Tuesday 30 August 2016

Maintenance Check on Citroen C4 - Part 2

A visual and maintenance check on Wheel Bearing, Brake Disc and Brake Pads on a Citroen C4 prior to it's 'National Car Test' (NCT) in Ireland

Maintenance check on Citroen C4 - Part 1

Checking Wheel bearing, Brake disc and brake pads - Part 1
Part 1. Checking wheel bearing by shaking wheel side to side and top and bottom.

C5 Hydraulic Suspension

CITROEN C5 HYDRAULIC SUSPENSION.

Citroen C5 1.6 HDI

How to repair, remove and replace a dip headlight bulb on a Citroen C5

How to repair, remove and replace a dip headlight bulb on a Citroen C5

Bulb Type: H7 12V 55W

Resetting The Service Indicator On A 2007 Citroen C4

Will resetting the service indicator

Citroen C4 Wiper blade replacement

Will replacing a wiper blade on his 2007 Citroen C4 1.6 hdi

Battery Removal

Where to find and how to remove and refit the battery in a Citroen C5
How to open the bonnet/Hood of a Citroen C5

Citroen C5 1.6 HDI parts of engine

A quick look at the 1.6 HDI engine of a Citroen C5

How to remove the bolt from a rifle. CZ 452

How to remove the bolt from a rifle. CZ 452 

Alfa Romeo

1999 Alfa Romeo 1.6 Twin Spark petrol. Not been driven for nearly a year. Stale petrol. Fires up first time.

Monday 29 August 2016

Glass of Water Test on a BMW Straight Six Engine

See how smooth a legendary straight six BMW M54B22 (2171cc) engine is even with 250,000 Kilometers on it and built 14 years ago (MY 02). We put a glass of water on the engine after it was warmed up and revved it until the engine hit the limiter.

2011 Fiat Qubo (Fiorino) 1.3 Multijet Diesel

Cleaning the grot out of our 2011 Fiat Qubo project car. People please clean your cars before selling them. You'll see a before (top photo) and after (bottom photo) of the cleaning we did on a Sunday morning

2007 Citroen C4 1.6HDi Project Car

Got at the tools we may need ready and about to get to work

Taking wheel off after checking the wheel bearing. Presenter/cameraman Paul is removing the wheel bolts and also filming his work.

Caliper and brake pads checked. Caliper may look a little worse for wear due to the Irish roads, but is in perfect working order. Brake pads have plenty left even after 40k km of use.

Filming another episode of Driveway Dudes for YouTube. This time we're changing the oil, oil filter and purging the fuel filter.

Comparing the new and used sump plug washer while changing the oil on our 2007 Citroen C4 1.6HDi

Presenter/Cameraman Paul undoing the oil filter housing in order to replace the oil filter during the service we were doing on a 2007 Citroen C4 1.6HDi

Presenter/Cameraman Paul has just just put the new copper sump plug washer on the the sump plug. He is test fitting it before Presenter/Cameraman Will bolts the sump plug back into the sump before finishing off the service on our 2007 Citroen C4 1.6HDi

How to do things on your driveway

As a family we have always had an interest in doing things ourselves.
We have set a channel on youtube called driveway dudes with the intention of demonstrating things that can be done by the average person with a few basic tools.
At the moment we have several how to's -
Opening the bonnet / hood on a Citroen C5,
Replacing a light bulb on a Citroen C5,
Adjusting the ride height on a Citroen C5,
Removing and replacing a car battery on a Citroen C5 and Alfa Romeo 146,
How smooth a bmw six cylinder is with the glass of water test,
Resetting the trip service indicator on a Citroen C4.
Listening to an Alfa Romeo 146 starting up for the first time in nearly a year.
How to remove the bolt from a CZ 452 rifle. General descriptions.
Replacing a wiper blade on a Citroen C4
Our latest is a maintenance check for the Citroen C4 prior to it going for it's mandatory National Car Test (Ireland) We check the wheel bearing, Brake disc and brake pads.

The cars that we are able to carry out work on are as follows:
BMW 5 Series, Citroen C4, Alfa Romeo 146, Fiat Qubo/Fiorino, Citroen C5, Ford Focus and Seat Ibiza.
Motorcycles include: Kawasaki ZXR750H1, Yamaha RD80MX, Piaggio Vespa PX125E.

We hope to be able to upload at least one video a week but will upload as many as we can as often as we can.

If you have any suggestions as to what you would like to see. please let us know