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Pat Vegas
12-18-2019, 09:20 AM
like burning/engine type smell. I also notice it when i get out of the car :-(

RIP car.

Sir C
12-18-2019, 09:30 AM
like burning/engine type smell. I also notice it when i get out of the car :-(

RIP car.

Do you not drive it very often, and when you do does it tend to be for short distances?

Chances are you've got mould growing in the heater ducts. Your car is officially an environmental hazard :-(

You could try leaving it running with the heater on full for a couple of hours to burn it out. Otherwise it will have to go into the dealer for treatment :-(

Pat Vegas
12-18-2019, 09:33 AM
Do you not drive it very often, and when you do does it tend to be for short distances?

Chances are you've got mould growing in the heater ducts. Your car is officially an environmental hazard :-(

You could try leaving it running with the heater on full for a couple of hours to burn it out. Otherwise it will have to go into the dealer for treatment :-(

it's been loads of short trips to be honest shopping and back and forth to the train station. I think I need to give the car a good drive,
The only other thing that might be it is a coolant leak, but can't really see it going down.

In the summer one day my collant had gone right down and had steam coming out the engine but I've kept an eye on it ever since and it's been ok.

Herbert Augustus Chapman
12-18-2019, 09:55 AM
it's been loads of short trips to be honest shopping and back and forth to the train station. I think I need to give the car a good drive,
The only other thing that might be it is a coolant leak, but can't really see it going down.

In the summer one day my collant had gone right down and had steam coming out the engine but I've kept an eye on it ever since and it's been ok.

offer you a half decent price given he is currently brimming with largesse after Thursday's bloody demolition of the communist peril.




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Sir C
12-18-2019, 09:56 AM
[QUOTE=Herbert Augustus Chapman;4254272]offer you a half decent price given he is currently brimming with largesse after Thursday's bloody demolition of the communist peril.

Me? Buy a used Fiat? :hehe:

I'm not the sharpest, granted, but there's no need to take the piss.

PSRB
12-18-2019, 10:04 AM
like burning/engine type smell. I also notice it when i get out of the car :-(

RIP car.

Air con or heating? Might just need the aircon to be serviced and do whatever it is they do

Pat Vegas
12-18-2019, 10:12 AM
Air con or heating? Might just need the aircon to be serviced and do whatever it is they do

heating. only noticed it lately as it's been cold out.

Herbert Augustus Chapman
12-18-2019, 10:43 AM
[QUOTE=Herbert Augustus Chapman;4254272]offer you a half decent price given he is currently brimming with largesse after Thursday's bloody demolition of the communist peril.

Me? Buy a used Fiat? :hehe:

I'm not the sharpest, granted, but there's no need to take the piss.

Jesus wept c, how could you have stood idly by while our brother committed the gross act of folly that is purchasing any kind of Fiat. Did you not at least try to warn him :-(

My son did the same thing. Told him to leave the selection process to me so I could source a Nissan Micra or some such and the young fool had his eye turned by a Fiat (think it was the pretty pastel colour that won him). Had to dump it within 6 months

barrybueno
12-18-2019, 10:44 AM
offer you a half decent price given he is currently brimming with largesse after Thursday's bloody demolition of the communist peril.




https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.jaguarforums.com-vbulletin/638x513/arthur_daley_1e30f18b7fd9b560a624765baafef825d7ec1 dd8.jpg

Here's Pat getting his new wheels off C

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PS. Look at that bad boy Escort :love:

IUFG
12-18-2019, 10:45 AM
like burning/engine type smell. I also notice it when i get out of the car :-(

RIP car.

https://i1.adis.ws/i/washford/192496?w=637&h=403

set this chap off with your aircon on recirculate.

oh, and yes. GTFO the car...

Herbert Augustus Chapman
12-18-2019, 10:53 AM
Here's Pat getting his new wheels off C

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PS. Look at that bad boy Escort :love:

Is that not a Capri? Terry McCann had a Capri

barrybueno
12-18-2019, 10:57 AM
Is that not a Capri? Terry McCann had a Capri

In the background to the left you berk

IUFG
12-18-2019, 11:11 AM
In the background to the left you berk

MkII Cosworth?

Air intakes just behind the front doors?

Sir C
12-18-2019, 11:13 AM
MkII Cosworth?

Air intakes just behind the front doors?

RS2000 Custom Pack, surely?

IUFG
12-18-2019, 11:18 AM
RS2000 Custom Pack, surely?

I dunno. Maybe. Either or.

barrybueno
12-18-2019, 11:22 AM
RS2000 Custom Pack, surely?

These nerds know, sort of...

https://www.imcdb.org/v177730.html