so... I have a Festiva now...

[barryogen]

It's a loaner as the RunX is throwing a check engine light again...

marvelous...


the tow truck hadn't even dropped me off and one of you buggers(probably Coz) text me saying "Rumour has it that your car is on a tow truck"

damn, dunedin is far too small.

[Alex B]

LOL nah that was me

[Steelo]

Thats what happens when you drive a truck all day, you see things!

Looked funny getting towed down Kaikorai valley

[CozmoNz]

nup, im the one you rang for lloyds number . i was in wanaka!

[barryogen]

yeah, well the reason I don't know anyone's numbers is my cell phone died... and the stupid MS cell phones put the contacts on the phone, not the sim by default, and don't have the ability to copy from phone to sim, only the reverse.

yay MS products...
it cycles on "boot", suspected faulty firmware upgrade.

Will find out whats up with the car later on today hopefully(assuming that they can have a look, their yard is full at the moment)
only sign that things werent quite right were that it turned over twice before it started on friday morning, and the idle was a little rough(and low at ~600rpm instead of 800 odd), but nothing too far out of the ordinary.

Oh yeah, new exhaust(less "ricey", more bling if that makes sense) arrived at Ridez, will be fitted once it is going again.

[barryogen]

heh, a single broken wire, they said "it must have been stretched when they put the engine back in, and it shook loose on the drive to town"

so I pick it up this arvo.

[SkylineObsession]

Toymota's are supposed to be reliable. *shakes head in disbelief*

[Steelo]

Toymota's are supposed to be reliable. *shakes head in disbelief*

They are.........Dave's car is just special

[barryogen]

Toymota's are supposed to be reliable. *shakes head in disbelief*

They are.........Dave's car is just special

yeah... if it gets any more special it may become an insurance case.

anyway, the engine is a yamaha design*

I must add that my 85 rolla has been written off three times, none my fault, but the engine continues to run even though it has in the past been run with no/low oil for months(I was trying to kill it), and driven as hard as I could for ~6 years... and it still lives on, although it is now my sisters... 272000kms and it simply wont die, only had cam belt done regularly, and two clutches since it was bought in 1996.

my other sister has a 1990 corolla with 340000kms on it, and it has only recently have the clutch done for the first time, regular cam belts done of course. it is a tad rusty(lived in auckalnd then nelson) though and will be retired shortly.

usually they're fine, maybe mine was given a bollocking in japan land before it got here.

only 780kms of nana driving to go.

*I'm sure I read that the 3sge was aswell...

[cozmoid]

anyway, the engine is a yamaha design*

For your information yamaha have been designing and supplying engines and heads for toyota for 30 odd years

[SkylineObsession]

Yeah we had an old 1980 Corona which apparently was on its second time around the clock when we got it off Mum's parents and that went hard for a while until everything went wrong at once.

Now likely resting in car heaven.

[Lloyd]

Did you find out what the fault was today?

[barryogen]

Did you find out what the fault was today?

vvtl sensor on cylinder 4 was shorted, making it think that it was forever on, meaning too much gas being thrown into it, it ran way too rich, throwing the CEL...

The reason for the harsh start and rough idle was just too much gas apparently, which sounds plausible.

Total bill for car was $1920 + Engine at $4600, total I paid, $250, my mechanical insurance has paid for it self and then some...

easily...


yay mechanical insurance.

[barryogen]

only 780kms of nana driving to go.

8kms to go... I should get to ~caversham and then blat up the hill, and down the motorway... ahhh... it'll be good to hit that magic lift point again, eek, I sound like a honda driver talking about vtec.

[JT]

only 780kms of nana driving to go.

8kms to go... I should get to ~caversham and then blat up the hill, and down the motorway... ahhh... it'll be good to hit that magic lift point again, eek, I sound like a honda driver talking about vtec.

What difference is 8km going to make

One the first drive once it was up to temperature I would've gone over 6k rpm. Whats the point of driving 1000km with it only then to find out if something was wrong. With 12,000km on there should be no reason stay away from redline.

[barryogen]

I was just doing as told... that way if it did fsck out, it wouldn't have been my fault.