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From: Derek Geldard on 23 Mar 2010 11:16 On Tue, 23 Mar 2010 03:31:33 -0700 (PDT), Squashme <squashme(a)gmail.com> wrote: >On 23 Mar, 00:14, "The Medway Handyman" <davidl...(a)no-spam- >blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: >I have an 03 reg diesel Kangoo van, 57,000 mile on the clock. On the >door >panel its described as 1.7DCi, the plastic cowling over the engine >reads 1.5 >DCi and the logbook reads 1465cc. > <Snip> >Any ideas on what this could be? <Snip> Seems it's chuckin' oil about when it's just been topped up. Could it possibly have the wrong dipstick for the engine ? Derek
From: ashley filmer on 23 Mar 2010 11:48 On 23 Mar, 15:16, Derek Geldard <im...(a)miniac.demon.co.uk> wrote: > On Tue, 23 Mar 2010 03:31:33 -0700 (PDT), Squashme > > <squas...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >On 23 Mar, 00:14, "The Medway Handyman" <davidl...(a)no-spam- > >blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: > >I have an 03 reg diesel Kangoo van, 57,000 mile on the clock. On the > >door > >panel its described as 1.7DCi, the plastic cowling over the engine > >reads 1.5 > >DCi and the logbook reads 1465cc. > > <Snip> > > >Any ideas on what this could be? > > <Snip> > > Seems it's chuckin' oil about when it's just been topped up. Could it > possibly have the wrong dipstick for the engine ? > > Derek Check the gauze is not clogged on the breathers from the sump into the air filter. If they do block, it pressurises the sump.
From: BrianW on 23 Mar 2010 14:50 On Mar 23, 8:41�am, ashley filmer <ash.fil...(a)googlemail.com> wrote: > On 23 Mar, 07:00, Doug <jag...(a)riseup.net> wrote: > > > > > > > On 22 Mar, 19:36, Adrian <toomany2...(a)gmail.com> wrote:> Doug <jag...(a)riseup.net> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were > > > saying: > > > > > I might have known that motorists on these NGs would try to divert blame > > > > away from themselves onto HGVs and buses. It is time they realised that > > > > cars are 80% of all road traffic and therefore responsible for a > > > > considerable amount of pollution. > > > > <sigh> > > > The concepts of relative mileages and relative fuel consumptions don't > > > really impinge on your braincell, do they? > > > Certainly not on yours it seems. > > > In 2005 in billion vehicle kilometres: > > > Cars 397 > > Light vans 62 > > Goods vehicles 29 > > Buses and coaches 5.2 > > Pedal cycles 4.4 > > > Says it all really and cars do 80% of the mileage. As for fuel > > consumption this should be in terms of passenger kilometres and of > > course goods vehicles provide a much more essential service for all > > than your particular choice of personal transport. > > > -- > > Car Free Living Projecthttp://www.carfreelivingproject.org.uk/ > > For people wishing to live without a car > > You obviously live in a city with the most comprehensive public > transport network in the UK Doug, but outside the M25, public > transport becomes much more 'pot luck' The GollumAnswer is simple - everyone should move to London. What about the practicalities, I hear you ask? Where would we get our food if everyone lived in London? Again, the GollumAnswer is simple - everyone would get their food from Tesco, just like Gollum does. That food to be delivered, of course, by handcart.
From: Doug on 24 Mar 2010 02:34 On 23 Mar, 08:41, ashley filmer <ash.fil...(a)googlemail.com> wrote: > On 23 Mar, 07:00, Doug <jag...(a)riseup.net> wrote: > > > > > On 22 Mar, 19:36, Adrian <toomany2...(a)gmail.com> wrote:> Doug <jag...(a)riseup.net> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were > > > saying: > > > > > I might have known that motorists on these NGs would try to divert blame > > > > away from themselves onto HGVs and buses. It is time they realised that > > > > cars are 80% of all road traffic and therefore responsible for a > > > > considerable amount of pollution. > > > > <sigh> > > > The concepts of relative mileages and relative fuel consumptions don't > > > really impinge on your braincell, do they? > > > Certainly not on yours it seems. > > > In 2005 in billion vehicle kilometres: > > > Cars 397 > > Light vans 62 > > Goods vehicles 29 > > Buses and coaches 5.2 > > Pedal cycles 4.4 > > > Says it all really and cars do 80% of the mileage. As for fuel > > consumption this should be in terms of passenger kilometres and of > > course goods vehicles provide a much more essential service for all > > than your particular choice of personal transport. > > > -- > > Car Free Living Projecthttp://www.carfreelivingproject.org.uk/ > > For people wishing to live without a car > > You obviously live in a city with the most comprehensive public > transport network in the UK Doug, but outside the M25, public > transport becomes much more 'pot luck' > What do you do when the journey you want to undertake is actually > further than you are physically capable of cycling, or even that there > is not enough hours in the day to travel the distance in the time you > can cycle it ?. > What you are forgetting is that your lifestyle has been shaped by total car dependency, which has grown widely and massively within just a lifetime. Prior to that people either lived near their work and services or use public transport, which have since been ousted by competition from the car. It is highly doubtful that you would be living where you are and doing what you do were it not for the car. Anyway, that which has changed can continue changing in another and better direction so let's live in hope! For one thing, we are living at a time when someone can now exist and connect without even leaving their home and this is bound to have some influence. I may be living in a city with a comprehensive PT network but you wouldn't think so if you viewed the main roads on a Saturday morning, chock-a-block with cars being used for shopping. -- World Carfree Network http://www.worldcarfree.net/ Help for your car-addicted friends in the U.K.
From: Adrian on 24 Mar 2010 02:52
Doug <jagmad(a)riseup.net> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying: > What you are forgetting is that your lifestyle has been shaped by total > car dependency ITYM "easy transport". After all, few people ever travelled further than a small number of surrounding villages until the bicycle became ubiquitous. So - yes - technologies do have a habit of breaking down restrictions on behaviour. This is a good thing. |