speedyxjs
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| posted on 7/4/11 at 04:26 PM |
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Top 10 car repairs you shouldn't pay for
This made me laugh (check out the note at the bottom of the
page!)
How long can i resist the temptation to drop a V8 in?
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Davegtst
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| posted on 7/4/11 at 04:52 PM |
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So basically do these things yourself to save money but if you don't know how pay someone who does.
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 7/4/11 at 04:58 PM |
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and there's my sister who put screen wash in her cavaliers brake reservoir
what other stupid things will people do?
Fame is when your old car is plastered all over the internet
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blakep82
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| posted on 7/4/11 at 05:00 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Mr Whippy
and there's my sister who put screen wash in her cavaliers brake reservoir
what other stupid things will people do?
i've come to the conclusion that at some point in my cars life, someone has put anti freeze in instead of screen wash, now that all the laquer
has peeled off my roof, and starting all over the rest of the body  i'm sure it wasn't me
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flibble
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| posted on 7/4/11 at 05:01 PM |
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In a rush to get to an off road day in the 4x4 I managed to fill the expansion tank with screen wash - turned into quite a frothy journey followed by
a very overheaatd one 
Edit ^^ ahh, well timed equal stupidity 
[Edited on 7-4-11 by flibble]
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Davegtst
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| posted on 7/4/11 at 05:08 PM |
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In the AA and my current job i think i have nearly seen it all. Screen wash in engine oil, PAS fluid in coolant, Engine oil in screen wash, coolant,
brake fluid etc. Some people are too thick to be allowed to drive.
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adithorp
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| posted on 7/4/11 at 06:16 PM |
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We had a customer who asked over the phone how full should the water be in her Mini (proper one ,not BMW) as she couldn't see the water. So she
was told "Fill it so theres just a little space below the presure cap, then come and see us to check where it was loosing it". She arrived
later that day saying it wasn't running right. She'd got the hose out ("I got sick of going back to refill the jug" and
filled the crank-case to the brim. Drained it, flushed it, re-filled it and it lived a long life after that... Then about 5 years later she did the
same thing to a Renault 11!
"A witty saying proves nothing" Voltaire
http://jpsc.org.uk/forum/
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blakep82
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| posted on 7/4/11 at 06:19 PM |
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friend of mine did that with her first car. but with oil. FILLED it with oil, tried starting it and blew EVERY oil seal out
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ChrisL
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| posted on 7/4/11 at 06:46 PM |
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A friend of mine decided to top up the oil, using the clutch inspection hatch!
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AndyW
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| posted on 7/4/11 at 07:02 PM |
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I like the one about headlamp bulbs. They have never tried changing a renault one then
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owelly
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| posted on 7/4/11 at 07:12 PM |
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The author has obviously never opened a car bonnet since 1978............
Hmmm.
No mention of not touching the glass on halogen bulbs. Just pull off the wires, unclip the spring and pop the new bulb in.......I wonder how many of
those you'd pop before you started to wonder why?!!
http://www.ppcmag.co.uk
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mcerd1
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| posted on 7/4/11 at 07:47 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by blakep82
friend of mine did that with her first car. but with oil. FILLED it with oil, tried starting it and blew EVERY oil seal out
a mate of mine did something like that
the oil light came on (pressure warrning, not a level one  )
so he ignored it for couple of days before driving it to a petrol station to buy some oil
when he got there he just poured in the whole bottle, then tried to start it and kept tring till the battery was totaly flat
at this point he called his brother, and asked why it wouldn't start.... eventualy his brother worked it out and asked how much oil he'd
put in - turns out it was at least 5l maybe even more of some unknown grade that was going cheap in the garage
(but he thinks its ok because its not the first time the AA man had to sort a car like that...)
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mcerd1
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| posted on 7/4/11 at 07:52 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by owelly
The author has obviously never opened a car bonnet since 1978............
Hmmm.
No mention of not touching the glass on halogen bulbs. Just pull off the wires, unclip the spring and pop the new bulb in.......I wonder how many of
those you'd pop before you started to wonder why?!!
^^sounds about right - I liked the description of the HT leads coming from the dizzy
and I'd be willing to bet the author pays to have all that stuff done...
none of those things are really 'repairs' they are all just normal topups / maitinance....
if it was for common repairs on modern cars it should have included EGR valves and dual mass flywheels 
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carpmart
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| posted on 7/4/11 at 08:44 PM |
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Agree that the bulb change is prone to failure!
You only live once - make the most of it!
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