Fair play, ain't seen you in ages! Pop round for a coffee soon

 

Get out there ya tart.....

 

I bet you get your son to slave away all day while you eat bacon sandwiches and drink tea anyway!

Enjoy the sunbathing

 

WMI meet this weekend

 

I'd love to call him a tart too but, I played football for 2 hours yesterday in the "blistering" heat and I managed to get sunstroke so had a banging headache all last night

 

Lovely day hopefully still nice when the scoob comes out to play just had a new quote for insurance 1200 sweet come down 400 quid so happy about that can't wait to get the car bck now !!!!

 

My Son has way more sense than to work for me, he's the one with the brains, i may look like i eat bacon sandwiches and drink tea, but you would be wrong, Sausage and Mushroom

 

It's way too hot to be working in direct sunlight for me (it can give me some seriously bad nose bleeds) and I'd rather be sat in the shade with an ice cream anyway

I won't be attending any meets till I'm 100% the car is ok as I'm still not happy with it

 

What do you feel is still wrong with it? Have you made David aware of all the issues you are having so he can get them resolved for you?

The sun is great. Took the Scooby to work in the afternoon, I've moved offices a few months ago and merged with other organisations. A few new colleagues were in the car park when I got there.. I think they were a bit surprised The hidden chav mobile lol !

 

The car is still smoking quite badly and it stinks like it's burning oil too, I have mentioned this to David and he said that it's ok for it to smoke and that his old car used to stink all the time and that it was just one of those things.

I don't think that it should smoke or smell at all, my old uk car used to smell like fuel if you gave it the beans after cruising round for a while but this is an oily smell not fuel

 

Interesting. Smoke from exhaust? Engine bay? Have you been checking the oil to see if it's burning any? Coolant?

Does it have wrapped exhaust headers by any chance? They've been known to make some funny smells..

 

Lol yea they all smoke and smell of oil honest didnt u know that lol ring Subaru and ask them if they smell of oil and smoke I think they will say no ! What a nightmare that car is from day 1 feel for u m8 .

 

it is the exhaust smoking and can be quite heavily at times and then other times nothing, I am checking the oil every couple of days and it doesn't seem to be burning any but I am only giving it light use at the moment due to the uncertainty.

The downpipe is wrapped but the wrap is so old its actually coming off in places (it looks like its gone crisp) so I'm very doubtful it is the wrap that smells especially as the smell is only there when the smoke is there

 

Cheers ad, I only missed u down pole on Saturday by about 5 mins, all this has got me wondering wether to just break it and buy an evo instead especially since seeing the 650bhp evo 8 that was at pole the weekend

 

Unfortunate Is it just from start up or does it do it at other times too? I know you've already had some oil taken out as it had too much in it, but I've seen others have similar issues with too much oil before, and normally removing the excess solves the problem.

I hope you get it all sorted!

 

It smokes a little on start up but if I drive on boost (doesn't have to be hard boost) then it can vary from a little smoke with a smell of oil to a full on james bond style smoke screen!

 

Evening all, its a bit warm!

 

Evening H

MOT and insurance up in a few weeks. Must get my MOT booked in!

 

Evening Kos (and all)
Very productive day today, my nephew Josh got his first car and i celebrated with lots of beer and fresh bbq kebabs

 

Mmmm kebabs I'm hungry now !!!

 

wheres best place for wheel alignment and geometry? anywhere local?

 

A-line in dudley do wmi discount (google them). All wmi traders can be found on our website

 

I still think its the head gasket... Big white smoke screen points to coolant burning doesn't it? Oil smell through the vents and the fact that its been stood for ages, possibly with no coolant and just topped up with water instead maybe? Get it all the time with trucks where drivers don't use coolant and just top up with tap water instead. It eventually rots things like gaskets and core plugs. Obviously this is a total guess but the amount yours smokes, it must point to a problem. How are your levels now (coolant and water)?

I can't see how removing the original exhaust and replacing it with restrictive OE pipes help things either especially as its been remapped to that setup.

 

How bad is it smoking? Plumes of smoke? What's the mileage?

 

cheers B4D. how do i get discount?

 

Have you got wmi stickers on your car? If yes then you will automatically get it (if not, why not lol)

 

you always have your meets on Sundays which is difficult for me. Still no ecuse for not having a sticker though.
ken

 

Where do you live maybe you could collect some of me at my house? (Not far from star city) Or if you are far i can post out if you pay the postage

 

I live in Shirley/Solihull

its my Father's Birthday Sunday so can't make the meet. However he lives 5 mins from coleshill end of collector road so maybe I could meet you there.

 

I'm 7mins from coleshill in stechford