Raz

Much obliged mate. Its a standard cooler, on a manual car. I'll leave it alone though until I can get it seen to properly. Thanks again!

Hi guys, Just spotted a small pool of oil under the car - probably collected over a week or so - but being a bit dopey when it comes to cars I was wondering what it might be from. On closer inspection it looks like its coming from the oil cooler at the front of the engine: a lot of the bottom of the cooler and all along the horizontal piece at the bottom (there are two bolts on this piece, one at each end) are wet with oil, and I can see its spread all across the front engine cover piece and from there down on to the floor. It quite black oil; blacker than the engine oil, I thought, and sure enough the dipstick level is normal. Any thoughts on what else it could be? Also, I'm loathed to drive it like this, but I could do with using the car tomorrow; think I'd be better off leaving it alone til I can get it looked at? Thanks in advance!

Many thanks for the warm welcome (back) =) Car is a '92 TT 2+2 in blue - mostly stock but for a powerflow exhaust and scarab front bumper. I'll get some pics sorted out this weekend!

Hehe cheers you early risers! Pics? Well, let me get a shave a run a comb through.... oh, I see what you mean ;) My poor neglected girl is stuck in the garage at the moment with a dead battery and a thick layer of dust, but you've just given me a good reason to get her cleaned up again :) My little avatar pic has a bit of a tweaked image of my car, if I remember correctly... yeah, but you can only see it in my profile page, its not showing up anymore in the thread :confused:

Hi all, Ok so despite my join date over there Kinda hard to believe its been nearly 9 years since i first signed up...! :eek: Or that I've had the Zed nearly that long too... wow... so much change. Anyway, to anyone out there who remembers me - helloo!!! I've spotted a few familiar names still around =) And to all who don't, well, hello to you too - hope to get to know you better in future! Cheers! PJ

I've never seen mine come on either, though I did see it once on another Z I test drove before I got mine. I remember being quite surprised that the indicator light faded on an off... rather than just an instant off/on switch effect. Little things please little minds :D

From my experience of a fibreglass Scarab, it will clear anything but the harshest speedhump/cushion, but it's too low to clear normal kerbs, and can cause trouble too on steep ramps. If you're gonna lower another 3.5cms then I think that's gonna result in lots of diagonal driving :D As for strength, I've scraped mine over a couple of things over the years and it will cause some scarring/flaking, but usually nothing that can't be touched up. Basically it comes down to how careful you are.......

Wishful thinking? ;) http://www.snopes.com/photos/skirts.asp

Lol, that bunch over on SOC are worse than us lot :D

Thanks Simon, great info! Definitely gotta declare a winner :D 0.7 bar is the same as a stock Z, right? So there should be a similar strength push as the Z delivers, just coming in a bit more progressively yeah? We're gonna reset the ecu as soon as she gets a tank of Optimax in, as suggested, and see if that's makes a difference first. Thanks again :bow:

Only a highscore of 10, maybe 20 points so far??? Come on you lot, don't think I can't see you all reading this!! :D Ta for the t.timer info - I'd assumed that all of them allowed you to lock up and leave, as I'd been reading up on the Clifford systems that work that way, like Mowgs' Toad.

Added one too; I'm sure it'll continue to fill up over time.

Congrats, looks like this is a good week for getting Z's back on the road :D

A friend of mine just got herself a Skyline R33 GTS, and while having a look at it last night a few curiosities came up. So, as threatened earlier, here's a few questions on the subject of the Z's erstwhile sibling, the Skyline! :D I'm sure a few of you out there can help the poor lady out (and you can award yourselves... oh I dunno, 10pts per question?!?) 1. Do Skyline's normally have the battery in the small partition between the back seats and the boot? What else is supposed to live in there? The seems to be a fusebox in there too. 2. Do Skylines have a safety boost mode like the Z? If so, would a tank of standard unleaded in a japanese mapped Skyline be enough to put the car in safety boost? 3. Following on from 2, any idea what the standard boost levels are in the R33GTS? The stock boost gauge is the same as the j-spec Z's (-7/+7 mmHg), and hers sits at around -2 at idle and rises to about +2 or +3 at WOT. That doesn't look good to me, and to be honest I can't feel a push from the turbo like I do in the Z. Having said that, the Z has an extra turbo and 50bhp on the R33GTS, so does that account for the differences?? Finally a couple of general questions (same points value :D): 4. There's a box in the engine bay, about the size of a double CD (y'know, two CD cases stuck together like the old Playstation games) covered in japanese writing with a Raybrig logo on it. Since Raybrig make bulbs, what the hell might this box be?? 5. Is a turbo timer that doesn't allow you to lock up and walk away until its timer runs out (and always activates even if you only switch the ignition on and don't start the engine!) incorrectly fitted, or just a peculiar example of a turbo timer! And thats it =) I know it would probably make sense to take this post to Skyline group but I just figured it might make an interesting change of topic for a while :D Cheers guys

Well its taken a while but I'm finally road legal again :D What with losing a job last year, then relocating, there's been a severe lack of time and money to sort her out, but finally, with a new steering rack and a pair of pretty Eagle F1's on the front both me and the MOT man are happy :dance: First trip was to go visit a mate last night, who's just got his fiance a Skyline GTS! First time I've had a chance to have a good look at one - there might be a few questions to follow actually, as I know some of you guys have or used to have one =) Anyway, both cars looked pretty good together! Might get them both on the road together sometime for a few 'performance tests' :x: :D