rocker cover gaskets

[doubleboost]

well, regardless of the insurance premiums, I cant cope with this megane much longer. I cant keep up with the maintenance now, it is developing faults quicker than I can fix them. used my old mans jag all day today, it was nice to drive a quiet smooth car again, the way the megane was when I picked it up, going to drag the megane to work in the morning, then kick it to motorpoint and do some serious bargaining in order to leave there with something different. depending on what is there, either an astra, i20, possibly a focus, or if needs must something a bit bigger, cant go smaller, need the boot space too much with the baby's gear. they have a few insignias too but don't like the look of them, and they also have a few of the mg 6's, didn't know mg were producing again to be honest, jus thought the ones I had seen were chevy/dodge, they have that yank look to them I think. I have upped my budget by 4k, so doubled it basically. seriously considering a Hyundai i20, but don't like the sound of a 1.2 engine, would imagine it will rev like a 2 stroke at motorway speeds, but it claims 57mpg so not sure what to think. can test drive as many cars as I want tomorrow, and spoken to a lot of people that say they are very helpful with finance prices and payments.

like an idiot, I never read through the history when buying the megane. I did the other day when digging it all out to try and get rid of it. there are over 3k worth of auto electricians bills, and over 800 quids worth of parts from the local motor factors/garages. the local auto leccie must have been gutted when they sold it to me, he lost a lot of money after that lol. starting to see why they got rid and were willing to let me drop 600 quid off the price without arguing about it

I run a oldish diesel focus brilliant car

 

[the snooper]

The Astra is a much "safer bet" as far as the insurance is concerned

itt doesn't have plastic wings

I run a oldish diesel focus brilliant car

have you had the rear wheel bearing trouble some people seem to go through quite a lot of them

 

[BrokenBiker]

itt doesn't have plastic wings

have you had the rear wheel bearing trouble some people seem to go through quite a lot of them

my mother had a 18 v reg focus for a few years and never had bearing issue, my mate had a 1.6 of the same age and replaced 3 in the 2 years he had it. not sure what the cause was, it was always the drivers side he had to replace

 

[the snooper]

my mother had a 18 v reg focus for a few years and never had bearing issue, my mate had a 1.6 of the same age and replaced 3 in the 2 years he had it. not sure what the cause was, it was always the drivers side he had to replace

they are known for it

 

[doubleboost]

they are known for it

Not really a big problem compared to a Renault wiring harness lol

 

[the snooper]

Not really a big problem compared to a Renault wiring harness lol

ding ding round 1

 

[Robotstar5]

Well, what did you buy then?....

 

[TAITSIE]

Well, what did you buy then?....

A Scenic ??

 

[doubleboost]

A Scenic ??

LMAO

 

[Robotstar5]

Clio?

 

[doubleboost]

Clio?

Renault 5 Turbo
The engine was crap then they force fed the poor thing

 

[BrokenBiker]

nothing. there was nothing there big enough. the chevy had sold earlier on in the morning and the only astra they had at that site was on the ramps, only other cars there were little fiat 500's, Hyundai i10's etc.

on a lighter note I fixed the meganes leak. it wasn't the rocker cover needing a gasket, it appeared to be due tot he way it was leaking, but wasn't. I decided to take the whole cover off and look inside, while it was off I gave it a scrub and noticed a crack. looks like it has been there a while, but in the middle it had split a bit wider and oil was coming out from there, hitting the bottom of the inlet, running down that and looked like it was coming out of the rocker cover where it meets the head and the removable plate etc. drilled the ends of the crack, groved it out crudely with a 3 sided file and hit it with the tig and the only ali rod I had. granted I am using dc tig and I think 4043 rod but it went in well, even though it bled oil as soon as the arc hit it. gave up trying to clean it so loads of contamination in the weld, but I don't care because it isn't leaking. there are a fair few stripped of snapped bolts so looking at a new rocker cover to replace this one, but if this holds for the next week I probably wont bother

 

[gordon stephenson]

Buy some Nebar in 1/4" thick or whatever other thickness would suit the job, and cut your own joint.Easily worked with Stanley knife/snips etc and wad punches for holes.

 

[BrokenBiker]

how much play should be in a rubber top mount for maccy strut? just being going over everything steering and suspension related with torque bar again, strut rod nut should be torqued at 62nM, but when the bar clicks, I can still move it around approx. 30 degrees with the mount twisting.

after loosening and tightening everything it seems to drive better, but still pulls a bit on acceleration

 

[normspanners]

yes all breathers are clear. Checked by blowing or running a draw wire through them

Just check to see if there is a breather connection onto the inlet manifold usually a small 10-12mm od rubber hose connected around the vacuum side of the butterfly, they are normally a restricted hole say 1-2mm that usually clog up with hard crud, that has to be drilled out.
I did one on corsa only the other day he was complaining about slight oil leak from rear main. Checked no flow though vacuum hose drilled out leak stopped. The only problem is the man light was on after it had to relearn the airflows. for afew mls.

 

[normspanners]

after loosening and tightening everything it seems to drive better, but still pulls a bit on acceleration

did you read ? http://www.aa1car.com/library/steerpul.htm

 

[BrokenBiker]

Just check to see if there is a breather connection onto the inlet manifold usually a small 10-12mm od rubber hose connected around the vacuum side of the butterfly, they are normally a restricted hole say 1-2mm that usually clog up with hard crud, that has to be drilled out.
I did one on corsa only the other day he was complaining about slight oil leak from rear main. Checked no flow though vacuum hose drilled out leak stopped. The only problem is the man light was on after it had to relearn the airflows. for afew mls.

I have a breather that goes from one side of butterfly to the other essentially, it is half inch bore though, definitely not clogged as I took it off and filled it with foaming degreaser and then flushed it with water. same deal with the other breathers I could get too. after welding the crack yesterday I have done 80-90 miles, no problems, no leaks, no smoke, engine sounds sweet (for once)

did you read ? http://www.aa1car.com/library/steerpul.htm

yes had a read through that, was interesting but everything on there has been checked, found no issues other than the play in the track rod ball joints in the rack. had tracking checked, small adjustment to near side but noting major, and problem still persists, although not as bad now I have loosened and re-tightened

im wondering if my old torque bar was out of calibration, as I used my new one today fresh out of the box with the calibration cert present. maybe the old one wasn't producing the the right numbers, and the new one is, so components were technically not tight enough before.

 

[normspanners]

im wondering if my old torque bar was out of calibration, as I used my new one today fresh out of the box with the calibration cert present. maybe the old one wasn't producing the the right numbers, and the new one is, so components were technically not tight enough before.

the torque settings will not effect the steering in any way apart from being actually SLACK, the diff between two torque wrenches will be minimal, tightening with a spanner will provide enough rigidity in a threaded joint just being nipped, what the torque wrench does is only create the correct tension to prevent you shearing or over tightening or not being tightened enough allowing the thread to slacken.