Another Lemming Jumps Off The cliff...

Chris570 · Unread post by **Chris570** » 22 Sep 2011, 11:24

nothing is that hard on an activa, no job more than 20 mins

Unread post by **Dommo** » 22 Sep 2011, 11:33

Chris570 wrote:nothing is that hard on an activa, no job more than 20 mins

Well... 15... Lets not make it out to be worse than it is! Getting on with those parts Chris?

Unread post by **CitroJim** » 22 Sep 2011, 11:35

DickieG wrote: Masochist

You need to be to be an Activa owner

I've done a repair. I turned up a brass sleeve that would fit tightly into the spigot and the hole remaining in the rad. I opened the spigot and rad holes out to 5.5mm; there was about 2mm of hole depth in the rad before it opened out into the end tank. I bored the sleeve to 4.5mm so that water flow would not be adversely affected...

Once that was done, the sleeve was coated in Plastic Padding SuperSteel and gently pressed home. A coat of SuperSteel was applied around the spigot and the rad base to hopefully give a little more support.

Here's what the finished job looks like:

I just have to patiently wait a couple of hours now for the epoxy to set hard...

Fingers crossed...

Chris570 · Unread post by **Chris570** » 22 Sep 2011, 11:43

Dommo wrote:
Chris570 wrote:nothing is that hard on an activa, no job more than 20 mins
Well... 15... Lets not make it out to be worse than it is! Getting on with those parts Chris?

all fitted don't worry.

Martin is doing the last bits on the xant and then she's all done. I work quickly as Jim will attest to

Unread post by **CitroJim** » 22 Sep 2011, 11:45

Dommo wrote:
Chris570 wrote:nothing is that hard on an activa, no job more than 20 mins
Well... 15... Lets not make it out to be worse than it is! Getting on with those parts Chris?

That's swearing time, not actual working time...

Deanxm · Unread post by **Deanxm** » 22 Sep 2011, 17:07

There was a jeff site more than 15 minutes swearing while i done my heater matrix i can tell you!

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Unread post by **CitroJim** » 22 Sep 2011, 17:38

And a lot more doing a manifold gasket too

If I contributed to a swear box I'd be bankrupt by now... It would cost a lot more than the petrol to run the blessed thing

addo · Unread post by **addo** » 22 Sep 2011, 21:13

My 605 is sitting around 21 litres per hundred km around town. Wanna swap?

Unread post by **CitroJim** » 22 Sep 2011, 21:16

addo wrote:My 605 is sitting around 21 litres per hundred km around town. Wanna swap?

Gosh, that has a bit of a drink problem Adam.. What's that in MPG?

makes an Activa look positively frugal...

addo · Unread post by **addo** » 22 Sep 2011, 21:20

13½

Weak spark, I think. Compression is good.

Deanxm · Unread post by **Deanxm** » 22 Sep 2011, 21:40

at 13 1/2 i would be looking for a hole in the tank not a weak spark

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DickieG · Unread post by **DickieG** » 22 Sep 2011, 23:03

Deanxm wrote:at 13 1/2 i would be looking for a hole in the tank not a weak spark

I'd be pouring the petrol over the roof rather than in the tank, no further clues req for what I'd do next,,,,

Unread post by **CitroJim** » 24 Sep 2011, 10:04

Looks like I may have saved my rad

Reassembled and ran her up to temperature until the fans cut in and so far, touch wood...

Adam, I'd say you had a very, very rich mixture there. Weak sparks might cause high HCs but for consumption like that you must be pouring it into the cylinders neat!!!

has it got a 'flapper' AFM on it? (i.e. Bosch LE Jetronic)

Basically, go to your local rego place and see what the emissions look like, that'll give a few good clues...

I assume they check emissions during the rego as they do here during MOT...

Yours should be no more than 3.5% CO at idle and considerably less as it revs a bit...

Get them to check HCs too as this'll prove your weak spark theory...

Oh, and check timing too.. If it's retarded it'll drink like a fish...

Has it got a vacuum advance capsule on the dizzy? Check it's not ruptured if it has and also check the pipe to it is good..

Then have a good butchers around for manifold air leaks...

addo · Unread post by **addo** » 24 Sep 2011, 11:25

No emissions checks here.

It's got the later style of computer - not like a 205 or early 405 - where it uses MAP in conjunction with IAT. Distributor is the simple type, no advance just a rotor and cap.

TBH I haven't even plugged in the Lexia yet - could try it tomorrow but I have issues at times with the 30-pin plug.

Waiting to get the Alfa back before demolishing another car in the name of repair.

Unread post by **CitroJim** » 24 Sep 2011, 12:42

addo wrote:before demolishing another car in the name of repair.

Read your plugs! Bet they're a bit swarthty if not downright black...

Sounds like a sensor is acting up, either MAP or the coolant temperature sensor..

Does it smell?

Rad seems to be holding after a quick spin...