Saks's Fabia MPI

[AdamJonezy]

Glad to hear its all okay now mate hope it wasnt to costly 

[Saks]

Actually it wasn't so costly, compared to other cars when the gasket is a gonner. If I recalculate this in € all the job was done for 83€.

[BlackOutPaul]

Hey Saks!

 

I've started following your thread. I am pretty new on the forum, and I've only had my MPI for 8 months now.

 

Glad to hear you've sorted out the car.

 

 

Sidenote: you have a beautiful country, I've visited last year

[Saks]

Hey!

 

Well thanks man. What can I say, the MPI is not a bad car. My Parents were the first owners for 14 years, and now I have the car and this was the first ever major repair we had on it. So still going strong

 

And yep it's a beautiful country, but everything other in it is crap, and the politicians are all ******s and thiefs haha.

[AdamJonezy]

Good to hear it wasnt costly, when my head gasket went it didnt cost much as i did all the work myself  

[Saks]

I was also thinking to do it myself but I don't have a Torque wrench :(

[AdamJonezy]

Gutted, i bought a snap on tourque wrench of ebay cheap i got lucky haha, should keep your eye out for one

[Saks]

Well the piece didn't last long...this Car is cursed from the day i decided to take it. My power steering rack is leaking......

Edited 16 August, 2014 by Saks

[AdamJonezy]

Seriously mate? Gutted :( i drove mine around for months with no power steering fluid in haha just felt like i was driving an old car for a while haha 

[Saks]

Yup seriously. Went under the car and the bracket covering things are all full of oil (sorry I don't know what are they called in English haha). Checked the fluid container and it was almost empty. So just did the math and here it is, the racket is a gonner.

 

And tell me how did you manage to do that? haha. My power steering still works but it's losing oil like a mad man haha

[AdamJonezy]

Sounds nasty mate :( hope it's back working soon, it's a ballache getting to the power steering filler cap on mine, have to remove the battery and the whole battery tray :( is it the same on yours?

Haha a bit of elbow grease did the trick i enjoyed driving it without power steering could feel the car more it was great

[Saks]

Yup the same here, also have to remove the battery and the whole tray to get to the cap. That's the only thing I don't like in the Fabia...they could have make it a little bit easy to access. And now everytime I need to refil the oil I have to remove all this crap -.-' Because I don't have the money yet to repair the bracket, need to find a job first.

 

Well I belive you, the car without the power steering is great feeling to drive, especially when you are hunting corners But when you need to park it's a dissaster

[AdamJonezy]

It's a total ballache isn't it mate, hope you can get it sorted soon

Haha yeah i agree it's great for cornering but parking is hard work haha

[BlackOutPaul]

 

And yep it's a beautiful country, but everything other in it is crap, and the politicians are all ******s and thiefs haha.

 

SAME HERE

[Saks]

So everybody was telling me that i should do the headlights in black, but I was lazy I didn't do it.....till now. My headlights started to leak water during rain, so I told myself...what the hell let's do the headlights and also fix the leaking problem. My tools a hairdryer and some clips

 

So here are some pics of the progress and finished product

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And also i removed the rear mudflaps the other day, the car loos much better without them 

 

 

Edited 2 September, 2014 by Saks

[Saks]

Been a while since I updated the garage.

 

Preatty much everything is the same. Just driving the car, having fun with it. A few days ago registered the car again ( passed the MOT test as you English people would tell).

 

And been toying a little with some oragne transparent tint

 

 

That's it for now. Next update will hoepfully be a strut bar, I am planning to do one diy.

 

Cheers

[AdamJonezy]

Looks good mate

I prefer the full clear look on the headlights like mine

Your car looks very clean which is more than I can say for mine haha. I should have a few updates soon aswell mate

[Saks]

Well it's a matter of taste. The clean headlights were a little boring to me. So this is in my opinion great and it looks great, just to be little differente. 

 

And don't worry my car is far far far away from clean, my fenders are very very rusty and i fixed them with a paint brush and little white color for metal fences xDDD Would fix them properly but still without a job...its very hard to get one in my country.

 

And can't wait for your updates 

[AdamJonezy]

Yeah each to there own it's good to be different

The orange does look good on a white car though

Sorry to hear mate hope you can find a job soon.

Should have the updates next week

[Saks]

Well 2014. just isn't my year. Bad luck with everything...my Car, my Job and even my health. The year isn't over yet so it gave me one last kick in the butt.

 

 

 

The steering rack is leaking like all hell is gone lose. And ofcourse I don't have that kind of money yet to repair it. So for now I will just turn off the power steering pump, to reduce the leaking. And for that period of time every day will be a arm day workout 

[AdamJonezy]

Sorry to hear mate, hope you can get the steering sorted. My power steering wasnt working for over a year you just get used to it not being there haha 

 

Hope your health is now good aswel mate and i hope 2015 is going to be a much better year for you  

[Saks]

Tnx mate. Health is now more or less good. Hope it will stay that way, and not get any worse.

 

A few hours ago I took out the fuse from the power steering, so now it's all shut down. The steering is preaty heavy but its drivable. And if you say so...hope I will get used to it in time

[AdamJonezy]

Glad to hear mate

Haha I'm sure you will get use to it mate

[Saks]

Slowly getting used to it....but my father is raging on me for driving like that  

I know its hard, but what  else can I do haha

[AdamJonezy]

Haha is he? My Dad is like that. Always pesters me to get the work done straight away

Got to do what you have to init mate