It's definately pinking!

What?

He probably thinks cleaning the MAF is an act of feminine hygiene.

LOL! ok.

I thought you meant maybe I was joking with the advise I gave.

How long did he have the car? thats little more than an hours labour.

--=20 The poster formerly known as Skodapilot.

Technically we are borderline between hot and cold being northern europe.

hot countries are places like Turkey, Italy, Spain, Southern France ad other places round the Med, or further south arround the equator.

I'm talking about countries that don't see extended periods of arround Zero celsius, or just above.

I'll give you a clue, My Skoda used 15w40 all year round because that is what it was supposed to use (older engine but built for a cold climate), the Saab could use 10w30, 10w40, or in hot climates 15w40 (unless it was a newer build of a turbo engine in which case 5w40 was fine all year round). the very latest ones use 5w40 or even 0w40 saab turbo oil (Branded Mobil 1). The difference between 10 and 15w 40 is the cold temps/cold engine protection. if you really are having trouble with it running when cold 15w might actually make it feel worse.

Unless it has non adjustable hydaulic tappets the type of oil you use won't make a difference. If it uses hydaulic tappets, thinner cold oil will pump them up faster and they will go quieter quicker. If they are normal adjustable ones, you need to adjust them with a spanner to get them to go quieter.

Fiat made Fire Engines? :-)

A question though, how much less economical would a 20-25 minute journey from cold (25 miles, using local roads a bit, then motorways/NSL A roads) be compared to a much longer trip of say 200-300 miles?

Peter

-- "The truth is working in television is not very glamorous at all. I just go home on my own at night and sit alone and eat crisps."

I couldn't care less about the damage you might do to a newer car, it's just a big pissing waste of money, especially as you only do a small fingerful of miles each year. Save the money and put it towards something like a house. There are loads of decent cars for less than a grand or two.

Peter

-- "The truth is working in television is not very glamorous at all. I just go home on my own at night and sit alone and eat crisps."

So a garage claimed that it wasn't pinking, loads of us on here think it's not pinking. What is it that actually makes you think it is pinking?

Peter

-- "The truth is working in television is not very glamorous at all. I just go home on my own at night and sit alone and eat crisps."

You've never studied maths then?

Peter

-- "The truth is working in television is not very glamorous at all. I just go home on my own at night and sit alone and eat crisps."

Try completely covering the clutch pedal with your foot, not just using a

Peter

-- "The truth is working in television is not very glamorous at all. I just go home on my own at night and sit alone and eat crisps."

The message from petermcmillan snipped-for-privacy@yahoo.com (Peter) contains these words:

Incompetant clutch control.

The message from "Purditer" contains these words:

My old Montego diesel's got sort of engine management in that it runs the various advance toys and controls the EGR valve. S'notta proper ECU

- thankfully. Certainly nothing I couldn't wire round if I had to.

AstraVanMan ( snipped-for-privacy@WithThanks.com) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying :

Can you imagine letting Peter loose on uk.d-i-y?

Yeh, but would mummy approve?

No, I don't think you do know what I mean. I can only remember stalling my car three times, and two of those were because I had left it in gear.

I do increase the revs as I pull away. The problem is that the clutch pedal was to the top before I had chance to give it any gas.

I've had the car for over a year now, and I think I know how most of it works.

It has been serviced by a professional. It was serviced at the start of the year.

It hasn't gone completely. When driving under normal acceleration/load it's very faint, but at high speeds 60+mph or under very heavy acceleration it is still pretty noticable.

My fan makes a bigger difference than my lights. I don't know what power my lights are, but they only make a small differnce. The revs don't drop massively when the fan comes on, but when I'm halfway through a manourvre the engines, already under heavy load, so it makes a bigger differnce.

What's the MAF and do you think it's really worth resetting the ECU?

To reset the ECU I just disconnect the battery for a few moments don't I?

Peter (petermcmillan snipped-for-privacy@yahoo.com) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying :

Umm, Peter, it's October now. Have a look at the service schedule. I'll bet it's something like 9,000 miles *or six months*

IT IS NOT PINKING. Pinking does not occur under any condition except heavy load.

They got me to get it there early in the morning, but didn't start on it until about 17:00 :-(. I think it's £62.10/hr there, for an electronic diagnosis.

My MOT's due end of November so I'll see what the testers think about the noise. They'll probably give me a funny look when they hear it lol.