TimC

Sounds like a good idea, will try get the day off.

So is this a meet for us this Sunday then? Count me in 1 gumpy000 2 TimC 3

I will be there as well, my car will be outside in its usual spot all day and hopefully I can move it over in front of the pier early as the cars start arriving, if not I can just leave it where it is . I spoke to a policeman a few days ago and they are supposed to be putting up barriers to stop cars parking on the pavements and enforcing the law to the letter on any no parking/obstruction laws. The cars are still coming so should be an interesting night, will see what unfolds as the day goes on.

Well hopefully we should have another good meet, I should be there from about 7.15pm. 1. TimC 2. 3.

Yea that's what I meant, must have looked at wrong month. Sunday 12th June

If we stick to 2nd week of the month, next meet will be 10th June.

Yes I think that by blocked they mean that the oil feed hole was blocked by sludge, or whatever that is or means. As I understand it the hole is in the buckets or lifters, so the flushing cleared this hole and allowed the oil to reach the area starved by oil. That's the way I understand it in a way that makes sense to me whether it is right or wrong

Valve lifter, I always just call them just lifters. Not sure if they were using sludge as a accurate description on what was there or just a term a person may understand. They did say which lifter it was but can't remember now. They did not say that was what caused it but I can't help but think it may have been a contributing factor. I am no expert on engines but it seems like a logical assumption. They did the repair and said to try it, which I did and so far everything seems great. Long term I will find out if it is a permanent fix, I suppose the noise was caused by oil starvation to the cam and this may cause a problem in the long term but as I said I am no expert. I was expecting to have to pay thousands on a repair which turned out to be few hundred with a transport to the garage.

It seems some people get mixed reactions, good and bad but I have never had anything other than good reactions. It always makes my day when it happens, it just adds to the smile factor of owning and driving a zed.

Thought I better say what the problem was in case anyone else finds this thread in the future with a similar problem. It turned out to be a blocked lifter, the engine had a couple of flushes and the garage dismantled the engine and cleared some sludge out. I ran the engine for the bare minimum while the lifter was blocked and after some new oil everything seems fine. I have been driving it for a couple of months now and everything seems ok, car runs as good as it did before the problem. Now onto what is most likely to have caused the problem. To be on the safe side when I got the car I changed the oil and filter even though the garage said they had changed it. Everything was fine for a year and a couple of months before the problem. Looking at the mileage before I bought the car between 2010 and 2012 it had done 300 miles and the year after 1100 miles, thats a lot of sitting around in a garage not getting used for 3 years. I only got a partial service history on the car and I wonder how many oil changes were done in those 4 years, not many I would think. Cant help but think that was the most likely cause.My feeling is on a 13 year old engine I got off lucky on what could have been a more serious problem. I will be keeping my fingers crossed for the future and hope no other problems linked to it happen.

I think this months was never going to happen, I got there early and the front of the pier was full of cars. Stayed till eight and went for some petrol and got stuck talking to a friend for ages at the garage and then there were no spaces when I got back, did not see anyone there. Did see some zeds up the other end parked, but nowhere to park and had to go home then.

Does not look like I can do that week either, so lets get back on track. Originally it was the 2nd week of the month so lets stick to that as it appears that other groups are starting to organize car meets in out spot. So next car meet 8th May in the usual spot. Lets see who can make next week? 1. TimC

I suppose we could do 22nd May instead, not sure if the next takeover is that weekend or weekend after. What does everyone think?

So what about Sunday 15th May for next meet, should be a bit warmer for this one.

If anyone is thinking of going on the Sandringham run on Sunday they should be emailing organiser tonight or tomorrow at latest.

It does not take long for zeditous to kick in ☺

I hope you got your roof up before we pulled away it was a cold night

Great first meet of the year tonight, was good to catch up with old friends and meet some new ones. We got 8 zeds at the end, most we ever had together on the sea front, so should be a good year for meets. Hope to see you all next month and dont forget the Sandringham run at the end of the month if you can make it. It was good last year http://www.350z-uk.com/topic/105392-st-georges-day-runmeet-was-superb-last-year/

Ill be there to see who turns up, only one said not going and another possibly not so far. By my maths that means 6 or 7 likely to turn up.

Sorry you cant make it this time David but hopefully see you at the next one.

This should be good http://www.350z-uk.com/topic/107245-wings-wheels-summer-bash-at-raf-lakenheath-july-2nd/

1. Timc 2. Gumpy000 3. Maxevans95 4. Jimmy.Farrow7 5. Stan 6. Jk-boi 7. jimjam92 8. david10 Going to be a good meet if the weather stays good

Not sure if anyone has a buddy club exhaust amongst us, Im sure we all have different exhausts so plenty of different ones to listen to.

Be good to see you Stan if you can make it. As for start time 7 to 7.30pm start, I should be there somewhere between a7 to 7.15pm Lets hope weather stays ok fof anyone planning on going down sea front tonight for takeover cruise.

It should be a good night, if you can come it will be good to see you. Perhaps its time to start a list see who can make it. 1. TimC 2.