X7 repair bill game.....
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X7 repair bill game.....
sooooooo...the X7 is in next Tuesday for a few 'small' bits and pieces
OH is now used to driving it as a daily and TBH i can't think of a decent replacement for the long drives to France every couple of months so we're biting the bullet and coughing up
* full service - needs one anyway
* Eolys top-up - 125k and just flashed up, i was convinced it had stopped working
* noisy alternator? bag of nails at tickover warm or cold, stops when revved, mechanic 'thinks' it may just be the 1 way pulley?
* DPF needs a clean out or a new one or a scaffolding pole
*front suspension unit leaking, advisory on last 2 MOT's, 4-5 litres of LDS over last 6 months so i know it isn't just weeping
...and if i have any money left i may replace the sensor for the wipers/lights
x fingers we get it back by Friday and it's not too black a day
OH is now used to driving it as a daily and TBH i can't think of a decent replacement for the long drives to France every couple of months so we're biting the bullet and coughing up
* full service - needs one anyway
* Eolys top-up - 125k and just flashed up, i was convinced it had stopped working
* noisy alternator? bag of nails at tickover warm or cold, stops when revved, mechanic 'thinks' it may just be the 1 way pulley?
* DPF needs a clean out or a new one or a scaffolding pole
*front suspension unit leaking, advisory on last 2 MOT's, 4-5 litres of LDS over last 6 months so i know it isn't just weeping
...and if i have any money left i may replace the sensor for the wipers/lights
x fingers we get it back by Friday and it's not too black a day
currently '06 C5 2.0 HDi auto estate Tip run and France trekker - well should be!! occupied currently by '10 Superb DSG 170 elegance- whistles and bells that work
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Re: X7 repair bill game.....
Dealer or Private garage ?
Alasdair
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Re: X7 repair bill game.....
sorry, forgot that, small indy near me
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Re: X7 repair bill game.....
Do we need to account for the waiting time incurred due to Citroen not having any of the required parts in stock?
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Re: X7 repair bill game.....
No, you need a second carwurlycorner wrote:Do we need to account for the waiting time incurred due to Citroen not having any of the required parts in stock?
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Re: X7 repair bill game.....
this could be quite possible.....no car back as yet, waitng for suspension unit, X fingers Monday and car back Tuesday nightwurlycorner wrote:Do we need to account for the waiting time incurred due to Citroen not having any of the required parts in stock?
No, you need a second car
we've got 2nd, 3rd and 4th cars although the Beat is away for winter , the Acadiane is still at a garage somewhere and the Cupra is in dire need of mechanical and Body restoration....and they're all manuals so she can't drive them anyway
OH not too impressed, house bound
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Re: X7 repair bill game.....
So ... you need a fifth car then ...
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Re: X7 repair bill game.....
old'uns- 138 Auto armchair re-mapped to 170 'ish. Currently on 122k? - I thought Citroen ECU's were un-remappable (if that is a word?
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Re: X7 repair bill game.....
There's no such thing as an un-mappeable ECU ... it just takes the right tool to do the right job ...Sloppysod wrote:I thought Citroen ECU's were un-remappable
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Re: X7 repair bill game.....
I spoke to someone on Friday about having our 3.0 HDi X7 remapped. It's easy enough to do but the ECU needs to be opened on a bench, not done through the OBD port so a lot of tuners won't do them.
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Re: X7 repair bill game.....
First I've heard that the ECU can't be changed via OBD on the X7s ...
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Re: X7 repair bill game.....
I hadn't heard it before either but this guy has an amazing reputation so assume he knows what he's talking about.
I think I've decided against it to be honest anyway, having driven it, the things like a rocket!
David.
I think I've decided against it to be honest anyway, having driven it, the things like a rocket!
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Re: X7 repair bill game.....
I'm thinking of juicing up mine, getting it to 200-210 bhp would make me somewhat happy ... so that my twin exhaust pipes project isn't for decoration only ...
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Re: X7 repair bill game.....
Get it up to 200BHP+, next add a fuel line to the exhaust tips, and then you have got a pair of afterburners!
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Re: X7 repair bill game.....
Now, why would someone want to waste fuel like that ...