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From: T i m on 25 Jul 2010 14:30
Hi All,

Yesterday I got daughter and her b/f to do an oil and filter change on
the 1.2 Corsa we have just bought off his family (she also fitted the
replacement rear wiper motor and that works fine again). ;-)

I has (supposedly) been maintained by a couple of local garages up in
Scotland and should have had (or supposed to have had) and oil and
filter change about 1000 miles ago. However, looking at the paper
filter I noticed quite a build up of gunge in the bottom of the folds
and wondered if that was 'typical' (of that few miles). I am asking
here because I've not come across an open type oil filter before so
never really noticed how much crud they collect. I quite like the way
the filter sticks up with such good access and so can be changed so
easily [1] (and cleanly, there was hardly any spillage).

The engine has done ~150k in case that matters.

The air filter looked 'ok' but the screw heads on the filter box
didn't look like they had been touched in a long time (and one
couldn't be unscrewed conventionally as it was rusted out). On that
there seems to be some oil laying in the tube between the air filter
and the throttle body? Is this engine breather oil do we think?

As an aside we also fitted a replacement n/s headlight and whilst
doing that saw how much damage the deer strike they had a while back
had done to the bumper reinforcement bar (I think we had seen it was
bent but not by how much). [2] ;-(

It was only a couple of inches short of the rad but my hydraulic press
put it roughly back in shape till the replacement arrives (�27
delivered).

Overall I think I'm impressed with how it is put together and amused
that it has a few fancy features (like programmable wiper delay and
adjustable headlamp height) but no electric windows. ;-)

Cheers, T i m

[1] Daughter was screwing the filter cover back on by hand and then
couldn't tighten it any further. I took it a few more turns (by hand)
and I think she thought I had some sort of bionic arm. ;-)

She gently nipped it up with a large adjustable I have but I think
I'll look for a suitable, cheap (stamped) ring spanner or strap wrench
for them?


[2] Again I'm amazed how durable these plastic bumpers are. The fact
that it would also have had to be deformed that far /and/ to bend the
bar behind it whilst suffering little or no real damage itself.
From: Chris Whelan on 25 Jul 2010 16:34
On Sun, 25 Jul 2010 19:30:03 +0100, T i m wrote:

[...]

> Overall I think I'm impressed with how it is put together and amused
> that it has a few fancy features (like programmable wiper delay and
> adjustable headlamp height) but no electric windows. ;-)

Headlamp adjustment to compensate for load has been a requirement in some
European countries for years; I can't remember any car I've owned or
driven in the last 20 or so years that didn't have it.

Chris

--
Remove prejudice to reply.
From: steve robinson on 25 Jul 2010 16:39
Chris Whelan wrote:

> On Sun, 25 Jul 2010 19:30:03 +0100, T i m wrote:
>
> [...]
>
> > Overall I think I'm impressed with how it is put together and
> > amused that it has a few fancy features (like programmable wiper
> > delay and adjustable headlamp height) but no electric windows. ;-)
>
> Headlamp adjustment to compensate for load has been a requirement
> in some European countries for years; I can't remember any car I've
> owned or driven in the last 20 or so years that didn't have it.
>
> Chris

My old pug vans had headlight adjustment 20 plus years ago al be it
on a little lever on each light under the bonnet
From: T i m on 25 Jul 2010 17:19
On Sun, 25 Jul 2010 20:39:12 +0000 (UTC), "steve robinson"
<steve(a)colevalleyinteriors.co.uk> wrote:

>Chris Whelan wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 25 Jul 2010 19:30:03 +0100, T i m wrote:
>>
>> [...]
>>
>> > Overall I think I'm impressed with how it is put together and
>> > amused that it has a few fancy features (like programmable wiper
>> > delay and adjustable headlamp height) but no electric windows. ;-)
>>
>> Headlamp adjustment to compensate for load has been a requirement
>> in some European countries for years; I can't remember any car I've
>> owned or driven in the last 20 or so years that didn't have it.
>>
>> Chris
>
>My old pug vans had headlight adjustment 20 plus years ago al be it
>on a little lever on each light under the bonnet

Yep, we have had it on the 92 Astra as well but it wasn't on my
Sierra, isn't on the (92) Rover (internally) or on the kitcar. ;-)

Does the Ka we are selling have one internally do you know (can't
remember, it's not here atm).

But then haven't most cars over the last 10(+) years also had electric
windows (all ours have currently /except/ the kitcar)?

Cheers, T i m



From: T i m on 27 Jul 2010 04:20
On Tue, 27 Jul 2010 08:47:56 +0100, "Mrcheerful"
<nbkm57(a)hotmail.co.uk> wrote:


>> .. I also think Torx are
>> one of those things you can't really use without the proper tools ,
>> there is no 'adjustable' equivalent etc.
>
>there is: a suitable allen key can be persuaded to undo torx bolts
>

Well yes, but not an 'adjustable' solution as such.

The other things is the range of these plastic insert / rivets they
use. Under the front bumper are the ones that use a plastic 'nail' you
can extract to release but under the ends of the wheel arch trims are
the type you have to push the pin through to release?

Cheers, T i m


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