How many miles & what's gone wrong ?

Hi all

2000 W reg 2.2DTi Rs sport

My second fronty brought her 3 months ago

Nothing broken yet, lets hope that keeps up :roll:

Shaun

Had most of it done on 1 month warentee at garage it came from
New diff cover
fuel leak
Complete diesel service
new primer pump
new rear calipers and pads
new anti roll links and bushes
broken tank strap replaced
total cost £00
Replaced rad a couple of weeks ago £25 from local scrappy
Drivers side seat plastic side
free from same place
Parcel shelf £20 from 4x4 specilist breaker

Well sent my fronty in to find out why it had chewed up the fan belt well it turns out the water pump has seized big time

never mind it has done over 90,000 miles

Optima

70000 engine rebuild. :shock:

Well, here's my list...

2.2 Ecotec LWB, 1996.
Been in my posession since last December, and my sister's for the 2 years previous.

In her time, all we had to worry about was the bonnet catch going u/s (still does that occasionally now), and the indicator stalk refusing to give us full beam... Nothing major there..

Since I took over we've had:
Approx 110,000m - Rear diff seized on motorway at 70mph.
New rear axle £150 delivered, fitting £220ish with fluids

Approx 110,000m + a little bit - Engine gives up the ghost, probably pistons
£600ish for a new Fronty to steal engine from, etc...

101,000 (cant qoute exact figure off the top of my head)

ermm where do i start with whats gone wrong

first has to be blown rad, driving it home from the dodgy dealer i got it off.. then getting towed back there from the AA

second run out of diesel on way home from picking it up aweek later from said dealer.. with no warning i might add, happend just off the aston express way on the roundabout by what is now matalan

that night alarm goes off when i park up and go into chinese to buy mate a meal for following me to make sure it was ok on drive back from dealer..

constant alarm problems till i find a fix by leaving the door open with the engine running then locking it and turnign off the engine then closing the door lifting the handel..

flooded the engine compartmet driving trough a deseptive puddle on way back from a meal in suttton cofield. drove round watching the lights inside and out dimming while driving in heavy rain to pic someone up at newstreet to go watch a gig.. got stranded as car was dead when it stopped.. so had to get a trailer home via AA via some local dude for £50 cash.. as he was doing another job going my way, which he couldnt do both at the time so he came back for me, which was really dencent of him..

bakes gave out and the pedel was like hitting a rock when you pressed it, (it still has this fault)

starter moter is jammed so i am in process of replacing it..

back rear n/s window was smashed dunno how... so i replaced did a rubish job and tried to redo it and it fell out and broke so i have a hole where glass should be, wanted to get someone like autoglass to fix it but they want £200 + to fix it so it has to wait..

all the tyres are nearly bald, or have punctures..

fog spots never worked so i ahve unwired them. and im gonna replace them..

oh yeah the heater wont blow hot air. at all
after an hour it might be lukewarm... but thjats it even on full

Edit: it cuts out on deselleration from driving over 40 mph like on a motorway as you come to stop at the round about at an exit etc..

the fuel gauge doesnt give much warning that you are out of gas..

the rear seatbelts were fryed im replacing them
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125000 93 2.4i.

In the last 3 months replaced leaf spring bushes, new radeator and a head gasget :!:

Still better than a Descovery :lol:

1995 2.2 Petrol about 111,000 on the clock.

A few niggles. Picked it up at 67,000

Big End went at 79,000, VX reconditioned engine fitted @ 1500 quid.

New tyres, BFG AT's to replace the Pirelli Scorpion Road tyres Approx 320 quid @ about 85,000

Dropped the air mass meter and broke it at 90,000. 80 quid

New alloys because some numpty overtightened the original ones and split them 140 quid

new steering idler pivot at 100,500 30 quid

new belt tensioner @ 80,000 45 quid

New exhaust and cat 200 quid @ 111,000

Misc bits and pieces ie: service items, plugs leads oil and filters etc.

M reg2.3 tdi lwb.I read the reviews all of which said "dont buy one of these"but the guys at a garage close buy have 6 Fronteras between them and said how great they had found them. I had completly fallen for mine anyway.
So my Frontera had 85,000 miles on the clock when I bought it around Christmas 2006 and now has 98,500.Here is the list.
Bought for £900.00
85,000 new leaf springs from Milner fitted myself £80.00
85,000welded up both exhaust silencers and tailpipe myself £0.00
92,000 cracked vacuum pump hose fixed by myself £0.00
93,000 new clutch master cylinder plus garage labour total £150
95,000 new rear shock absorber bushes from vx £3.00
I have flushed the system which has improved the heating
I ran out of diesel one night the warning light came on helpfully about 30 seconds before it stopped.
One tailgate glass gas shock has gone
Electric mirrors work only feebly and move a couple of mm.
I suspect I will have to replace pads and grease sliders very soon

Yep Im fine and the only damage is to the rear drum case which too the brunt of the damage.
The thing that p***ed me off was the Landlord of the pub I managed to pull over by, Firstly complained that the tow truck was blocking his carpark and then informed me he had heard the crash 45 MINUTES before but hadnt come out to check if I was ok.

However a guy in a DISCO :shock:

did pull over to check if all was ok

Any ideas how much a new rear drum brake is to replace??