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Post by Humph on Nov 25, 2020 10:07:07 GMT
Re skirting boards. Frog tape. Fab stuff. Way easier to use than masking tape. High-tack masking tape is fine - it's all that lying around on the floor, always seemingly working in your own light. S'pose it's also a function of how much light you have a propensity to block... 😜 |
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Post by tyrednexited on Nov 25, 2020 10:29:04 GMT
S'pose it's also a function of how much light you have a propensity to block... 😜 ....almost as much laying down as standing up; don't we all?...... |
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Post by EspadaIII on Nov 25, 2020 10:35:08 GMT
Espadrilles Mini has a weird issue. The right rear tyre drops about 0.2bar once all the tyres are set to the correct pressure. It then shows up as a minor warning on the dash, but then never really moves from that. We have changed valves and tyres and it still happens. Wonder if the wheel is porous?
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Post by Humph on Nov 25, 2020 10:40:46 GMT
Pump it up 0.2 bar more than the others.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 25, 2020 10:46:03 GMT
If it was leaking, surely it would deflate further and keep deflating?
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Post by EspadaIII on Nov 25, 2020 15:21:48 GMT
That's what I keep thinking. But once its dropped from say 2.1bar to 1.9bar it seems to stay there for ages. I have tried Humphs idea but it always drops back to 1.9bar. Very odd....
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Post by Humph on Nov 25, 2020 15:39:53 GMT
Need to get her a new car then. Obvs.
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Post by tyrednexited on Nov 25, 2020 15:57:53 GMT
That's what I keep thinking. But once its dropped from say 2.1bar to 1.9bar it seems to stay there for ages. I have tried Humphs idea but it always drops back to 1.9bar. Very odd.... It's probably finding an equilibrium point on blow-by of the valve-core, or leakage round the alloy rim (or the nail through the centre of the tread  ). Pressure at 1.9 bar no longer enough to open up whatever is allowing the leak. |
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Post by Humph on Nov 25, 2020 16:50:11 GMT
Well, I did once have an instance of a mysterious tyre leak. Took it to be checked at a tyre garage and they declared it was fine. Kept leaking though, so I took it to another tyre place a few weeks later and they found the tiniest little pin stuck in the tread. So small as to be near enough invisible. Smaller even than that tiny little nick in my n/s front alloy. That small.
Anyway, they pulled it out, fixed it, and all was well.
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Post by Rob on Nov 25, 2020 16:58:28 GMT
I got a nail in a front tyre on the Superb. Took it to a tyre place and they said I'd have to wait - fine. Didn't know if the nail had gone all the way in as it was not losing any air. But he pulled at the nail and yep there was air escaping. Plugged it and it was fine. Car went back with all the original tyres still on it. If it was a diesel it would have needed two front tyres a while ago.
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Post by tyrednexited on Nov 25, 2020 17:01:39 GMT
In Falmouth in a company car (Galaxy if I remember correctly) I returned after a day out to find an almost flat front. I was within 200 yards of a national tyre-dealer, so ran it down and let them look at it. The mechanic couldn't believe what he found - one end of a standard 13A fuse (the cap only) on the outside with the remaining attached fuse wire (which is as bendy as a bendy thing) straight through the tyre tread. It was visible inside once the tyre was removed. Neither he nor I could believe it possible, but it was repaired at the spot indicated, and was fine afterwards. y'know, I would never have bought a s/h Merc with a damaged rim. It would have been visible to me from the moon! |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 25, 2020 18:23:50 GMT
You've reminded me though, I didn't get our boiler serviced last year, so need to get it done soonish. Very old floor standing gas boiler, Potterton thing, seems to be hewn from rock and utterly indestructible. Alanović, If you ever have problems with the old Potterton try this guy. www.miketheboilerman.com/He had my ancient Potterton up and running half an hour after arriving and gave it a service at the same time. I've just had the CH pump replaced at home. It started to get noisy and I've suffered a broken CH system in winter before when the fan failed on the boiler. Don't want to go through that again. Radiators now get warm a lot quicker than they did before so it certainly looks like the pump was waiting for cold weather before croaking. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 25, 2020 21:17:09 GMT
Pumps have that sneaky thing of hitting you when you need them most. The main pump (we have three in the CH system) in our system went two days before Christmas, two years ago. To be fair to our plumber - a grand chap (and motorcyclist too) - came back on Boxing Day to finish the job when he managed to get hold of a replacement main pump. It did take him a good few hours to wrestle the main pump free even after a couple of days of penetration fluid and Plusgas in the threads.
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Post by tyrednexited on Nov 25, 2020 22:10:29 GMT
...pump really should be a DIY job, at least if it is (conventionally) isolated either side, and without draining down. My current one was DIY'ed (but at least the isolating valves weren't seized).
As I've posted previously, a three-way valve should also be an easy job (albeit drained), but if the bloody olives won't nip-up, it is far from that.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 25, 2020 22:16:59 GMT
CH systems over here would heat a castle in the UK. Each house we've had here has had one big old system fitted, more than any wall mounted combi boiler toy like we have fitted in UK properties. Installation in BPG Türme is fed by a 5,500 litre tank.
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). Pressure at 1.9 bar no longer enough to open up whatever is allowing the leak.