Hi all, just joined the forum after purchasing a 20v Turbo, always fancied one so when family/life circumstances changed and when one came up locally I jumped in, probably a little too hastily, probably paid over the odds but I'm more or less happy.
She's a 98 and 79k on the clocks with an awesome interior, loads of work done including cambelt, new stainless exhaust, repaired and baked manifold, new wishbones, rebuilt turbo and loads of paperwork. I forgot to take my glasses when I went to look, I did notice some overspray on some parts under the bonnet, when asked the previous owner said it had been touched up, on closer inspection it's had a full re spray and not that well, the only other nark is the passenger window has proven to be lazy but only sometimes.
She drives really well and everything else seems to be ok, my question is....the handbook says the oil pressure guage should hover around the middle but mine is pretty much at the end of the scale, is this ok?
Thank you.

Depends which end of the scale. lol. They should read 3bar+ when cold and over 2000rpm or around the 2bar mark when hot idle returning to 3 when over 2000rpm.

Welcome to the forum... and Coupé ownership.

Welcome to the forum and enjoy your Coupe

Dazs78 is right with the comments on oil pressure.

Hello and welcome, now check your oil!

Just got home so motor still warm will check tomorrow but it was fine 300 miles ago.
On a similar note, when I'm sat at lights etc there's often a smell of exhaust fumes in the cabin, any thoughts?

Thanks folks.
Going by your comments I think it's fine, it's 3 bar under normal conditions and hardly drops.
I just tried checking it warm and it's difficult to read I'll have to check oil tomorrow as cars warm at the mo, but it was fine 300 miles ago.
When I'm stopped at lights etc there's often a smell of exhaust fumes in the cabin???

Hi and Welcome .

Hey Doony,

welcome aboard!

did you go for the Portofino blue one that was for sale by any chance?

If you've got exhaust fumes in the cabin then I'd say you've got an exhaust manifold problem that is being ingested by the scuttle panel where the cabin heater feeds from.

Can you hear the exhaust manifold whistling when the car idles...?

Bonnet up obviously...

Hi and welcome to the forum.
Have a read through the posts for things to check out for like
Chod
Oil cooler and pipes
Thermostat
Oil leaks around the gasket
Check under carpet in boot for rust
Bonnet cable at release mechanism
Always jobs to do on these cars on the road to perfection.

Welcome to the South Wales Coupe Posse Doony!

Hi, nope didn't get the Blue one, it's yellow and was purchased fairly locally to me.
There nothing obvious with regards to manifold, paperwork shows that it's been repaired previously and 'baked' to prevent it from reoccurring.

From what I can tell everything else seems above board, lots of paperwork to prove work done including recent thermostat, no obvious leaks, bonnet release works fine...what's chod?....just looked it up, coolant hose of death

Coolant hose of death at the back of the engine.

I've had a nosey under the bonnet with the motor running and I can't figure out where the smell is coming from, it's not there all the time but when it is it's quite pungent and stings my nose so really annoying.

Try checking the exhaust flanges or for holes maybe it's that as it only smells when stationery.

Happy to give you a hand to look for faults Doony. I'm not far from you.

Thanks Gripped, I've not got a garage and weather looking crappy for weekend but being new to this I'd really appreciate any help. I'll work it around you, I'll PM you my mobile, guess we can take it from there.
Don't wanna add pressure (lol) but it's the only thing that's marring my dream.
Everyone else, massive thanks for the welcome and support.

If it smells and is intermittent it's oil not exhaust fumes. My guess would beleaky rocker cover or oil feed to the turbo letting oil drip on a hot exhaust and burning off. You probably won't smell it on the move due to air flow.

Hello and welcome by the way!

Cheers Muzzie, there doesn't appear to be any leaks.

Hello and welcome.

Put a teddy bear or a sticker over the oil pressure guage or this forum will make you crash the car looking at that instead of the road

Hi and welcome I've had mine for a few months now, steep learning curve with these cars! I bought mine with similar work done to yours but there is always work to be done and improvements to be made!! Good Luck

Oh dear, thanks for that...I was hoping for a better experience.
Guess it'll probably be back on the market sooner than I hoped.

Don't listen to JBT... he's a cheerless sod although what he doesn't know about Coupes isn't worth knowing . he services all my Coupes although he is in Leicester and I'm in Kent.. . Paranoia rules with Coupe ownership, but just check the oil and water religiously and the smiles available when driving will make it all worthwhile. Remember that you are dealing with a teenage car, and teenagers are bloody temperamental although good fun.

Just check and enjoy. I pulled mine into a garage today for a few sips of petrol and spent twenty minutes showing another customer around her....

Petrol?????
So you do listen to me after all this time

Did you get her number Tim?

Thanks, lol...guess we'll see. Checking oil has already proved awkward.
Well I'm going to be doing a few hundred miles this weekend, I'll undoubtably report back.
Be safe.

Don't worry Doony

The NA doesn't haemorrhage oil like the turbo's.... unless there is a serious problem.

T

But I've got the Turbo!

Since when does the turbo coupes bleed oil?