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  1. daverdlc

    strang things afoot with my 98 colorado

    all sorted now lads ,just passed her mot test with no advisories result . next job fit the bull bar
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    strang things afoot with my 98 colorado

    i read somewhere about there being some valve on the rear axle that need bleeding but a can't be sure
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    strang things afoot with my 98 colorado

    yes shayne i avnt payed them yet so i will be getting them to sort it or they won't be getting payed :violence-hammer: i was wondering if there is any tips i could pass on to them to help them sort it
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    strang things afoot with my 98 colorado

    update guys new brake pipe fitted and new master cylinder (£138) also fitted as a result of system going dry crap ruins the seals in the master cylinder (so the garage says?) now the brakes are shite pedal goes all the way down like there is air in the system? i don't get any brakes until the...
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    strang things afoot with my 98 colorado

    car in the garage to have a new brake pipe fitted so thats the brakes almost sorted. now for the surging and loss of power has anyone had any dealings with a fuel cut off valve? I've read that these can cause the same symptoms ?
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    fuel gauge trouble after fitting replacement tank

    fuel gauge sorted now thanks guys
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    strang things afoot with my 98 colorado

    jake m i was having the same problem before i replaced the tank its just got worse ! i know when i took the handbrake off after being stood for 2 weeks they where stuck shayne so i just drove forwards then reversed then i could here it free up nearly parked it in the living room of this house...
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    strang things afoot with my 98 colorado

    managed to make it home engine management light came on once going up a small hill. then going round a corner pressed the brake guess what? no brakes foot right to the floor
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    strang things afoot with my 98 colorado

    From where do you think Shayne ?
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    strang things afoot with my 98 colorado

    Right guys took her out for a long not good soon as I get to around 2000 rpm she starts dropping revs and surging if I try to accelerate through it get worse then a puff of blue smoke out the exhaust Takes for ever to get to 40mph cause I have to accelerate ever so softly The engine management...
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    strang things afoot with my 98 colorado

    beau i disent realise that the gauge stayed at the last known level :oops: i will have to wait and see when the fuel goes down . cheers for everyones comments and help :thumbup:
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    strang things afoot with my 98 colorado

    jakes my sills look ok its the rear body mounts that are on there way out . swiss cheese comes to mind there Bob ,credit to you for having a go at that pal there is many a folk that would have condemned that to the scrap heap in the sky :clap:. well finished the tank put the 50 ltrs of fuel...
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    strang things afoot with my 98 colorado

    pickup pipes solid which is a big surprise :fearscream: tank all plumbed in just the straps to fasten up . having trouble with the fuel gauge now still reading 2/3rds full as it was when i drained it
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    fuel gauge trouble after fitting replacement tank

    checked it with the multi meter on the ohms setting before i fitted it all seemed ok i can't weigh up why the fuel gauge is stuck in the same place it was before i removed the tank Andy?
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    fuel gauge trouble after fitting replacement tank

    hi guys semi fitted the replacement tank today buttoned everything up apart from the tank straps because i wanted to check make sure the fuel gauge was working correctly ,so i put the key in switched the ignition on locked at the gauge and it was still at 2/3rds full same as it was when i last...
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