11-01-2013, 08:08 PM
(11-01-2013, 07:32 PM)Niall Wrote:(11-01-2013, 06:30 PM)DeeTurbo Wrote:(11-01-2013, 01:59 PM)Toms306 Wrote: Wow. Thats certainly done well then!
Nah, I'm not keeping the car much longer so not gonna look into it, I'm almost certain it's an injector fault though, but no codes are present currently.
Yep, it has severed me well. It's only ever broke down on me once and that was my own fault I risked a long journey with a noisy low pressure fuel pump. The pump started to make a funny noise the night before a trip from Wolverhampton to Watford. It got down to Hemel Hempstead then the pump packed in and I was stranded in the M1 roadworks blocking a lane. I should never of tried it and I should of got a new pump that morning. It was my second week at a new place of work and I thought it worth the risk but I ended up being four hours late. That was when I had 140K miles on the clock. Um, I might get a back up pump now as this ones done a little more miles then the first lol.
Its done well then and is just proof to tom that not every single 306 on the road is a crock of shit that breaks down all the time!
This is the thing and what I've said for years, if you service your car properly there is no reason it should fail on you. There are lots of people out there that don't do any form of maintenance on their cars and wonder why they break down. It's a shame when you end up buying a car off someone like that.
The guy who's got the most recorded miles on a car has almost done 3 million miles! It's a 1966 Volvo P1800. The guy had the engine stripped and checked when he hit 300k miles and his mechanic said there was no signification wear on any parts. Now that gives me a little more hope that I could get a few more miles before my engine needs major work.
The other thing I've thought is I think regular use is better then not being used as much.