Recent content by frank rabbets

Yes that is coming TP. Pendulum swung too far? Back in the 60's in the pub you could buy a pint of beer, pickled egg and an MOT certificate.

Very few MOT regs are retrospective, thank goodness. If you have the old paperwork you could see a trend in your NOx levels. Perhaps the tester could look online at your old results if no papers.

Thanks Nick. Glad someone's paying attention.

I have computer with Windows 10. Back in the day I could plug my memory card in to the computer and options would come up as to where the pics were to go. Then when clicked on an option the pics would open and I could send them to "My Pictures". Now when I plug in my card nothing happens apart...

Back in 2015 I posted re rebuilding my air con system. Still going strong with still good pressure. I forgot to post a problem I found at that time. Where the pies join there is an o ring which makes the seal. The joint is held together with a bolt which forces two flat surfaces of each joint...

I hear stories of car insurance premiums going down but today "Hastings" renewal for my Golf has increased from £350 to £353. I've never made a claim. What is the flavour of the situation?

I know that too much diesel can cause too hot exhaust valves but could this cause water temperature to increase? The head is cooled by water after all.

I took my crossover pipe and inlet manifold in the bath with very hot water and lots of washing powder (wife asleep) it got them very clean indeed and also the bath.

Be careful not to clean the inlet manifold, or even be tempted to do so. Debris can be sucked in to the combustion chamber and lock a piston(s) leading to severe damage. This happened to someone on here years ago.

The cheapest on ebay as long as it's the same quality as that defined in owners manual. 20 litres at a time.

A quick search on Google reveals ebay seller has both. What quality I don't know but quite cheap.

Stone chip is your answer.

If IRC Chris had a similarly described "vibration". He chased it by looking at lift he had done and looking at the prop shafts. In the end he discovered, I think by accident, that the front diff bearings had failed. After he rebuilt the diff the problem had gone.