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Merlin01

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Faded Plastic Headlights

25 December 2009 - 10:11 PM

I know I've brought this up before but recently found some YT videos of people using progressively finer grits of sandpaper to sand back the outer layer of plastic before polishing.

I have been using Mequiars Plast-X which does bring them up nice, however after a couple of washes they quickly return to the old faded/foggy look. I'm curious if the sanding back will actually get rid of the problem or simply create an alternative one - like when the polish washes off your left with scratched plastic instead of faded plastic.....

Here is one example of using the sanding method but he also uses a buffer with cutting compound before he applies the Plast-X. Apparently this will remove the scratches the sandpaper applied....
YT link

Anyone tried the sandpaper method with cutting compound/Plast-X and a buffer?

3/8", 1/4", or 1/2" drive - Sockets & Torque Wrench

28 November 2009 - 10:50 PM

I'm thinking of buying a torque wrench and I'll have to buy some sockets/extensions as well. Never bought them before and have only used 20yr old bits and pieces from one of my Dads old tool boxes in the past (mostly imperial). Can anyone make a suggestion for the best size drive to use for general car maintenance? The torque wrench's I've seen come in a variety of drive sizes but I've read that it's not advisable to use adaptors on them, so I'd like to decide on a drive size and buy a metric socket set to suit. Suggestions???

Oil Level and Oil pressure warning light (dash)

12 October 2009 - 05:15 PM

To my own detriment, yesterday was the first time I checked my oil since getting my Liberty RX 2.5L about 7 weeks ago. I was shocked to find the level below the "E" mark on the stick. (and no, I didn't check it when I bought it either - STUPID) I rang a Suby dealer - where I'm getting it serviced next month - and asked what oil they use, I was told to get Castrol Magnatec - either 5W/30 or 10W/30 - cause that is the closest retail version to what they use in the service department. It ended up taking between 750-800ml to fill. Then I thought if it was so low, why didn't I get an oil warning light or something? Check Engine or something?? I looked in the manual and it says the oil light is for "OIL pressure warning light" So my question is: How low does the oil level have to be to trigger the oil pressure warning light? The light actually comes on during start-up/ignition but goes off immediately, that would indicate it's working/connected right? I'm wondering if the car yard could have disconnected it to not indicate it was low on oil.... and if so, perhaps have almost no oil in it because of a leak..... Now I'm paranoid... Last service it had was at 155,000kms in May 09, and apparently that was a major service, next Major due at around 200,000kms (timeing belt etc). But this oil thing has me a little worried, can anyone tell me more about the "OIL pressure warning light"?? Thanks.