Wet belt saga

Adverts in a podcast? Come on guys

I called a Peugeot specialist just last week to do my girlfriends 208 cambelt..."petrol or diesel mate?" "petrol" "naaah don't touch those mate..."

I know that lifted pick up from Coatbridge 😂

Carglass in Sweden as well, with same jingle.

Im currently working on a version of Mambo No 5 but with TVR models instead of womens names (yes I am obessed, and no I have no life)... its work in progress but here is how it stands right now:


Mambo no5
One, two, three, four, five
Everybody in their cars, so come on, let's drive
To the stately home around the corner
The boys say they want some din and views
But I really don't wanna

I had a slave bust just last week
I must dig deep because talk is cheap
I like Tuscan, Tamora, Typhon and Tina
And as I continue, you know they getting sweeter (uh)
So what can I do? I really beg you, my Lord
To me sliding is just like a sport
Anything fly, it's all good, let me dump it
Please start up the thunder

Chorus:
A little bit of Grantura in my life
A little bit of Cerbera by my side
A little bit of S3's all I need
A little bit of Tina's what I see
A little bit of Griffith in the sun
A little bit of Tamsin all day long
A little bit of Chimera, here I am
A little bit of these make me your fan (ah)
Mambo Number Five (ah)

You are a wet belt - Melt

Wet belt is such a stupid idea. These 3 cylinder Puretec motors Peugeot and Citroens are a real liability.
When new the manufacturer said cambelt change at 100k miles or ten years.
This has now been revised to 6 years or 60k miles due to how many killed the engines (not the owners !) due to rubber debris clogging up the oilways and sump strainer at low mileage. Peugeot fitted loads of replacement engines .
Ford now having the same problem with 3 cylinder eco boost engines in fiesta and focus. Also new shape transits have a wet belt 4 cylinder with the same stupid wet belt design thousands of them needing new engines. Just utterly stupid design.

I did a study on the HRV for a marketing class in college, circa 1999.
I think I chose the HRV as the marketing literature was quite interesting - I guess there would be nothing interesting about selling a car as a lifestyle accessory now, 25 years on.

I also just returned from Menorca Johnny, sweet sweet little island isn't it!
I'd saved up the last couple of podcasts to listen to on the beach and was looking forward to all the odd looks I'd be getting as I guffawed away with my headphones on.
I soon realised it was too hot to wear the old bin lids OTSOT and ended up binge listening on my return yesterday.
Thanks for softening the blow as I get back to reality, you SSG's.

Adverts. Gutted

Particularly funny pod this week guys! I just part-exed a 2017 Fiesta before it could give me any trouble. Such a shame, lovely engine to drive...until they die.

The blue screen is irritating. Too bright.🙂

It's also called Carglass here in the Netherlands and in Belgium, with the same logo and song in the adverts.

I think I noticed the British/German autoglass/carglass oddity at the end of the 90s while playing Toca Touring Cars on the Playstation.

The Focus 1.8 Tdci did have a chain and they changed it to a belt! Melts 😅

I had a Mk6 Fiesta ST, with the two litre non-turbo engine, and it was a cracking little car - loved it 😊

They use the same jingle in the USA: “Safelite repair…Safelite replace”
Round about 1995 our pizza delivery guy rocked up in a clean, original paint, black mid 60’s Ford Galaxy 4dr. hardtop. It was summer time so all 4 windows were down. Very cool looking ride

nice review

Feeling quite misled that this wasn't an update on Jonny's Honda Insight and some tale of misadventure around him trying to fix the well documented wet seatbelt issue with these. Other than that, another fine pod' lads. Thank you.

Re , the wet belt
It's FORDS and PSVs answer to lowering emissions, " allegedly "

The oil must be a specific one , PSV recently revised this info and changed more regularly than other engines

From Auckland, NZ, Autoglass here is indeed “Smith and Smith” and the theme tune is the same!

The adds I've had to skip on this week podcast is a joke 😱😱😱

There's a bright yellow and blue Proton Jumbuck local to me. In the back he carries a yellow and blue inflatable dinghy. It looks rather smart.😅

Wet belts are just a way to ensure that new cars only last as long as the warranty.
Same with engines made mostly from plastic.

O'Brien's in Australia are a long-term grift. Also, they're famous for having an ad with a particularly cheesy jingle, with a bloke who can't pronounce the name of the company. "Oh, oh, oh O'Bwyans" is forever in my lexicon.

Because algae produces 50% of the oxygen on earth I think if you do choose to grow algae on your vehicle you should not have to pay any emissions tax. I hate washing cars anyway.

I think it’s probably the case that Carglass is such an obvious name that someone else had already copyrighted it when they took the brand overseas, hence the need for another name.

Lancia built a 4 cylinder car engine that fitted within an A4 sheet of paper about 65 years before Ford managed to build a 3 cylinder engine that fitted within an A4 sheet of paper. Impressive achievement by Ford non the less.

Is there an easy way of knowing whether a car has an engine with a wetbelt? Specifically the Fiesta. My niece has a Fiesta, it'd be good to know if she's got that potential problem facing her one day.

“I don’t think something with such responsibility should be made of rubber”………did anyone else think of condoms when Jonny said this…..no only me, ok.

Can't stop laughing at "he's an adult now"

Oh oh oh, O'briens

The wet belt design is just a terrible design, originally the ecoboost ford engine was said the belt would last 10 years or the"lifetime of the vehicle"

So Ford thought the belt would last 10 years, now we know it does you need to replace it every 3 to 5 years but the engine wasn't designed for the wetbelts to be serviceable items, it takes 6 to 8 hours to do and is a £1000 job to do both the oil pump and cambelt

the PSA 1.2 pure tech engine is also a wet belt engine and suffers with the same issues with the belt shredding and blocking the oil strainer but it was designed to replace the wetbelt easily, so its a 2 hour job and cheap to do - problem with these engines are people change the wet belt but don't remove the sump so clean it out so they usually die of low oil pressure

By far the worst wet belt engine is probably the transit, its really killing the transit off in the UK as tradesman and other companies like the AA/RAC won't run new transits now

After years of saying their is no problem though Ford has now upgraded the ecoboost and replaced the wet cambelt with a chain, this was just by the end of the fiesta, so Puma and Kuga's have a timing chain but sadly the oil belt is still rubber in the sump, so you still get cars with low oil pressure as the belt has fallen apart

PSA has also added a timing chain to the puretech 1.2 about 12 months ago

Hi from NZ! Yes Smith and Smith do use that jingle!

Volume powertrain decisions are all down to cost. What a bunch of wet belts!

The Pierre Gasly/Nicholas Hoult likeness is uncanny 😂

It's also called Carglass here in France! Same song too.

Sweet sweet guys otsot

Love you can hear jonnys 90s casio watch beep!!😂

Good morning have a nice week ssgs

G'day! 🤔

Hi

Great!