Recommend a fastish estate

[twentythreedom]

I believe that both Bahnhof Strasse and twentythreedom are owners of fascist estates, the Nazi bastards!

Guilty. Aside from my fascist estate, I also own a German car

 

[hash tag]

No more German cars are brexit

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

'I am considerably richer than you'

You are. For a start, I have to work for my money, like a working class

 

[hash tag]

My richness is not in my needs but the fewness of my wants.

I never thought I would see an I am richer than you debate on here

 

[Mumbles274]

has anyone ever read this thread title correctly?

 

[UnderOpenSky]

My richness is not in my needs but the fewness of my wants.

I never thought I would see an I am richer than you debate on here

It's just a ploy so we can draw them out the woodwork and make notes for the glorious day.

 

[twentythreedom]

You are. For a start, I have to work for my money, like a working class

What is this 'work' you speak of?

 

[DotCommunist]

My richness is not in my needs but the fewness of my wants.

I never thought I would see an I am richer than you debate on here

I'm storing up my riches in heaven. Not trusting Hatton Gardens again

 

[kebabking]

What is this 'work' you speak of?

I'm given to understand it's something the poor do during the day to save on heating bills.

I wasn't really listening, so I could be mistaken...

 

[spitfire]

Do you have an Android phone?

ELM327 WiFi OBD2 Car Diagnostics Scanner Code Reader for iPhone iOS AND Android | eBay

and this:

Torque Pro (OBD 2 & Car) – Android Apps on Google Play

If you're on iPhone, I think you need Wi-Fi kit instead of Bluetooth.

Fault codes are generally stored until they're wiped.

Thanks I've just ordered one as well. My 320i estate needs to have an eye kept on it, the yellow oil light comes on for a minute or so when starting up.

 

[mrs quoad]

The Wider Estate

^^^^

Scone estate.

Because it's so fast that by the time you get there, scone.

 

[mrs quoad]

^^^^

Scone estate.

Because it's so fast that by the time you get there, scone.

It's gone.

'S gone.

Scone.

Probably works better out loud, that one.

 

[UnderOpenSky]

Thanks I've just ordered one as well. My 320i estate needs to have an eye kept on it, the yellow oil light comes on for a minute or so when starting up.

If you have changed the oil apparently this can be reset without one. Came across the instructions to do so when googling about how to use the OBD reader.

Also found out that's its likely I don't have a faulty air age, but over time moving the seat back and forth dislodgeds a cable so it reports such.

 

[mauvais]

That kind of thing is common.

I can only tell you about my late Alfa but some lessons may (or may not) apply. Early cars, the airbag faults would persist until cleared by intervention. Later cars, the fault would self-clear once the condition stopped. It's helpful to know which behaviour it has.

Most of them were intermittent wiring connections, usually solvable with contact cleaner and duct tape. It's advisable to disconnect the battery and wait an hour before doing any airbag-related fiddling. Airbag wiring was always yellow.

You also needed more bespoke software on a laptop (ie. not Torque) and a crossover cable to talk to the airbag controller.

 

[spitfire]

If you have changed the oil apparently this can be reset without one. Came across the instructions to do so when googling about how to use the OBD reader.

Also found out that's its likely I don't have a faulty air age, but over time moving the seat back and forth dislodgeds a cable so it reports such.

Thanks. I have the same air bag problem. friendly garage got me through the last MOT. I shall now work demon magic on car and get many years of driveage on my £1000 beemer.

 

[spitfire]

If you have changed the oil apparently this can be reset without one. Came across the instructions to do so when googling about how to use the OBD reader.

Also found out that's its likely I don't have a faulty air age, but over time moving the seat back and forth dislodgeds a cable so it reports such.

If you use iOs what is your recommendation?

 

[UnderOpenSky]

That kind of thing is common.

I can only tell you about my late Alfa but some lessons may (or may not) apply. Early cars, the airbag faults would persist until cleared by intervention. Later cars, the fault would self-clear once the condition stopped. It's helpful to know which behaviour it has.

Most of them were intermittent wiring connections, usually solvable with contact cleaner and duct tape. It's advisable to disconnect the battery and wait an hour before doing any airbag-related fiddling. Airbag wiring was always yellow.

You also needed more bespoke software on a laptop (ie. not Torque) and a crossover cable to talk to the airbag controller.

Yeah that's getting beyond me. It's more to know what I'm asking the garage to fix. The joy of bangernomics. I'll have a poke around and if I can't do it and it's not cheap I'll live with it. Guessing the same applies to my traction control.

If you use iOs what is your recommendation?

No idea. I've not even got the thing yet. It's more to give an idea on what I can budget to fix and what I can live with.

Nice car though still despite it all. Returns a constant 46 plus MPG and I still get to overtake like a banshee when going up hill.

A silly part of me thinks when I've had a big service that it would be amusing to have a blufin when cash flow allows.

 

[UnderOpenSky]

So I got the OBD reader mauvais suggested. Talks to torque nicely.

Comes up as

Type Powertrain - Auxiliary Emission Controls - ISO/SAE Controlled
Description
Exhaust Gas Recirculation "A" Flow Insufficient Detected

Which doest leave me loads wiser if I'm honest. But am glad it's just one fault. Cleared it just to see what happened and as I suspected it came on shortly afterwards. Which is what my mechanic has obviously been doing. He suggested I need new glow plugs though.

 

[spitfire]

Yeah I tried mine yesterday and it works beautifully. Just need to find a decent app that doesn't charge me a load of money for the "premium" version.

Thanks mauvais.

 

[UnderOpenSky]

Yeah I tried mine yesterday and it works beautifully. Just need to find a decent app that doesn't charge me a load of money for the "premium" version.

Thanks mauvais.

Torque Pro was only 3 quid.

 

[spitfire]

Cool thanks I'll take a look.

 

[mauvais]

So I got the OBD reader mauvais suggested. Talks to torque nicely.

Comes up as

Which doest leave me loads wiser if I'm honest. But am glad it's just one fault. Cleared it just to see what happened and as I suspected it came on shortly afterwards. Which is what my mechanic has obviously been doing. He suggested I need new glow plugs though.

EGR is a pollution control measure - does what it says in order to reduce emissions. From the sound of it, if the value can be trusted anyway, yours is underperforming. If you or the previous owner hasn't had it blocked off or anything, it might need a clean of the various components involved.

 

[DownwardDog]

So I got the OBD reader mauvais suggested. Talks to torque nicely.

Comes up as



Which doest leave me loads wiser if I'm honest. But am glad it's just one fault. Cleared it just to see what happened and as I suspected it came on shortly afterwards. Which is what my mechanic has obviously been doing. He suggested I need new glow plugs though.

Glow plugs just sounds like the first expensive yet easy job that came into his head I reckon.

Do an EGR delete.

 

[ViolentPanda]

It's gone.

'S gone.

Scone.

Probably works better out loud, that one.

Only works if you pronounce "scone" incorrectly.

 

[UnderOpenSky]

It was quite poorly. Drives a lot nicer now.


Probably the largest garage bill I've ever had and he didn't charge me for labour. It's still got to go back for a new angle sensor.

 

[kebabking]

It was quite poorly. Drives a lot nicer now.

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Probably the largest garage bill I've ever had and he didn't charge me for labour. It's still got to go back for a new angle sensor.

Had someone nicked it and used it as a car bomb?

 

[UnderOpenSky]

Had someone nicked it and used it as a car bomb?

Drive it like you stole it.

I was a complete tit. When the traction control light and break light came on at the same time I thought it was electronic shenanigans. Brakes started making noises a few weeks back and I was working in rural Wales so couldn't get it. Hence me completely knackering that part. Including the tire!

I swear I'd never heard of half those parts. I'm still not totally sure what an angle sensor does other then making the traction control light go off.

 

[Chilli.s]

Shopping list for a new car.

 

[not-bono-ever]

i ned new wheels / estate when i get back from an overseas trip - thinking about a mondy or a BMW 520/40 or so - I can get a matress in the back for when i go to europe pissing about. Any comments of the BMWs? I like merc but have concersn about niggles with them of the vintage I would be looking at ( 10 years) and love Volvos but same quality control stuff with them I am not happy about. No Audi. Ever

 

[UnderOpenSky]

i ned new wheels / estate when i get back from an overseas trip - thinking about a mondy or a BMW 520/40 or so - I can get a matress in the back for when i go to europe pissing about. Any comments of the BMWs? I like merc but have concersn about niggles with them of the vintage I would be looking at ( 10 years) and love Volvos but same quality control stuff with them I am not happy about. No Audi. Ever

You'll get a much newer lower mileage Mondy for the same money, but BMWs are nice.