots shown on the app page don't even show the addresses of the spots on the map. There looks to be a text list of "premium" hotspots with addresses but those all look to be businesses. So, as far as I can see from the limited access I have to screenshots, it doesn't even look as if they're giving away the address.
But even so, an address alone doesn't give me any personal information to work out the name of the person living in that house.
As far as I can see all the presence of a hotspot tells me is there IS a house there - but that's a fact that's already given away the second I can see the large pile of bricks, mortar and glass at the side of the road.
Are phone books still a thing? When I was a kid we had a big book that had everyone's name, address and phone number in it. No one was up in arms about that and that gave away a lot more information than a WiFi hotspot seems to.
The hotspot IS a service, for paid up BT customers. If people don't know they're hosting them then they should read the terms and conditions of their BT contract instead of blindly clicking yes. Not understanding or knowing something isn't the same as not being told something, regardless of how indignant they are when you tell them.
I'm clueless about GDPR (which is why I've stayed out of it all so far) but my girlfriend is a director of a software and web development agency. She's very well versed in GDPR for her own company, the clients she and her employees make software and websites for and has also spent time a good amount of time contracted out to other companies to consult on GDPR.
She knows her stuff.
She's looked through this thread and in summary she says BT are NOT breaching GDPR but the automatic opt in could be considered bad and could be implemented better.
TBH, I doubted a company as large as BT would allow themselves to fall foul of something like GDPR. The risk of getting sued by every one of their customers or whatever the penalties are wouldn't make it worth it.
To be fair, the parts for a head gasket swap CAN be cheap but it doesn't mean he has the know-how to do the work himself. He himself said its cheap of you know what you're doing - he doesn't say he does.
He might also no have the money or think it worth paying for someone else to do. It's a pretty big job that can cost a lot of money at a proper garage.
We paid £2,600 for it in October with a nice long MOT. The MOT history is much cleaner than other cars we looked at.
The interior is perfect and it drives really well.
It's also a high spec and has the combination of features she was specifically looking for.
We drove a few around a similar price point and they were all dogs.
It was previously owned by someone much like us here. Somewhat enthusiastic about the car, mechanically inclined and looked after it well.
Given how nice the rest of the car is we'd rather repair it than start a new search and deal with the hassle of selling this one etc.
We also need it back quicker than we could replace it.
At least this way we know the gearbox and IRD will be good for a long while.
And the verdict is in....
£1000 + VAT to replace a snapped reverse gear band
£330 + VAT to strip the IRD and replace any leaking seals to fix an oil leak from that.
OUCH!
Going to have to extend the hire car again too. The IRD work was unexpected and will add to the repair time.
I think I'm most definitely skipping the upcoming camp and delaying my bush replacements!
Ok. I didn't know about or follow that procedure at at all - I simply unplugged it.
Shouldn't that have then alerted the alarm system in some way? Or will the dead battery have broken the circuit in some way and triggered the alarm at some point before that?
Looks like mine does have the battery powered siren, the sticker says NiCd on it.
The battery maut have been completely dead, it didn't make a peep when I unplugged it.
Is the process posted above to disconnect it without it sounding or to disconnect it without upsetting the rest of the security system?
Also, 17 seconds is a rather weird time limit to set for unplugging it - is there a reason for it that anyone knows?
I did consider the transmission cooler when I first saw the pipe close to the radiator but given how thoroughly coated the steering box is I switched my thoughts to that. There's hardly any oil anywhere else.
You're right though, I do need to get a nice big tin of brake cleaner and hose it all down.
I know is what you're saying about leaks, I know you'll never get all of them completely :)
I was under the car again today and I don't think there is a coolant leak in that corner. The red spot in the second image above isn't liquid. It's something on the metal under the oil, possibly a rust spot. I rubbed at it and it didn't go away.
All of the wet areas shown above and in the link I'm about to post is some kind of oil, dark in colour.
This is what I saw/found today:
Looking at those what would you think the leak is? It's significantly wetter underneath than it is from the top.
Sorry, I meant it must NOT have the battery backed sounder.
dave3d wrote:
No one steals a p38. Unless you leave the keys in the ignition and a note on the windscreen saying "please take".
There's a good portion of people that have problems starting theirs even with the keys!
I guess mine must have the sounder without the batteries in. I just unplugged mine and the alarm system doesn't seem to care.
They won't have it for 2 weeks, the repair will take them three days.
The place is too busy to look at it until next Wednesday and reckons we'll have it back at the end of Friday.
It's been with a local place since Monday (but he couldn't look at it until Wednesday).
It broke on Friday and we got the hire car on Monday so Fiona could get to work. She'll need the hire car until the Freelander comes back - which makes up the two weeks.
I'm going to have to confirm that I can't make it.
The Freelander is having to go away to have it's gearbox rebuilt at an estimated £1200 plus nearly 2 weeks of hire car costs as the repair place doesn't do courtesy cars.
There's a surprising lack of people that will touch automatic gearboxes. I've called several places and been turned away as they don't do auto boxes. One was even a company claiming to be "Freelander Transmission Specialists" - they don't do ANY gearboxes, manual or auto! I think they need a new name!
The fluid in the first and third photos is a murky, dark grey oil.
The second photo does show red so there must be two leaks in that area.
My steering is now silent again after topping up and the occasional, momentary lack of assistance at idle is gone too. Every so often it would feel like it was caught on something and was then able to overcome it.
Looking at the photos more closely it does look like there's some red crusty stuff around the thermostat. Might need a closer inspection for the fluid in the second image.
I'll get a photo of the top of that area in daylight.