List of Lubrication points

1. kingkurt L-plater Joined: Mar 2009 Maidstone Posts: 72 2001 Citreon Saxo - 1.1 ltr Desire

   #1 5th September 2012, 13:43

   Hi guys
   
   Is there a list of Lubrication points for a Saxo anywhere.
   
   I want to grease, oil and lubricate everything on my car this weekend
   
   I did do a search but found nothing
   
   cheers
2. Baz Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Nov 2005 Coventry Posts: 17782 Fiesta ST150

   #2 5th September 2012, 13:47

   Anything that moves except your discs lol depends how anal you wanna be about it etc.
   
   You could copper grease every bolt if you wanted
3. user_46658 Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Aug 2010 Little Mill, South Wales Posts: 7547 Mondeo ST TDCI Saxo VTS

   #3 5th September 2012, 13:48

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by Baz Anything that moves except your discs lol depends how anal you wanna be about it etc

   

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4. kingkurt L-plater Joined: Mar 2009 Maidstone Posts: 72 2001 Citreon Saxo - 1.1 ltr Desire

   #4 5th September 2012, 14:49

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by Baz Anything that moves except your discs lol depends how anal you wanna be about it etc. You could copper grease every bolt if you wanted

   Well, im driving it across the Sahara desert and I expect everything to get very dry so copper grease it is
   
   Any particular type or is it all the same?
   
   cheers
5. mlawlan69 Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Sep 2010 leeds Posts: 4389 MCS R53 S/C 16v furiooo

   #5 5th September 2012, 14:57

   your driving a saxo through the sahara??? wow make sure you have an AA subscription lolol

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6. Gandi699 Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 9100 Amazon green VTR 16v, Inferno RS clio 182

   #6 5th September 2012, 15:03

   is it a banger rally? I'd be more inclined to renew the cooling system
7. Bedford126 Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Jul 2010 Morley, Leeds Posts: 8469 Civic ep3 type r powered by TDI NORTH

   #7 5th September 2012, 15:34

   Copper grease is the last thing you want on everything in sandy dry conditions. Sand will just stick to it and wear everything at a faster rate. The baha boys us something called dry white lithium grease it's dry so nothing sticks.

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8. kingkurt L-plater Joined: Mar 2009 Maidstone Posts: 72 2001 Citreon Saxo - 1.1 ltr Desire

   #8 5th September 2012, 15:56

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by Bedford126 Copper grease is the last thing you want on everything in sandy dry conditions. Sand will just stick to it and wear everything at a faster rate. The baha boys us something called dry white lithium grease it's dry so nothing sticks.

   
   That sounds more like it! I will check it out
   
   cheers mate
9. user_20080 Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Dec 2007 smurfland. Posts: 17346 Ex saxo owner.

   #9 5th September 2012, 17:01

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by Gandi699 is it a banger rally? I'd be more inclined to renew the cooling system

   +1 i`d fit the biggest cooling system available with a twin fan set-up & take along lots of spares too,good luck & get some pics up when/if you return lol.
10. Bedford126 Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Jul 2010 Morley, Leeds Posts: 8469 Civic ep3 type r powered by TDI NORTH

    #10 5th September 2012, 17:03

    Also get yourself a fine particle sock for your air filter or it will clog and you will be fucked.

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11. e8_pqck Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Aug 2010 Midlands Posts: 2530 AX 16v Turbo

    #11 5th September 2012, 17:32

    Take a camel.

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12. user_49404 Frequent Poster Joined: Dec 2010 Mid Wales Posts: 604 03 vtr

    #12 5th September 2012, 17:35

    if you run out of water check the sunroof! On a serious note, well, no just want to be nosey, why take a saxo across the desert? Surely a 4x4 would be better?
13. kingkurt L-plater Joined: Mar 2009 Maidstone Posts: 72 2001 Citreon Saxo - 1.1 ltr Desire

    #13 5th September 2012, 18:49

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by kmak577 if you run out of water check the sunroof! On a serious note, well, no just want to be nosey, why take a saxo across the desert? Surely a 4x4 would be better?

    I drove the same model to Mongolia in 2009 and it did so well I drove another to Syria last year and now another to Mauritania.
    
    Small, light, can take a pounding and always last the distance as long as they have low mileage. (A few other drivers took high mileage Saxos and broke down). I paid less than £400 for each one as they were Cat D with external damage that I repaired
    
    I have had more fun doing these trips than any 4x4 stuff, driving a 1.1 Saxo up a mountain and then down the other side again in one piece is a real trip
14. kingkurt L-plater Joined: Mar 2009 Maidstone Posts: 72 2001 Citreon Saxo - 1.1 ltr Desire

    #14 5th September 2012, 18:50

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Bedford126 Also get yourself a fine particle sock for your air filter or it will clog and you will be fucked.

    Where do I get one of those?
    
    Cheers
15. kingkurt L-plater Joined: Mar 2009 Maidstone Posts: 72 2001 Citreon Saxo - 1.1 ltr Desire

    #15 5th September 2012, 18:52

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by stevo67 +1 i`d fit the biggest cooling system available with a twin fan set-up & take along lots of spares too,good luck & get some pics up when/if you return lol.

    I have fitted an additional fan on a switch and have some spares, I did want to make a sumpguard this time round and posted a question on it here but had no response
    
    cheers
16. user_49404 Frequent Poster Joined: Dec 2010 Mid Wales Posts: 604 03 vtr

    #16 5th September 2012, 18:57

    got any before and after pics? Just want to be nosey how these little cans do!
17. kingkurt L-plater Joined: Mar 2009 Maidstone Posts: 72 2001 Citreon Saxo - 1.1 ltr Desire

    #17 5th September 2012, 19:19

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by kmak577 got any before and after pics? Just want to be nosey how these little cans do!

    Heres the Mongolion rally pics on Facebook - they are public so you should be able to see them
    
    https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?...5422643&type=3
    
    and heres the Africa rally ones, although there is not much there yet, just the work on the car
    
    https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?...5422643&type=3
18. user_49404 Frequent Poster Joined: Dec 2010 Mid Wales Posts: 604 03 vtr

    #18 7th September 2012, 00:45

    cheers! Also, avoid the spray can type lithium grease, seems to have sod all grease and just a lot of thinners!

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19. mlawlan69 Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Sep 2010 leeds Posts: 4389 MCS R53 S/C 16v furiooo

    #19 7th September 2012, 02:11

    lad i know did the.mongol rally in an old ambulance!! was well jealous, good luck will be cool as fuck adventure!!

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20. Chez99 Regular Poster Joined: Aug 2011 Pelton, Co.Durham Posts: 487 Saxo 52' Plate - Green Flatty.

    #20 7th September 2012, 08:50

    This sounds fucking awesome, i'd love to see some pics when its ready

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21. kingkurt L-plater Joined: Mar 2009 Maidstone Posts: 72 2001 Citreon Saxo - 1.1 ltr Desire

    #21 7th September 2012, 12:35

    Ok, so I finally got an answer on an Overlanding forum even though they don't like me much because I am doing the same routes they do in their flashy 4x4s in a little Saxo
    
    Im to use manufacturer specific lubricants and then cover with Silicon spray
    
    They also scared the shit out of me when they told me there were still some active mine fields along my Southern route!!!
22. user_49404 Frequent Poster Joined: Dec 2010 Mid Wales Posts: 604 03 vtr

    #22 7th September 2012, 14:08

    so a 1" plate under the seat and tank then