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Howrya im new 2here
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Tue Dec 30, 2008 12:29 pmby braf89
How rye just got an fto mivec recently goin well so far just the tappets which il have don soon nd a bent brake disk. im 4rm Castlebar
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Tue Dec 30, 2008 1:03 pmby elaine
Welcome
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Tue Dec 30, 2008 1:23 pmby Dragonheart
Welcome, seen that FTO for sale by a lad on bebo I think it was, good interior work done to her.
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Tue Dec 30, 2008 2:03 pmby colm_mcm
That's not Ivan's car is it? seems familiar.
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Tue Dec 30, 2008 4:21 pmby braf89
dont tink so i got it of a colin lad. whos ivan?
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Tue Dec 30, 2008 8:10 pmby Sebastian
that yoke was advertised as a tip gr .. . .
any pics with the engine mate ?
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Tue Dec 30, 2008 8:19 pmby colm_mcm
Thought it must've been Ivan's as there aren't that many GPXs resprayed in blue apart from my old one and his.
Welcome to the forum by the way!
Same car?
http://www.gumtree.ie/dublin/89/28714889.html
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Tue Dec 30, 2008 10:05 pmby Dragonheart
Not ivan's car no I dont think, the interior of this one is done in black and white, as in major respray work.
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Wed Dec 31, 2008 11:54 amby braf89
it is gpx not gr i dno who was sellin it aas gr. gr is d non mivec v6 isn it? this is def mivec. wats the most probs tat go wrong with these?
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Wed Dec 31, 2008 12:16 pmby elaine
A guy in Carlow had this 1 about 2 years ago well it looks very like it anyway
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Wed Dec 31, 2008 12:23 pmby CJ
Welcome to the forum braf.
Please try and avoid 'txt' speak, its tiresome to read.
Forum Rules wrote:Members should post in a way which is consistent with "normal writing". Users should not post excessive numbers of emoticons, large, small or coloured text or post in 'mobile phone text speak'
CJ
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Wed Dec 31, 2008 5:56 pmby Sebastian
braf89 wrote:it is gpx not gr i dno who was sellin it aas gr. gr is d non mivec v6 isn it? this is def mivec. wats the most probs tat go wrong with these?
pics with engine mate as i'm 90% sure that's a tip GR .
seen it a few times in Clondalkin it belonged to a chap who was looking to swap it for a bimmer.
welcome to the forum btw was she easy to insure ?
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Thu Jan 01, 2009 8:49 pmby braf89
insure who said anything about that ha ah no im not driving it properly yet ive to fix the tappets and then il know for sure if its gpx or gr the gr has hydraulic hasnt it and the gpx is adjustable. if it is gr do you think ill have to get a new set of tappets or will cleanin them and using a thicker grade oil do the job. if its gpx i no they just need adjusting hopefully thats what it is.
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Thu Jan 01, 2009 9:04 pmby colm_mcm
How can you not know if it's MIVEC or not, MIVEC would be written in red on the engine top.
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Thu Jan 01, 2009 9:25 pmby Bernard
colm_mcm wrote:How can you not know if it's MIVEC or not, MIVEC would be written in red on the engine top.
Like this:
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Thu Jan 01, 2009 11:21 pmby ikeane
I'm too attached to mine
Ivan
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Fri Jan 02, 2009 7:42 pmby Sebastian
braf89 wrote:insure who said anything about that ha ah no im not driving it properly yet ive to fix the tappets and then il know for sure if its gpx or gr the gr has hydraulic hasnt it and the gpx is adjustable. if it is gr do you think ill have to get a new set of tappets or will cleanin them and using a thicker grade oil do the job. if its gpx i no they just need adjusting hopefully thats what it is.
Mivec - adjustable
Non mivec - non adjustable ( price to change incuding labour and parts ~ 600-800 eur )
as i said a picture with the heart of the beast would clarify a lot
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Fri Jan 02, 2009 8:00 pmby TopCat
Welcome along, nice to get another Mayo man on the site!
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Fri Jan 02, 2009 10:05 pmby ftolam13
welcome
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Sat Jan 03, 2009 12:26 amby Muad_dib77
Welcome to the club!
Lovely color on the fto that blue..
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Sat Jan 03, 2009 2:13 pmby cm75
welcome