cheers all, bit more worried now than when I asked! It's booked in to the garage down the road on tues, won't need to drive it before then. Garage didn't seem too concerned, so fingers crossed.
If it is just the linkage, that can be a fairly straightforward DIY fix on many cars even with no mechanical knowledge (like me). The linkage went on my last car. Luckily, it went when I was in 3rd gear and I was only 3 miles from home late at night on quiet roads so I was able to nurse it home. I was worried it was going to be a very expensive problem but a quick bit of research when I got home left me confident it was worth trying to fix myself as the local garage was shut over the weekend anyway. I think the replacement part was about 2 fuck alls from ebay and YouTube guided me through the rest. It was fiddly accessing it and took a couple of hours due to my lack of expertise but it wasn't difficult.The replaced part outlasted the car and I never had any further gearbox issues.
I was minding my own business this morning at 60mph when a pigeon decided to drop in for a friendly chat. Sadly, it was totally obliterated before we could properly converse, leaving a crack across 3/4 of the width of my windscreen, which isn't covered under my cheapskate insurance policy.Does anybody have any experience with prices for this sort of thing? A quick look on Autoglass gives a quote for about £400. Am I likely to get much cheaper by calling round or is this the going rate?
Quote from: Will Hunt on April 26, 2019, 01:12:32 pmI was minding my own business this morning at 60mph when a pigeon decided to drop in for a friendly chat. Sadly, it was totally obliterated before we could properly converse, leaving a crack across 3/4 of the width of my windscreen, which isn't covered under my cheapskate insurance policy.Does anybody have any experience with prices for this sort of thing? A quick look on Autoglass gives a quote for about £400. Am I likely to get much cheaper by calling round or is this the going rate? Is the renewal soon? Just wait it out until then if so, take out the appropriate policy, wait a month and then use the windscreen repair element (which you have ensured is included) which shouldn't affect your no claims.
I’ve a feeling that petrol in diesels fucks them up but not the other way around.
Quote from: tomtom on July 07, 2019, 05:10:45 pmI’ve a feeling that petrol in diesels fucks them up but not the other way around. Correct. Bit of diesel in a petrol , it'll probably run a touch smokey but unless you've brimmed it you'll be reyt.Petrol in a diesel on the other hand...my mate's wife brimmed their old Merc diesel with unleaded in the midst of a family emergency, and then drove it about 50 miles. He said he was amazed the thing survived, but that's 90s Mercedes engineering for you.
Okay quick car question here. I was a bit of a dipshit today and accidentally put about 50p worth of diesel into my petrol Civic. Do I need to get the fuel flushed out for such a small amount?
Correct - diesel common rail fuel pumps are lubricated by the fuel. Gasoline/petrol has a very low lubricity and will screw-up your fuel pump double quick. Even then, a dilute mix of petrol in diesel might be okay in older diesels (e.g. the Mercedes example above, or pre-2014 VW PD TDI)I’ve a feeling that petrol in diesels fucks them up but not the other way around.
Quote from: seankenny on July 07, 2019, 02:49:10 pmOkay quick car question here. I was a bit of a dipshit today and accidentally put about 50p worth of diesel into my petrol Civic. Do I need to get the fuel flushed out for such a small amount?You'll be absolutely fine; doubt it'll even be that smokey if you have added a load of petrol on top.