Recent content by alistairolsen

It's 5 takeaways over a decade. I think the Chromecast and firestick were purchased in '16

Ordered an Nvidia Shield Pro on Amazon prime this afternoon, thanks for the replies gents!

I guess I mean no obvious hardware faults, decent glass etc. Would you take the S22 Ultra over the S23 plus even given the curved glass and issues it brings? I worry it'll be a pain with covers and so on? What's the story with the Nothing Phone? I've seen bits and bobs and they look cool, be...

I have a very long in the tooth Moto G(30) which is knackered. My work phone is a Samsung S21 which was lovely new in 2021 but a bit small. Instead of a new budget phone like the G75 (£200) I'm tempted towards something like a Samsung S23+ used which is a little more money but seems like a lot...

I don't mind overkill particularly, but I'm 38 with two kids rather than in my 20s now so I want something that 'just works' and will continue to, without excessive fannying around.

After a long run of XBMC/Kodi and then just casting stuff from my phone with a Chromecast stick (now dead) I've been left browsing TV with an early firestick (shoved it in one morning after the Chromecast died and the kids were wearing me thin). It's laggy and horrible and Netflix has just...

It would make sense before you remove it to do the usual checks of plug condition, compression test and so on to make sure all is well. Once out, look over it before cleaning and find any leaks which should be addressed whilst out. If you're doing the cambelt you'll need to do the two blanks...

Cheers, I'll have a look. It's a proper pain, as blue was blue and red was red and yellow and green are just about anything now. I always drop the bottom hose, but you'll never get the full 7l out, about half if you're lucky on most cars. Short of removing the radiator and heater matrix and...

I've just replaced my radiator and flushed the engine with a hose and then two flushes of water, running it to temp inbetween to circulate with the thermostat open, so I'm fairly happy that its now just plain water in the system. Now I need to put coolant in. Because I wont get all the water...

Check the three small relays in the engine bay fusebox and swap them with one another, they go faulty where they still click but dont operate correctly/reliably.

Are they not just bonded in?

What are people using for small parts storage? I've been using these for years: But they keep updating and adding features and now they seem to be about £30 each which is about 3x what I'd like. £££ What's everyone else using? Cheers

Some of the cars in the background, and their respective ages at the time are cool!

Does your code scanner let you view the live data from the lambda as a graph? High CO and the lambda off scale suggests there's something funny going on with the engine/fuelling rather than just a dead cat I would think - but happy to be proven wrong!

old/malfunctioning lambda sensors - if not replaced recently I'd replace the front one. Defective coolant temperature sensor causing enrichment - Check with an OBD2 scanner Poor thermostat preventing temperature reaching the correct operating range - parcel in check with above CAT not being hot...