Is it worth fixing my car?

bobby_t · Post by **bobby_t** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 8:32 am

the 3.5k revs issue, i had that, removed the heat shield from the cat, was still there, ended up being the front pipe, just something to consider.......

Post by **agw_01** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 10:20 pm

Cheers for that Bobby. So, what was causing it? Was the front pipe lose or just rattling on something?

This car is a pain in the behind though. Had the CTS causing a bit of trouble today. Came off the motorway to go to work and had to put up with it idling at 2500rpm

Parked up in the car park at work and let it settle down before switching off. Was also being a bit of a pain when I went out for my dinner, but after letting it idle for a bit, it was fine.

Checked the oil filler cap and dipstick today after I got home from work, and no signs of mayo. Water level is the same. PS is still leaking... not got round to getting any jubilee clips yet but I just remembered where I have some in the house.

No blue smoke when starting it up today either. Wonder what could have caused it yesterday.

Was out in it tonight and the love just came flooding back :lol:

CTS is first on my list of parts to replace.

One thing though, when I sort out the PS leak, what's the best way of cleaning up all the split fluid from inside the engine bay and on the CV gaiter? Just stick the hose pipe in there and clean it all off? What about the gaiter? Will it need replacing? I had a good look at it when I had the wheels off and it's definitely not split.

Also need to get myself some Meguiars Scratch-X to remove the millions of minute scratches that were put on by the car wash. It's so depressing to look at photos of when I first got the car and see her now. She was absolutely mint!

Shameless Pimp

Cheers guys

ChrisD · Post by **ChrisD** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 11:10 pm

I still have a pit of power steering fluid sitting in my engine mount that stuff never goes away a little puddle from when i changed my power steering pump. (I put the old one back on in the end cause the new bubble pumps are slightly different).

Post by **Punx0r** » Tue Jan 24, 2006 12:34 am

Yeah, the CAT usually sits just after the flexi section. You can't really miss it, bulbous thing about 18" long (hehehehe).

To be fair, that's a cracking 214 you've got there. Best looking one I've seen for ages. The ones I normally see are really showing their age, yours looks tidy

Each to their own for jacking. The best place is the front or rear cross member, just stick the trolley jack under the towing eye. You won't bend anything there, doesn't matter about taking paint off and it lifts both sides of the car evenly. So you can work both sides at once, and position axle stands etc. Doesn't twist the car either.

ChrisD · Post by **ChrisD** » Tue Jan 24, 2006 6:26 pm

Oh jesus SNAP my sump is leaking too and I have big water marks down the side of my arch

Ignorance is bliss now I'm gonna have to fix it.

Post by **agw_01** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 12:54 pm

Andrew 1 = Broken Rover 0

Fixed the PS leak. Did what Jonny said and used jubilee clips to secure the pipes to the res. I did the top one the other week, but the bottom was still p1ssing out.

Ran my finger under both pipes this morning before I started the car and nothing... not even a drip.

Oh, the blue smoke appears to have died down as well. I checked the dipstick on Saturday morning and the thing wasn't registering any oil

Good job I had a litre of oil in the house. Going to have to get the sump gasket changed ASAP I think.

I'm moving house on Saturday, so Sunday, I'm going to try and do the brakes (thanks Chris!!) and give the engine bay a quick clean. I don't know how corrosive PS fluid is, so don't want to leave it hanging around for too long.

Got some suspension sorted from Nash and some Tubby wheels from Smokes too, so can take my SEi wheels off the car and get them refurbished

But first of all, it's payday on Friday so I'm going to get down to Rover to pick up some new gaskets, a dizzy cap, rotor arm and CTS

Should have it running a bit better at least.

TonedefBRM · Post by **TonedefBRM** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 1:22 pm

I'm no mech but if you need a second pair of hands give us a shout !

Post by **agw_01** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 1:29 pm

Thanks mate, that's really kind.

rover220 (Mike) is coming up in March to help me fit my suspension. No doubt I'll need a hand with my changing the front hubs to do my brake upgrade or when I change the sump gasket too, so I'll bare that in mind

TonedefBRM · Post by **TonedefBRM** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 2:15 pm

i'm literally just down the road - no problems

Bob SLi · Post by **Bob SLi** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 3:02 pm

Can't be bothered to read the whole thread, because I'm lazy!

But, sort it yourself mate! They're lovely cheap cars to get parts for, this place is a wealth of knowledge and geeks, so any problems there will always be someone thats had the same problem so can help you out. Plus, once you cracked it, then you, yourself become one of the "wise" bunch!

Its a lovely car you car, now get it healthy!

Post by **Punx0r** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 10:39 pm

Power steering fluid is just automatic transmission fluid (ATF), slightly modifed oil basically. Shouldn't be at all corrosive, but messy all the same

ChrisD · Post by **ChrisD** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 10:43 pm

Its fine with aluminium. I have an aquarium of it in the engine mount hole bit. Think I might put some fish in. Screws up anything rubber though.

Post by **agw_01** » Wed Feb 08, 2006 12:04 am

ChrisD wrote:Screws up anything rubber though.

Take a look at the pics I posted on the first page... namely the CV boot.

It's wet, and I think it's PS fluid.