MOBY GOES TO TURKEY. A tam and pups adventure.

[Minxy]

But he can get in to places I can't. It's amazing how inconvenient legs are sometimes

So what job are you buttering him up to do for you because you can't fit?

 

[Razamataz]

So what job are you buttering him up to do for you because you can't fit?

Probably anything smaller than his garage

 

[Mikey RV]

But he can get in to places I can't. It's amazing how inconvenient legs are sometimes

He is a star. I take my hat off to him.

 

[TinaLes]

How the engine running now, have the diesel injectors freed up a bit with the additive in the tank?
Or is the Red light still appearing on the dash?
It may require a couple more fill ups with loads of injector cleaner, plus a good foot to the floor uphill Italian tune up to clear them through, with a bit of luck.
LES

 

[bigtwin]

10 x mb11 cost 22 quid . Aten wanted 6 quid for one

You’re baiting Lenny HB now!

There’s not much of him left either

That was also my reaction when I read the post too but chickened out of posting it.

Ian

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[Lenny HB]

10 x mb11 cost 22 quid . Aten wanted 6 quid for one

Unless you want the high brightness ones, Aten ones are only £4, twice the price but many times the quality.
I suppose they have only got to last a year or two until you change vans.

 

[Lenny HB]

The UK is just one big fecking traffic jam 3 hours and we're only just out of Wales and now sat in another fecking traffic jam

What do you expect, only twits travel on Bank holiday Mondays & Friday afternoons.

 

[Rollingwheels]

Maybe he has a cold?

Reminds me of a bloke when I was an apprentice called dribbly Brian

 

[Flairy]

SMIFFY sorry I got the name wrong it comes with age.

 

[Beltie]

Aye but they have Fridays and holidays in Europe too but i can't recall ever encountering traffic jams like the UK

Try France at the beginning and end of the school holidays!

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[Minxy]

What do you expect, only twits travel on Bank holiday Mondays & Friday afternoons.

Oi!!! Who are you calling twits... I'm travelling home from Scotland today and the traffic has been really bad, hubby wanted to come back today instead of tomorrow ... Actually you might have a point about hubby!

 

[Shrimp]

We try to avoid going anywhere on a wee-end, Bank Holidays and definitely Friday afternoons!

 

[angusboy]

The UK is just one big fecking traffic jam 3 hours and we're only just out of Wales and now sat in another fecking traffic jam

Tried to go to Bristol just now turned round came home horrendous

 

[mikebeaches]

Tried to go to Bristol just now turned round came home horrendous

Bristol and the M4 / M5 is usually pretty awful on a Friday afternoon, especially in the holiday season. Tam and Smiffy will have found it tough on the motorway today.

There was an e-scooter accident in the city this afternoon with a major road (A370 Coronation Rd) closed and general gridlock in the vicinity.

Key Bedminster A-road closed as e-scooter rider hospitalised

Motorists were urged to avoid the area

www.bristolpost.co.uk

 

[Northernraider]

How the engine running now, have the diesel injectors freed up a bit with the additive in the tank?
Or is the Red light still appearing on the dash?
It may require a couple more fill ups with loads of injector cleaner, plus a good foot to the floor uphill Italian tune up to clear them through, with a bit of luck.
LES

It varies .. when red light is off it runs like a dream its quiet , smooth and reasonably responsive . When the light comes on there's just no throttle and its crawling at 25mph and there's nothing you can do till it goes off. First sniff of an incline and the red light is on .. has been on most of the drive down today... if it comes on when it's flat you can still drive at 60mph ...even had the cruise control on for a while a few times it will hold it dead on 60 on flat and going downhill ...uphill it still loses power.

I'm not sure if it's just dirty fuel , it may be an injector problem , I don't know if this engine has those little electric plugs same as the fiat 2.8 that go faulty.

Will have to investigate.

No engine management light no, no smoke or anything either .

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[Northernraider]

Just got to garrys around 20.30 ....that's taken us 8.5 hours to drive 245 mile . With a stop for lunch about 1 hour .

And I've used approximately £100 in diesel to do that.

The injector fault won't have helped that

 

[Phill D]

it really sounds a good move to have returned to Garry’s to focus on getting it all shipshape

 

[pagey]

Turbo wastegate ?

 

[gus-lopez]

No engine management light no, no smoke or anything either .

What is the red light then if not the EML?

 

[CazPaul]

Isn’t a red light don’t drive it?

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[Northernraider]

Unless you want the high brightness ones, Aten ones are only £4, twice the price but many times the quality.
I suppose they have only got to last a year or two until you change vans.

Pardon our interruption...

That's the ones I bought ..

I can't afford to spend a fortune on bulbs right now as there is a list as long as my arm of other things I need to fix first at the minute I have no running water , no fridge, no battery power and an engine with faults , dodgy brakes and only half the lights on the van . I'm already feeling like I've made a terrible mistake. So bulbs are my least worry at the minute but the leds will use much less power than all the Halogen bulbs in here just now .

 

[Northernraider]

Turbo wastegate ?

That's not causing the injector light to come on though

 

[Northernraider]

It

What is the red light then if not the EML?

It's an injector light ..

 

[CazPaul]

Would an option Tam be to flog it on the Flair and keep Moby?

 

[Northernraider]

Isn’t a red light don’t drive it?

Only if you have that luxury lol

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[Barclaybasher]

My injector light's been on for over 2 years and over 10,000 miles......doesn't seem to have any effect.......2001 Fiat 2.8jtd

 

[Northernraider]

Would an option Tam to flog it on the Flair and keep Moby?

Yeah if I want to lose about 5 grand . No one would buy this van in the state its in for the money I paid.

Let's face it I wouldn't have lol

Most of the jobs might be easy fixes but it's going to take time and money.. which is over and above the money I knew I would have to spend updating electrics etc .

It will be a good van when done . But for now it's just a money pit ... I'm just hoping I can sort all the current problems fairly cheaply so I can get on to the upgrades. Till moby sells I'm just eating in to more of my savings .

I hate doing that as I'm living off the interest . I've no other income

 

[Northernraider]

This

My injector light's been on for over 2 years and over 10,000 miles......doesn't seem to have any effect.......2001 Fiat 2.8jtd

This loses power as soon as it comes on and is then like a different van when it goes off. It's by no means fast but it goes well when the light is off.


No way in hell though that Wabbit Gareth drove it to get an mot then a cambelt without it coming on

He's a bare faced lying git

 

[CazPaul]

Yes he certainly is I just got the impression from the very start he was complete liar and bullsh1tter, once he started on about his disabled son and not be able to use the van much because of it.
His son maybe disabled but he’s a bull sh1tter of the first degree.

 

[Onemanandhisdog]

He's a bare faced lying git

Been thinking that for a while, but you spoke to him, I haven't.

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