Irish Taxi Forum
Public Area => Taxi Talk => Topic started by: Dr. Martin Gooter Bling on February 01, 2026, 04:43:49 am
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my car runs perfect when i jump in to it after it's been parked up. for the first 15 minutes approx it's perfect but develops a bad vibration after it heats up to operating temp. feels like the engine vibrating and the fuel economy has plummeted. car isn't at full power either. there was a quiet period earlier when i was parked up for around 30 mins. the car cooled down considerably. i took off and she was perfect but again after she heated up after around 15 minutes the vibration started again. any ideas. thought it might be worn spark plugs but new ones didn't help. something is heating up and wreckin the buzz.
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Waterproof on the way out? Maybe
What do u drive
Or thermostat sticking
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Engine mounting bolt?
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Plug it in to a proprietary or semi-proprietary diagnostic system. OBD Eleven offers a pretty much proprietary option for VAG group cars and is also approved by Toyota but is probably less developed in that arena.
Something that'd materialise as the engine heats up and goes away when the engine cools points to a temp sensor or something controlled by a temp sensor. Loss of power suggests fuel or air starvation.... on balance without any fault codes I'd be looking at the air intake sensors/ducts/valves.
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thanks for the suggestions. i noticed a few months back that there's a sh-sh-sh-sh-sh-sh-sh-sh-sh noise coming from under the bonnet that sounds like a dodgy belt. on inspection the engine has no visible belts. the water pump is actually an electrically driven water pump. it has an internal rotor that cracks and fails eventually. i'm certain the noise is coming from the water pump. i bought the part and planned on unbolting the water pump and installing the new rotor and a nice drain and refill of new pink coolant. i got the official instructions and it says step one remove the engine. this must be the instructions for a huge robotic arm in a factory i says. where's the real world instructions i says. turns out the cuntin water pump is indeed tightly sandwiched in there with no way of accessing it easily. i found a guy on youtube who shows how to remove it without removing the engine but it's an ordeal. if i go to the mechanic fella i'm expecting yeah that's an intensive nine hour job. a grand in bunts please. i did'nt think a water pump can cause a nasty vibration but i think it's the culprit now alright.
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Doc ,for meaning full help. stick up make/ model/year/engine/mileage . topman
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2020 toyota corolla hybrid 200,000kms
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To me it sounds like a blocked egr valve, or possibly a coil pack. My previous car had a similar problem and it was the egr. It involves stripping and cleaning the egr cooler / egr valve connecting pipe and throttle body. Didn't think the new corolla gave the same issues with the second catalytic converter that fed the egr with less emissions. Maybe search corolla / prius gen 4 forums for similar issues.
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2020 toyota corolla hybrid 200,000kms
Very surprised a toyota
I got my pruis water pump done 450 euro
Did it in 2 hr I waited
Toyota said remove engine too
But guy off nans rd a wizard with toyota s especially imports
Place full of taxis
Best mechanic I ever had
Just facing AXA repair center in the industrial estate
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thanks for the suggestions. i noticed a few months back that there's a sh-sh-sh-sh-sh-sh-sh-sh-sh noise coming from under the bonnet that sounds like a dodgy belt. on inspection the engine has no visible belts. the water pump is actually an electrically driven water pump. it has an internal rotor that cracks and fails eventually. i'm certain the noise is coming from the water pump. i bought the part and planned on unbolting the water pump and installing the new rotor and a nice drain and refill of new pink coolant. i got the official instructions and it says step one remove the engine. this must be the instructions for a huge robotic arm in a factory i says. where's the real world instructions i says. turns out the cuntin water pump is indeed tightly sandwiched in there with no way of accessing it easily. i found a guy on youtube who shows how to remove it without removing the engine but it's an ordeal. if i go to the mechanic fella i'm expecting yeah that's an intensive nine hour job. a grand in bunts please. i did'nt think a water pump can cause a nasty vibration but i think it's the culprit now alright.
If it's a hybrid, this guy is on your doorstep.
https://www.davidstokesmotors.ie/ (https://www.davidstokesmotors.ie/)
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How bad is it .From a rattle like keys in your pocket to a Skeleton having a wank in a biscuit tin .
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Intermittent coil pack failure would only show up when the engine gets warm and the pack expand.OBD reader will show the correct code and you can Google it.
200k is about the right time to change them.Hape of shite.
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i did a major service at 150,000kms. she was in need of love and had a little bit of battle damage that needed repairing.
transmission fluid change, coolant change, spark plugs, ignition coils etc.
car was like a rocket and butter smooth after i remember. it was delightful.
the vibration is only at 2000rpm. you can just about skirt around it while accelorating and driving but something needs sorting.
fairly strong fuel smell coming from exhaust and more smoke than usual. don't know if it's on account of the cold weather.
mechanic is havin a peep next thursday. hopefully there's some fault codes that are presenting themselves.
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You can leave your OBD reader in while driving it and when the vibration happens it should throw up an error code.If it's a mount or something non electrical it won't throw a code.You did say it had a repair.Maybe they missed something.
I don't know who the mechanic is or if it's a dealer but using non original parts on a Toyota can present it's own problems.Yis know this but it's worth saying anyway.
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Maybe best to put a Maguie & Patterson to it before it turns into another Ken/ SB Toyota money pit. EV grants will be out this week or next week.
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Maybe best to put a Maguie & Patterson to it before it turns into another Ken/ SB Toyota money pit. EV grants will be out this week or next week.
Lol
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Maybe best to put a Maguie & Patterson to it before it turns into another Ken/ SB Toyota money pit. EV grants will be out this week or next week.
I'll always be haunted by that Toyota Avensis.
(https://i.postimg.cc/90DybQm6/2021-01-05.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/9wj4FVqb)
The f**king heap kept a Romanian mechanic's family in skiing holidays for about eight years. >:D
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i had an 04. she was a cracker accept the head lamp fault.
the bulbs burned too hot and melted the sockets.
i got aftermaret lamps with inner modifications that fixed the problem.
what was wrong with yours.
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i forgot the car drank oil as well.
it was a fault from the factory with the engine.
i hadta pour a liter of oil in once a month.
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Maybe best to put a Maguie & Patterson to it before it turns into another Ken/ SB Toyota money pit. EV grants will be out this week or next week.
I'll always be haunted by that Toyota Avensis.
(https://i.postimg.cc/90DybQm6/2021-01-05.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/9wj4FVqb)
The f**king heap kept a Romanian mechanic's family in skiing holidays for about eight years. >:D
Ah Melord I was never complicit the stickers on the Doors were a bit like Father Teds Coin just resting in my Account .The Legend that was BLACK MAX rofl rofl
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Aah those were the days... We were all excited and delighted with no PUC work to put all the Irish dispatch firms out of business. 10% commission went to 12% then 15% and now 25%.
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Aah those were the days... We were all excited and delighted with no PUC work to put all the Irish dispatch firms out of business. 10% commission went to 12% then 15% and now 25%.
The Final figure will be 40% .BLOKE ON ROYS warned yis .
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Aah those were the days... We were all excited and delighted with no PUC work to put all the Irish dispatch firms out of business. 10% commission went to 12% then 15% and now 25%.
25% on taxi saver fares, which you seem all to willing to do. Along with UFF/Upfront fares there's no stopping ya.
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I assume you mean "you" in the general sense.
Just for clarity 25% isn't for me personally, in fact as I might have mentioned on the "Free Now Gone To Shite" thread I opted out of that one at the earliest opportunity. I don't cover any of the enhanced commission fares for Free Now having opted out from Hospitality jobs years ago and I've never covered a DAP pick up for Free Now.
I don't have any problem with fixed fares. The taximeter is a relatively new introduction where I generally passively work these days and I find that north county folk, in particular, like to know what their taxi is going to cost in advance, particularly if they're travelling a reasonable distance, hence with that information they will use more taxis. Uber's rates, in my experience, are currently set as close to the taximeter as makes no difference to me.
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... and I find that north county folk, in particular, like to know what their taxi is going to cost in advance, particularly if they're travelling a reasonable distance, hence with that information they will use more taxis. Uber's rates, in my experience, are currently set as close to the taximeter as makes no difference to me.
I wonder would people use taxis more if they were a few euro cheaper? Is there a cadre of people out there who would visit the pub (€7/pint) if the fare was €9 but would stay at home with their cans (€2.50/can) if the fare was €11?
I sometimes wonder if we undersell ourselves? We're at the luxury end of the transport sector (walk, bicycle, bus, car, taxi). A bus carrying 60 people & 1 driver has economies of scale but it'll cost you if you want to be personally driven door-to-door by a professional driver?
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It's not necessarily a case of being cheaper. They just like to know what the fare is. Most folk have some sort of horror story about being ripped off by non-local drivers. Of course they often don't take into account different rates at different times of the day/night/week but they are definitely happier knowing what the fare will be.
The price elasticity of demand is a complex topic which is well beyond the scope of our discussions but there is a proven relationship between price and demand. Demand generally increases as the price decreases.
Apps have many and varied reasons for offering discounts ranging from influencing both supply and demand to increasing and protecting their market share. I'm sure you've seen the videos doing the rounds showing the Indian lads touting their app to clients they collect for Free Now, Uber and Bolt. When they started out they didn't offer any discount but I'm sure you've also noticed that they now offer 10% discount plus no technology fees which puts them pretty close to Uber's current 20%. It's difficult for individual drivers to box off Uber work simply because Uber generally charges it's clients less than it pays us.
Free Now discounts are more complex now. The app generally says "flash discount applied" without saying how much that discount is or what it has been applied to what provided you don't change the car option from the default "Taxi Saver" selection. You might recall my wondering why they made Taxi Saver the default option back when it was a fixed €3/job discount covered by the driver. I guess that's blatantly obvious now!
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The Luxury -vs- necessity argument is an interesting one in its own right. Prior to entry liberalisation we had a vibrant hackney sector with many firms offering budget options which gave clients (particularly in rural areas) a realistic alternative to car ownership. That sector of the market is becoming increasingly underserved. There may well be a case for restricting taxi plates to EVs under 3yo and lifting the current temporary moratorium on the issue of saloon hackney plates to enforce the luxury element and revive the budget/necessity sector.
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.double post
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I dunno if anyone wants hacks back.They were shit as a passenger as you had to go through a base to get one and still be left waiting ages.
I think there's a bit nostalgia here for the old days but unfortunately most of the cash is gone now so we'd only get hacks via an app paying ridiculous amounts of commission and undercutting the meter except for during the busy periods.It's not going to fix anything IMO.
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"They just like to know what the fare is". Maybe you could persuade Uber to advertise the DOT Taxi Fare Calculator on their app to demonstrate their concern for their/our clients information re taxi fares.
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The Luxury -vs- necessity argument is an interesting one in its own right. Prior to entry liberalisation we had a vibrant hackney sector with many firms offering budget options which gave clients (particularly in rural areas) a realistic alternative to car ownership. That sector of the market is becoming increasingly underserved. There may well be a case for restricting taxi plates to EVs under 3yo and lifting the current temporary moratorium on the issue of saloon hackney plates to enforce the luxury element and revive the budget/necessity sector.
I think that it is well established that we are a first world country with first world expenses in running a public service business, and a multiple of hoops to jump through to qualify to serve that public. If they want cheap transport, they should get three friends to share the cost, take the bus, train, walk, or phone a friend. Discounts are up to me, not enforced by US billionaire disruptors.
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The Luxury -vs- necessity argument is an interesting one in its own right. Prior to entry liberalisation we had a vibrant hackney sector with many firms offering budget options which gave clients (particularly in rural areas) a realistic alternative to car ownership. That sector of the market is becoming increasingly underserved. There may well be a case for restricting taxi plates to EVs under 3yo and lifting the current temporary moratorium on the issue of saloon hackney plates to enforce the luxury element and revive the budget/necessity sector.
I think that it is well established that we are a first world country with first world expenses in running a public service business, and a multiple of hoops to jump through to qualify to serve that public. If they want cheap transport, they should get three friends to share the cost, take the bus, train, walk, or phone a friend. Discounts are up to me, not enforced by US billionaire disruptors.
+1
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In fairness to Uber, I think they do tell the passenger the full price, then the discount off that. FN is a different matter >:(
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"They just like to know what the fare is". Maybe you could persuade Uber to advertise the DOT Taxi Fare Calculator on their app to demonstrate their concern for their/our clients information re taxi fares.
Maybe you could if that's what you want. The fare calculator only gives a range as an estimate. Local bases and Uber give a fixed price although in Uber's case it's not technically a fixed fare it's just a guaranteed upper limit.
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Discounts are up to me, not enforced by US billionaire disruptors.
I guess they are in a way. If you were opposed to Uber giving 20% discount off every fare you could delete the app. Alas, neither the vast majority of drivers nor their unions will support that course of action. The fact that the discounts are putting millions of euros in drivers pockets combined with the fact that drivers don't think beyond the next €1,000 dictates that they will trouser whatever coin is on offer.
In a no pain no gain sort of way I'm leaning towards concluding that DoT/NTA banning below cost selling would be a positive step. Yes, in the short term, it would take money out of drivers pockets but it would also present opportunities for drivers to box off the best of the work be that systematically like the Indians or individually.
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I dunno if anyone wants hacks back.They were shit as a passenger as you had to go through a base to get one and still be left waiting ages.
I think there's a bit nostalgia here for the old days but unfortunately most of the cash is gone now so we'd only get hacks via an app paying ridiculous amounts of commission and undercutting the meter except for during the busy periods.It's not going to fix anything IMO.
It would facilitate focusing taxis on the so-called luxury sector with an eye to levelling the playing field. As things stand a bloke with a clapped out 16yo Prius gets the same money as a bloke driving a €50,000 brand new EV. That seems a tad unfair.
It would also give taximen an option to enter semi-retirement without jumping through all the hoops or investing 5 figures on a car he neither wants nor needs. A simple requirement to pass the National Car Test ought to suffice. Those men would be likely to have an established client base (particularly in rural areas) or the support of local publicans so they wouldn't necessarily be reliant on apps even if they knew what an app is. In any event, any hackneyman worth his salt would be able to box off the work he wants fairly lively, I guess.
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problem solved. gacked up egr.
where was ken going with his blown head gasket.
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Good news.
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problem solved. gacked up egr.
where was ken going with his blown head gasket.
Yer missuses rampant rabbit if truth be known! 8)