Had a fun couple of discoveries on the wifes car today. Three in fact, no wait make that four 
She picked up a puncture in one of her rear tyres in her works carpark, i go down to change the tyre and find the one i'm taking off is scrubbed passed bald along the inside edge. I can see the interior bands of rubber
wtf has done this? I take a look at the other rear tyre, it's in the same condition, argh!!! Two virtually new tyres, killed.
"I thought you had one of those tread depth things in the glovebox?", "I do, i check the tyres ever week", "Do you check across the tyre?", "umm, no, do i have too?", <sob> Both tyres has got about 8mm tread on the outside edge and are bald as a badgers on the inside. £100 of rubber fubar.
I realise that the tyres are dead due to worn wheel bearings. On a mk3 astra. Which comes as a complete hub unit, not just a bearing you can cut off and beat on. So instead of £12 a side, it's £45 a side. If she'd noticed the tyre wear earlier i could have swapped the bearings and saved the tyres.
She also comments that the engine has been smoking a lot recently? Smoking? Burning oil? Smoke from the exhaust? No, actual smoke coming out of the engine bay
Turns out the bung on the end of the injector leak off line is perished and it has been spraying diesel over the nice hot engine. She did comment she'd been using more fuel lately, would this be why?
Oh and the fan on the radiator doesn't come on anymore, so she's been driving around with the bonnet "popped" to get enough breeze into the engine bay to clear the smoke. Holy **** woman!!!
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Be warned, they are out there, and they will drive you nuts.
She picked up a puncture in one of her rear tyres in her works carpark, i go down to change the tyre and find the one i'm taking off is scrubbed passed bald along the inside edge. I can see the interior bands of rubber
wtf has done this? I take a look at the other rear tyre, it's in the same condition, argh!!! Two virtually new tyres, killed. "I thought you had one of those tread depth things in the glovebox?", "I do, i check the tyres ever week", "Do you check across the tyre?", "umm, no, do i have too?", <sob> Both tyres has got about 8mm tread on the outside edge and are bald as a badgers on the inside. £100 of rubber fubar.
I realise that the tyres are dead due to worn wheel bearings. On a mk3 astra. Which comes as a complete hub unit, not just a bearing you can cut off and beat on. So instead of £12 a side, it's £45 a side. If she'd noticed the tyre wear earlier i could have swapped the bearings and saved the tyres.
She also comments that the engine has been smoking a lot recently? Smoking? Burning oil? Smoke from the exhaust? No, actual smoke coming out of the engine bay
Turns out the bung on the end of the injector leak off line is perished and it has been spraying diesel over the nice hot engine. She did comment she'd been using more fuel lately, would this be why?
Oh and the fan on the radiator doesn't come on anymore, so she's been driving around with the bonnet "popped" to get enough breeze into the engine bay to clear the smoke. Holy **** woman!!!
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Be warned, they are out there, and they will drive you nuts.
