elo m8, plans sound good for what already is a nice car

see you around soon, Grant

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updates?

we need to all get together again

just name a time and place

tomorrow? usual spot?

for those awaiting a pm from dooner he text me this:

"don't think so mate (re meet tonight) i haven't left my chair since yesterday, just about to dose up on pain killers. Can you update my thread with what has happened as a few people are awaiting a pm"

please see 'cars for sale'

whats happening now

nothing, car is staying as is. sort of

well, slight update. havent really done anything, but found something out. whilst changing the fuel filter, i decided to check the filler cap (cant be too careful!) and guess what i found? enough mayo to fill a jar of helmans. Really angry, as with no job, all my money was going to go on petrol to find jobs, and stuff for the move. now though, since i havent even started saving because i had rent to pay off, i have exactly £0.87, a car that needs fixing, and no income. happy days going to check with the dealer (my mate) if he took a look when he got it in, or did any compression checks. if not, then surely i must have some kind of comeback? selling a car that has a known problem like this as 'fine' cant be aloud, surely?

When I bought my 106 XSi as standard, it had tons of mayo in the cap and oil breather pipes after checking a few weeks down the line. SLightly shocking but hey.

Nice couple of boiling kettles later, jobs a good'un. Had a hardcore 6k more (I mean raping!) before the totally unrelated fuel filter gave up the goose. It's not always as bad as it could be. Depends on the cars living conditions and how far/often you drive it.

Sold as seen from private, but sounds like it's from a dealer? So who knows. Just be as nice as possible to them and lick their arses, unless they decide not to fix the problem if they don't have to, put your mean face on and take it from there (if you can take it anywhere)

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Rest in peace Ben "Jam" Elvin. Gone but never forgotten.

The mayo could be the time of year so I wouldn't panic just yet.

As mentioned, private sale is your problem really.

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well its my mate, who runs a dealership from home. not a big flashy dealership, but a load of cars on his land lol. its a registered company so im not sure where i stand. wheres woodsy when you need him?

Did the sale go thru the books or was it mates rates outside the books?

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through the books. just spoke to him, he said could be condensation in the engine, as i havent used it since before new years. would that cause mayo in the filler cap?

potentially it could i think mate

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Im sure the law states that if you sell more than 5 cars in a year, your classed as a trader and therfor have to offer a 30 day warrenty, it even stands if they sell there own private car, but im sure you've had it more than 30days, so if the HG has gone, it could have recently gone so would have been detected in any pre-purchase investigations. But as people have mentioned its common for oil to breath this time of year and cause mayo, just give it a good rape and it should go.

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RIP Ben. Gone but not forgotten.

SportKA - I've driven one and its deffinately a Girls car

Ford Fair 2010 0-60 7.45 secs Trek 4100

Save the trees, wipe your arse with a Cosworth

ok, ill stop panicking for now... ill try to sort the running issues then take it on a long run, see if it clears.

Usually you would have a loss of coolant too if it was an engine problem.

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i seriously wouldn't worry buddy, i had the same last year on my cossie, i panic but was told by a few that its condesation and i needed too give it a good caining, not had anything this year tho