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Re: How to buy a st162.	Mon, 07 March 2005 08:27

hey hey hope you catch a good one man these are good cars..!! Now for my part and my experience Try the rear windscreen squater, they tend to not work... and when you eject the water, only the front comes on.. Look at the headlamps and make sure they do come up together and can go down together Check for oil leak under the distributor cap... common leak area i think make sure T-VIS works when you rev it over 4500rpm... you'll know that it works when all of a sudden you feel a small "Boost" Check for rust if its got a sun roof, its a biatch to deal with When looking at one, go in the morning to check for things at daylight.... then go again at night to check that all electricals work... aparently my dash lights never came on when i bought it... i didnt check it cause it wasnt dark enough make sure permanate High Beams work... mine didnt Make sure the electriacl window on the passenger's side work... go up and down about 10 times to reveal the truth! mine work whern i tested it... but didnt work when i bought it Check the Central Locking (if SX) make sure both doors lock,... Make sure you test the safety mechanisim too..... to do this, turn on the engine, then turn it off, but leave the key in the ignition.... then open door.... then click the central lock to 'lock' ... assuming that its good, the lock will spring back to the unlock position cause you have your key in ignition. Check the rear dimister... they norammly tend to stuff up.... get yaself a hot pot of water (carry in coffee can thingy) stick it at the back near the window... steam should start to build... esp good at night.... then turn on your diminster... if they work, good stuff... but leave for 15min to check that the auto-off timer works Check for rust check for rust check for rust!!! Double check for rust.. Open the radiator cap, see if theres rust.... you'll know if there is cause the coolant will be pretty brown. To convince, get yaself a small magnet, take a small sample of coolant, then stick the magnet in the samole... the rust should stick to the magnet simple trick my dad tought me. Open the engine oil cap, chekc for milky substances... if so, the suspect a gasket. if its all good.... Power on the car.... acutally, get someone to power it up for you while you stand at the back watching for smoke... if theres white, good chance a gasket, if its blueish... its burning rich like mine... At first if theres steam, its normal.... but after say 10min or so, or better after a run, if theres still a fair amount of vapour, then best bet is that you have a leakage of coolant into the engine, i THINK its another gasket problem... If its all good, test drive the beast.... do all the usual CV test and that.... make sure you test out TVIS, cause that will get you hooked to the 162 ... check breaks check power mirrors... mate, just check all features of the car: AirCon / Economy Power mirrors Power windows Power sunroof (option) Power Steering Timed diminister ok also check the sceond gear syncro if manual.... like mine, it crunches like no tmr when i rev it harder on first and try to get into second... (btw, anyione know how i can farking fix this? its annoying as hell!!) If all is good, stop the car and make sure you see the thermal fan turn on when the temp is at half way (just under) then turn on aircon and make sure the OTHER fan comes on if that is good, Go back to the seller (providing not in toymods) Tell him that the car is good, but you found a bit of problems (say shit like the syncros gone or something) if asked for 5K, say i'll give you 4K, he will most prolly say no, then say meet me half way, 4.5K think about it mate, cash ready for you. Seller'll prolly say yes.. Then use the extra 500 you saved up for either a good set of exhaust (2.25 non turbo or 2.5 for turbo) or get 4-2-1 extractors Welcome to the ST162 family ~Chopin [Report message to a moderator]

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