Well, TFCs has assuming the transplant was successful
Sorry The End
15th Sep 2005 9:44 pm
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Balls - now have we not discussed this elsewhere, lets not get too
15th Sep 2005 9:47 pm
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Mine are I think the reason they've gone with tensile steel wire is due to the routing required into the sump..... flat HC bar if inserted in the wrong plane would jam and / or not give a seal at the top of the tube.. it's also less suceptible to heat distortion and will therefore give a more reliable reading
there! my second sensible post ....ever
15th Sep 2005 9:52 pm
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10forcash wrote:
Mine are I think the reason they've gone with tensile steel wire is due to the routing required into the sump..... flat HC bar if inserted in the wrong plane would jam and / or not give a seal at the top of the tube.. it's also less suceptible to heat distortion and will therefore give a more reliable reading
there! my second sensible post ....ever
Yes, but they could have put a flat plastic blade on the end instead of a load of balls, then again, we would not have had half the posts on this site if they had done that
15th Sep 2005 10:05 pm
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Check the oil level first thing today. It was on the lowest orange ball. As was suggested I then added a little at a time, and now it is on the 3rd of the 4 balls. No wind blowing this morning so made a much cleaner job.
I will keep an eye on the Oil level from now on. Done 14,000 miles and hadn't thought to check until now. Hopefully it will settle down now and not use/burn so much.
Thanks for all the advice and help. Coffeecup March 2005 TDV6 S - Tonga Green - Manual May 2008 TDV6 SE - Stornoway Grey - Auto Dec 2010 SDV6 XS - Galway Green - Auto
16th Sep 2005 7:43 am
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I did a survey about the colour of the dipstick balls and I think yellow and orange were favourites, what colour are yours
16th Sep 2005 7:59 am
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Thinking before answering that question... .. .. Standard colour Coffeecup March 2005 TDV6 S - Tonga Green - Manual May 2008 TDV6 SE - Stornoway Grey - Auto Dec 2010 SDV6 XS - Galway Green - Auto
16th Sep 2005 8:02 am
BN
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Coffeecup wrote:
Thinking before answering that question... .. .. Standard colour
Are you a legal bod with that answer
Thats a point we don't know what colour TFC's are yet.
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Red ! (raw )
16th Sep 2005 8:07 am
Coffeecup
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BN, just wary of getting misunderstood
I have cast my vote on the Pole as I hope 10FC has. Coffeecup March 2005 TDV6 S - Tonga Green - Manual May 2008 TDV6 SE - Stornoway Grey - Auto Dec 2010 SDV6 XS - Galway Green - Auto
16th Sep 2005 9:47 am
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Coffeecup wrote:
BN, just wary of getting misunderstood
I have cast my vote on the Pole as I hope 10FC has.
Coffeecup, how on earth could you be misunderstood on this site
16th Sep 2005 10:00 am
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Coffeecup wrote:
BN, just wary of getting misunderstood
I have cast my vote on the Pole as I hope 10FC has.
yup! took a bit of finding though
16th Sep 2005 10:36 am
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10FC, BN put the link on his post, only 3 above this. I think he was trying to save us time... Coffeecup March 2005 TDV6 S - Tonga Green - Manual May 2008 TDV6 SE - Stornoway Grey - Auto Dec 2010 SDV6 XS - Galway Green - Auto
16th Sep 2005 2:30 pm
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Im having trouble finding the SAE 5W/30 oil for my TDV6. Had a look in my local garage and all they have is SAE 5W/40 oil, what is the difference and can i use it? It meets ACEA B3 alright so if anyone can help, id be grateful.
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I think the reason they've gone with tensile steel wire is due to the routing required into the sump..... flat HC bar if inserted in the wrong plane would jam and / or not give a seal at the top of the tube.. it's also less suceptible to heat distortion and will therefore give a more reliable reading
March 2005 TDV6 S - Tonga Green - Manual 
May 2008 TDV6 SE - Stornoway Grey - Auto 
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