B10 V8 Touring #160

jamesa · Post by **jamesa** » Mon Mar 19, 2012 10:46 am

No. 160 as shown on the register ... a register car for at least the past six years and in excellent condition, thank you John & Andy

Collected last Monday evening from Shrewsbury, an exciting introductory drive back to the Chipping Norton digs and then on to Swansea for more family visiting .... returning to Aberdeen last Friday evening after 1,000 miles at 29mpg

... what I am doing wrong

Am currently trawling through the mammoth, detailed history file and dismantling trim and covers to locate it`s secrets

... longest job to date - replacing the classic wheels centre covers

Post by **neil** » Mon Mar 19, 2012 10:49 am

Congrats and Welcome James !

Sounds like the perfect getting to know you first week !!

Chas · Post by **Chas** » Mon Mar 19, 2012 2:23 pm

Nice one James. B10 V8s are less common nowadays so we'll be keeping an eye out for that one. Will we see it in the city, or is it going to be a Shire-only car?!

jamesa · Post by **jamesa** » Mon Mar 19, 2012 2:31 pm

Thank you Neil ... yes and having done many similar journeys in various vehicles it is certainly `up there` with the best !

jamesa · Post by **jamesa** » Mon Mar 19, 2012 2:36 pm

Chas wrote:Nice one James. B10 V8s are less common nowadays so we'll be keeping an eye out for that one. Will we see it in the city, or is it going to be a Shire-only car?!

Thank you.

Oh yes, it`ll be allowed the occasional visit ...

E24man · Post by **E24man** » Mon Mar 19, 2012 5:46 pm

John B10 · Post by **John B10** » Mon Mar 19, 2012 9:55 pm

Hello James and welcome to the growing band of Alpina owners in the North East. Hope to see you at one of our occasional get togethers..

Ikule · Post by **Ikule** » Mon Mar 19, 2012 10:02 pm

Welcome to Alpina ownership James

Post by D4 » Mon Mar 19, 2012 11:30 pm

ah my old car... glad it looks likes it's gone to another fan.

would love to see some up to date pictures.

Simonal · Post by **Simonal** » Tue Mar 20, 2012 2:51 pm

Hello and welcome to ownership and the forum hope you enjoy your new car.

Glad she has gone to another good enthusiast home.

jamesa · Post by **jamesa** » Tue Mar 20, 2012 5:12 pm

D4 wrote:ah my old car... glad it looks likes it's gone to another fan.

would love to see some up to date pictures.

Just for you then ...

Hodge · Post by **Hodge** » Tue Mar 20, 2012 7:40 pm

Now that does look nice, always a soft spot for Tourings

Cheers

jacoda434 · Post by **jacoda434** » Wed Mar 21, 2012 11:04 am

need to get the beast detailed

then you will have a looker

jamesa · Post by **jamesa** » Wed Mar 21, 2012 9:25 pm

jacoda434 wrote:need to get the beast detailed

... and there was me being rather fond of the 1,000 mile aero streak look, covered in the locality`s finest dust

First issue today, returned to the car park to be greeted by a stream of fluid from below ... coolant or screen wash ?... dripping from the offside of the undertray ... coolant ?

No coolant warning indication - expansion tank level indicator slightly low but still `floating` ...

Called out Green Flag who jacked it up, looked above the undertray and concluded that it is the engine oil / water jacket cooler on the nearside and running across the undertray.

Several of the fan blades also having coolant marks ... pick up from the undertray ?

Bought a few litres of water and drove home with a keen eye on the gauges ... no issues, no leak once at home, topped up with < 100mls ... investigation ongoing.

Chas · Post by **Chas** » Wed Mar 21, 2012 10:13 pm

Oops! Taste should confirm coolant or screenwash. There's a T-piece in the screenwash system forward of the o/s wheel that often fails.

The most common failure point on the cooling system is the top elbow on n/s of radiator (mine went a few months ago!)

What is the oil/water jacket cooler