Recent content by woody_159_2000

Can engines become accustomed to a certain RON. My ph1 seems to run a lot smoother and i think, quicker on normal 95 RON when compared to the 'better' stuff. I went through a phase of trying each branded higher octane petrol and still preferred the cheaper 95 RON petrol.

Without turning this into a tyre thread, whats the best compromise tyre? Wet + Dry performance?

Out of interest, whats wrong with the tyres?

Awesome videos...This was a related video and equally impressive imo (turn the speakers down)!

Saw/heard you drive past on Old Stoke Road around 21:45. Car had very bright HID's and fairly loud recessed exhaust. First white ph1 172 ive seen in the flesh, and looked awesome.

Saw the Black 1*2 on the B4011 Bicester Road moving pretty swiftly (on a sharp bend)! Blue 172 with different exhaust, no idea what it was but it was (rectangular thing) on the bridge off the giratory system in Aylesbury. Got flashed and a wave from a silver astra with chequered flag stickers...

The whine has progressed to a quiet metallic scrubbing noise. Still bearing? In anyones opinion, is this safe to drive on as i have no time to get to a garage this week?

Just done another search on here, and all faulty bearings are making a droning noise? Mine is definitely not a drone but a high pitch whine. Still bearing? Car has started making a rumbling noise on acceleration too, coincidently after going through a nasty pothole.

Cheers, definitely not the tyre or wheel arch. Apologies for lack of mechanical knowledge, but is the wheel bearing fix a quick and easy job, or are we looking at big £££'s?

Can anyone shed any light on a possible cause for a whine that comes from the front drivers side wheel on my ph1. Its a frequent whine that lasts for around 10 seconds then disappears but is usually back every minute or so. It sometimes disappears when i go round a corner or turn the wheel, not...

I have done that, i get movement of max 1cm back and forth (no im not being weak) before the whole car rocks about. so i guess/hope that its not broken.

So i can rule out this mount as the cause...Just got to check the other one under battery and dogbone bushes. Anything else i need to look out for?

Thats how i checked the mount above the cambelt, it moved a bit, just over half a centimetre. Wheres the other top mount?

Cookson how did you do that? and did it work?

Not sure how to check the dog bone mount bushes. But the upper engine mount above the cambelt does show some signs of movement. The rubber wedges around the middle part appear to have been rubbing against the solid black square surround part (sorry for lack of technical names) Red areas...