masterfett

as above, one in sainsburys just outside of guildford.. then saw another traveling down a31 towards alton.

.. really you have actually got to be shitting me..

thanks.. found it.. my car is dead as a dodo anyways n wont fire.. but thought i would address this problem.. having looked at it .. it appears the plug is stuck on and one of the wires is well.. not even connected.. hmmm.. looks ****ed to me!

hey have searched but to no avail. im getting code 13 ( temp sensor) when i check ecu now.. any help as to where i would locate this? thanks

many of you guys may or may not remember me.. my z suffered epic head gasket failure last year and since then i just havent had the heart to get rid of her..

well although at the moment i cannot afford to put her back on the road.. as a replacement engine is just a no go at the moment finance wise!

however would just let ya all know i have started work on the bodywork over the past 2 weeks! .. serious amount of elbow greese involved in sanding her down! .. want to get everything spot on then resprayed.. and then hopefully by this time next year should have afforded (recession dependant) an engine transplant/rebuild.. although still considering dropping the engine out and trying myself to do the head.. hmmm

but yeah if anyone has any suggestions as to the best way to prep the bodywork then go ahead.. have never preped a full car before!

also still keeping an eye out for a r34 GTT rear spoiler if anyone has one lying around!

and will be getting parts of my engine bay chromed everntually (dependent on if i replace it) as my brother works as a metal plater.. so when this is done if anyone likes what they see im fairly sure i could wangle some sort of group buy!

cheers for reading guys!

i wouldnt sell it.. mines been sat in my garage with a blown headgasket for .. hmm 4 months now.. i got bout 2k saved.. but am undecided as to get my car looked at or get a new car and deal with the zed when economy is a bit better.. either way.. mines sitting in my garage ;) so tuck yours up for a while!

thanks for all the responses guys, as i said he is a genuine bloke.. he is going to take a look at it for free and just sort of sus out what the best thing to do would be. which is nice.. someone told me i should at least try sticking in some head gasket seal stuff.. and at only £30 for the bottle i think i might however i have very low expectations and cant REALLY imagine it will work.. but if it does at least it means i will have a car for the moment until i can find a half decent car (thinking pulsar gtir) .. then the zed can get tucked up and i will slowly strip it down.. thinking of replacing engine and using it as a track toy ;)

problem is .. my mechanic isnt and idiot and he is also a nice bloke who i truely belive did his best.. but if he, and he did, believed he fixed everything that was wrong with it .. what chance do i have of finding the problem.. not only that but the car wont start now so i cant even get the water flowing :-(

hey, some of you will remember me posting up a while ago with coolant problems.. well got my car back from mechanic this week (thanks to all who advised him and myself)

drove car home 4 miles wonderfull not a single problem.. tho wouldnt have got up to temp i know i know.. anyways take the car out next day to wash and clean etc.. got 15 miles.. temp rocketed up to way over the top of gauge.. and lost all power and a god awfull ticking sound started.. coast to a stop.. car had overheated cronichally.. umm so yeah aa come out and tow trailor me back home.. head gasket has gone.. now i am under the belief that because my car went in to have the cooling problems fixed .. and they clearly where not that i am entitled to pay nothing for the repairs.. my mechanic however will not take liability for it.. but will fix the head or replace engine.. at my cost.. haha.. no. i have squat all money left as i spanked £700 getting it "fixed" already.. only to have 15 miles of motoring..

this is what he did.

"found water pump leaking, remove timing belt covers and auxillary drive belts etc. remove old water pump and thermostat. fit new water pump and thermostat and replace 2 x 38mm water hoses. bleed cooling system, found more water leeks under inlet manifol. remove coils, hoses, fuel rails + inlet manifold. fit new hoses, refit manifold and auxillary belts etc. replace leaking fuel pressure reg, bleed cooling system and check. replace worn alternator belt. repair broken wires on det sensor."

parts.

alternator belt

water pump

fuel pressure reg

8mm heater hose

manifold gasket

2x heat hoses

4 x link hoses

6 x hose clips

anti freeze

38mm water hose

all this cost £713.98

.. so what do i do? im really stuck here guys .. the car is worth squat with a blown head and i just dont have any money to pay out.. do i strip it? do i keep it and take it apart n fix myself over the next few months.. what would any of you guys do?

cheers :mad:

ok spoke to mechanic, one thing he asked is if the turbo's are ceramic or not? and if they can be bypassed.. as in will it do any damage? also anyone know who best to speak to about getting the gasket for the inlet manifold? ta

ahh i see sounds promising as my bill is already topping the far side of £600 lol... so what does need replacing if the bypass is done?

a plenum bypass? whats that.. surely you dont really want to be bypassing anything to do with cooling on a v6 with twin tubs?

yeah to be honest i dont really know what he was talkin bout when he told me on the phone .. so when i have been down there i will have more info to start asking about lol! but he said he was surprised the car evan ran.. considering someone has clearly mistreated the car previously :(

update on this .. my mechanic has had my car for over 2 weeks now.. initially thought it was just the water pump had gone but on closer inspection.. ALOT of pipes are totally perished.. has now taken the inlet manifold off to find alot of small water pipes that all need replacing as water is pissing out everywhere!.. are these easy to come by? im going down there this afternoon to have a look and see exactly what he means but he has been quoted 4th dec delivery for the parts from japan... i xant wait that long :| i want my car back :'(

I can!

 

was he inbred? its over my head how anyone can think that looks good!

haha true true .. off the subject of teh opposite sex.. does anyone know if the Z centre do finance?

the university's are back now so there is no shortage of young blood getting drunk everywhere

ha ha ha only problem with that is they think they can drink alot and you get the whole "i really :hurl: think you and :hurl:me should :hurl: get together :hurl:"

oh dear me dont tell me the chav population have finally seen the price drop in the z.. was hoping they wouldnt notice.. many stacked Zeds to come.. and if i see one with spinners i think i shall sell up

haha! well my mate in bristol has been lying to me then! .. unless there has been a rapid growth in good looking women.. with some sort of brain .. i dont think i shall be stalking the streets just yet!

never mind mate once you get back out on the scene you will find plenty more fish in the sea and may well be better off for it as its better now well your younger than after you get married have kids and a house to split ! chin up and come and spend the night in bristol with us southern boys LOL

southern! you would only be southern if i lived in scotland! south central massive here mate! :D but no doubt you would destroy me haha.. though i have heard the women in bristol are quite fiesty!

ahh i see, i did ICT at college.. mainly as i wanted to get into web design.. got to the web design part of the course and i already new more than my teacher..the market for web design got smaller and smaller with everyone doing it diy so i dropped out and studied music.. that got me no where .. so im now a landscape gardener and have been for a few years.. never intended to stay doing it but i have the age old problem of not really knowing what i want to do! haha.. i can understand not sitting behind a desk tho its not really my cuppa tea either!

Problem???? :D:duffer:

i have to get up at 4 everymorning and i have squat all moneys lol!

I only work nights currently so im free most of the time, still trying to find a full time job, its such a pain in the ass, everyone just keeps on you need experiance, but how the hell can i get exp if no company will take me on :( odd world indeed....

aye it is indeed i would love to change profession but with the ecconomy the way it is .. just isnt worth the risk! what type of job are you after?

Dude thats a real shame, hurts eh :(

 

As everyone says, it will be ok. And it will, just got to push on up fella. :duffer:

yeah i know but i stupidly made her my life so i suppose the only good thing to come of it is that i get to start fresh! problem is .. push on up to my friends means "take me to the pub and feed me shots" :P :nana2:

cheers mate means alot, yeah i guessed most people would be at work.. i should be but.. well i start in the early hours and as i said i had to move my stuff! haha its a funny old world!

i dont really know why im posting this up on here as i am fairly new to this forum and dont really even know you guys that well.. i just need somewhere to vent this.. so im sorry if this bores anyone lol!

well last night my my best friend of 10 years, girlfriend of 6 years and fiance of 2 years decided it was better off if we broke up.. didnt really give me much of a say in it .. just told me that she was sorry alot and that she didnt love me as anything other than a best friend.. i cant change that but my god it hurts.. i know i have to look on the positive side of things but.. packing all of my things this morning and returning to my mothers house is not something i ever thought i would be doing.. what makes it worse is get this my zed is off the road and my workmate borrowed the work van.. so not only did i have to pack my stuff but she had to drive me back... i realise everyone who has lost someone says at first that they where tho one blah blah so im not going to bore you with that speel .. but hey loosing a best friend and a woman who i thought i was spending the rest of my life with is ..well a real kick in the teeth.. it doesnt even leave me with more cash to spend on the z as now i have to try and pull my self together and try not to.. although i will go the way of stellaz and spend many a night in on the lager with the laptop on and youtube blaring!- anyways thanks for reading hope i aint ruined anyones day!