WiNgNuTz's Diablo DT

[WiNgNuTz]

Take the alternator belt of and see if the noise stops then you will no if it's cambelt or alternator belt related

Good shout, wish i'd thought of that yesterday!

As said check the gasket from mani to decat, people never change it - it's a few £ from memory and you can do this at home.

Keep the motor on the road but only use it for emergencies even after it's been fixed...use your legs more, I do now and my fuel bill is better (I live in a city centre)

I'm 95% sure its the mani-decat joint thats blowing, guess a local motor factors should have the part i need? Or would it be pug only?

Keep the motor on the road but only use it for emergencies even after it's been fixed...use your legs more, I do now and my fuel bill is better (I live in a city centre)

The problem with this idea, is that even though you're saving fuel, you're still wasting over £200 a year on tax, and iirc Steve's insurance is still pretty high too, so ~£800 or so on insurance too....for a car you're barely using.

I'm in a similar situation to Steve with money atm and am only using the car when necessary, but do need a car as I live far out so am changing to something much cheaper on fuel, tax and insurance so I can still afford to keep a car OTR.

Something like a 106 NAD or similar is good for this and cheap to buy, can also run it on veg if you can be arsed with the hassle of shit starts and messing with veg. And either sell or break the DT. Or you could SORN it if you think you'll keep it when you've got a bit more cash.

£652 thanks to Jordan on here. Spread out over the year though, so will total a bit more, but its still almost half the cheapest quote i'd got before speaking to flux.

Thanks for all your input guys, i'm feeling a damn site more positive about this now than i was, but im still not convinced its gonna make it through the MOT/tax unless i get some full time work in the VERY near future!