Founding Member PaulS Posted February 25, 2020 Founding Member Report Share Posted February 25, 2020 I bet there are many new cars not that good underneath at their first MOT.... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators PTR200S Posted March 21, 2020 Author Moderators Report Share Posted March 21, 2020 Today was oil change day for the van, thick black magnatec drained, about 1/4 litre short on the dipstick too. Refill with Tradetec 10/40 . Power steering fluid quick suck and refill of the reservoir AND managed to vacuum the front seats / dash sucking up those spider webs that seem to infest the lower regions of the front screen... Check of coolant, ok, and refill the washer bottle with a check on the tyre pressures job done !!!!! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Laird_Scooby Posted March 21, 2020 Moderators Report Share Posted March 21, 2020 You've inspired me to go and..................................... . . . . . . ......................... make another coffee! Sounds way too energetic for a sunday morning! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators PTR200S Posted March 21, 2020 Author Moderators Report Share Posted March 21, 2020 4 minutes ago, Laird_Scooby said: You've inspired me to go and..................................... . . . . . . ......................... make another coffee! Sounds way too energetic for a sunday morning! Sunday? Blimey must have missed Saturday this week, I know I have been working hard doing nothing but really..... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Laird_Scooby Posted March 21, 2020 Moderators Report Share Posted March 21, 2020 It was self-deprecating humour Pete. Doing my usual thing of losing track of time until i looked up ECPs opening hours - a new battery beckons for the Sterling! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators PTR200S Posted March 21, 2020 Author Moderators Report Share Posted March 21, 2020 1 hour ago, Laird_Scooby said: a new battery beckons for the Sterling! Need to get out more, roads are quiet at the moment...... go do some shopping therapy!! ....buy a battery !! 🚗 🛒 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Laird_Scooby Posted March 21, 2020 Moderators Report Share Posted March 21, 2020 I did, new battery sat in the hall now, £47 ish from ECP + £4 and change for a new fuel can and a free 5L bottle of Concentrated Screenwash plus attacked Sainsburys and Aldi and ot everything i needed (including 16 pints of milk) except bog rolls and pineapple slices in a tin (don't ask!) so i suppose i'll have to unleash my last captive troll from captivity and start wiping my behind with it! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators PTR200S Posted March 21, 2020 Author Moderators Report Share Posted March 21, 2020 Excellent job!! 16 pints, the milky bar kid!! Retail therapy at its finest !!! You can open a milk bar now.....except Boris won't let you !!!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Laird_Scooby Posted March 21, 2020 Moderators Report Share Posted March 21, 2020 They had a limit of 4 units of sale so i bought 4 pint bottles. It's the size i usually get and normally two bottles last 2-3 days so i've got 8-12 days worth now. Just unleashed my final toilet roll from captivity so some time in the next month i need more retail therapy i the form of hunting down some wild toilet rolls. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators PTR200S Posted March 22, 2020 Author Moderators Report Share Posted March 22, 2020 10 hours ago, Laird_Scooby said: my final toilet roll oh, crap, sorry for your loss 😝 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators PTR200S Posted March 26, 2020 Author Moderators Report Share Posted March 26, 2020 Today was clean up the van day, well the outside at least... as you have probably seen in the dirty vehicle thread it gets pretty bad !! After a good wash I though I would hit it with the wet wax, quick job and move onto the Coupe... Nope, discovered that the sides , upto about 3 feet off the floor were like sandpaper, covered in spots of tar. Out with the Oblitarate tar remover and after several passes using the stuff on shop towels I manged to get it all off..put some Simoniz wax on after to protect it a bit as the tar remover removes EVERYTHING off the paint !! Looks pretty reasonable now...plenty of time to do more to it...all of the lockdown time actually !! 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators PTR200S Posted March 30, 2020 Author Moderators Report Share Posted March 30, 2020 Ok, today is tranny oil change day.... and hopefully the ATF filter which on the Elysion is in its own little compartment above the transmission. To get to the part, no 7 on the diagram you need to remove the bits associated with part 10..... to get to part 10 you need the air filter housing out of the way, one bolt is at the back out of sight,🙄 to get the airfilter housing out of the way the battery has to come out along with its housing ....could be some time ! I will update this thread as I progress, hopefully with some pics. Dropping the ATF from the transmission is easy, just need a 3/8th breaker bar...you will need the leverage ! Edit : Postimage server is down today so pics to follow soonest. This is the link to take you to the full workout! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Laird_Scooby Posted March 30, 2020 Moderators Report Share Posted March 30, 2020 42 minutes ago, PTR200S said: Edit : Postimage server is down today so pics to follow soonest. It first went down yesterday Pete with an estimate of ~1 day, meant to mention it but forgot! 🙄 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators PTR200S Posted March 30, 2020 Author Moderators Report Share Posted March 30, 2020 Still stuffed with pics and postimage.... nearly done job, keep getting called off to do other things but all going back together.. last pieces are in, just battery to go before testing....... waiting on battery charging now...for some reason its down at 11.8 volts...just from the van sitting around for a week due to lack of work. Soon as I get access to postimage I have a "few" (!!! 🙄 ) pics to load and some comments 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Subscriber’s Chrismas Posted March 30, 2020 Site Subscriber’s Report Share Posted March 30, 2020 4 hours ago, PTR200S said: Ok, today is tranny oil change day.... and hopefully the ATF filter which on the Elysion is in its own little compartment above the transmission. To get to the part, no 7 on the diagram you need to remove the bits associated with part 10..... to get to part 10 you need the air filter housing out of the way, one bolt is at the back out of sight,🙄 to get the airfilter housing out of the way the battery has to come out along with its housing ....could be some time ! I will update this thread as I progress, hopefully with some pics. Dropping the ATF from the transmission is easy, just need a 3/8th breaker bar...you will need the leverage ! Edit : Postimage server is down today so pics to follow soonest. Love these schematic images. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators hughezee Posted March 30, 2020 Administrators Report Share Posted March 30, 2020 2 hours ago, Chrismas said: Love these schematic images. Love or hate them, they still make it look easy 😄 I will be doing ATF on the accord, odyssey, legend soon. 🤪 3 hours ago, PTR200S said: Soon as I get access to postimage I have a "few" (!!! 🙄 ) pics to load and some comments Looking forward to pictures Pete, think it would make a good topic on its own.😉 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators PTR200S Posted March 30, 2020 Author Moderators Report Share Posted March 30, 2020 Definite delay on, postimage is STILL down 🙄 don't think much of their estimates on time taken to do "maintenance" !! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators PTR200S Posted March 30, 2020 Author Moderators Report Share Posted March 30, 2020 18 minutes ago, hughezee said: Looking forward to pictures Pete, think it would make a good topic on its own.😉 Ok, will do it in the appropriate place and link to it from this thread when done. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators hughezee Posted March 30, 2020 Administrators Report Share Posted March 30, 2020 1 minute ago, PTR200S said: Ok, will do it in the appropriate place and link to it from this thread when done. Oh bugger got the skissors out ready, cheers Pete 😁 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators PTR200S Posted April 1, 2020 Author Moderators Report Share Posted April 1, 2020 On 3/30/2020 at 6:28 PM, hughezee said: Oh bugger got the skissors out ready, cheers Pete 😁 Ha ! all done !!!...just check in case I have cocked it up !! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators hughezee Posted April 2, 2020 Administrators Report Share Posted April 2, 2020 On 4/1/2020 at 11:21 AM, PTR200S said: Ha ! all done !!!...just check in case I have cocked it up !! Just tweaked pictures and merged into one post and awarded 10 rep points, well-deserved Pete 👍 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators PTR200S Posted April 2, 2020 Author Moderators Report Share Posted April 2, 2020 1 hour ago, hughezee said: Just tweaked pictures and merged into one post and awarded 10 rep points, well-deserved Pete 👍 Cheers ! Just love my pictures being tweaked, much better than being snipped !!!! Probably feels better too 😁 !!!!!!! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators PTR200S Posted April 5, 2020 Author Moderators Report Share Posted April 5, 2020 This morning I checked the battery for voltage, fully charged four days ago when I was doing the gearbox and the battery was off the vehicle, it's now at 11.6v....😭 The Elysion seems to be prone to consuming battery power as testified by several other owners...none of us have got to the bottom of the power drain yet...there is a multitude of fuses and at least three fuse boxes, that have been discovered so far, so testing each one will take some time. It is first noticeable that the power is dropping as the fuel gauge drops to zero on cranking. With a full battery it does not drop, just dips momentarily. The next clue that the voltage is dropping is the loss of the radio memory...pain in the butt when that happens as the sat nav, rear camera, telephone functions etc are all lost. There is never a problem turning the engine over even at just short of 12 volts...it will start too.Its really strange. All the interior lights are turned off, there are a lot of them! Only the door lights cannot be knocked off temporarily. It seems to be losing less than 30 milliamps too which means there is something else not right... I have checked out the alternator,, charging full power, no problem... If it was the battery beginning to fail then why are a lot of other owners experiencing the problem? Any thoughts appreciated ! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Founding Member Retro Rich Posted April 5, 2020 Founding Member Report Share Posted April 5, 2020 Could you not connect an ammeter in series with the battery and whilst monitoring it, remove fuses to see which circuits are causing the greatest parasitic drain? It might just point you in the right direction. Alternatively, fit a new battery and see if things improve. Batteries can be funny buggers and easy to overlook when experiencing problems. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Laird_Scooby Posted April 5, 2020 Moderators Report Share Posted April 5, 2020 58 minutes ago, PTR200S said: I have checked out the alternator,, charging full power, no problem... That may well be Pete, however what is the alternator doing when you're not testing it and the engine isn't running? Not a question you can answer easily unless you sit there with an ammeter between the battery and the vehicle electrical system 24/7 which just isn't possible. Try disconnecting the alternator battery lead (wrap some insulating tape round it to prevent shorts) when the car is going to be idle for any time. Reconnect before starting - DON'T FORGET!!!!! If the battery has remained charged, you have an intermittent fault in the alternator. Might take you a bit of time to find the fault and even then pinning down which part of the alternator is causing the problem is going to be tricky. With a drain of 30mA, the battery should survive fairly well, most cars have anything up to 40mA drain normally, some a little over that and don't have problems. It's usually when the drain gets to over 100mA that things start getting dodgy. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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