This is why I like HubNut, picking up a random mundane car with faults, driving it home for 6 hours, try and find out what is wrong and start tinkering with it.
Well done, Ian. Tim really knows his stuff. Lovely to see him at work on Miss Daisy. After cleaning and adjusting the throttle body, and especially if the battery was disconnected, you have to allow the computer time to get everything back into calibration. On older Fords here in North America, there was a 4 step, 20 minutes routine for getting things working properly after any service to battery or fuel injection. Each step is 5 minutes long. Start the car, air conditioning off and idle in Park, then the same in drive. You will hear things coming into spec. Repeat those same steps with the air conditioning turned on. Other cars don't seem to have that routine outlined, but it has made a big difference in any newly serviced car I have tried it on
Ian, the car looks like a little diamond, basically solid and I reckon that colour would look great after a machine polish. Ready for some Hubnut adventures!!
Six year old me - I was that age when this car was new - wouldn't have given this car a second glance, but these days it's the sort of thing to put a grin on my face when I see one. Charming little thing it is.
I hired a three cylinder, 1 litre, 5 speed manual Diahatsu Charade over one weekend and I reckon it's the closest thing I've driven to a sports car. Three cylinder motors just sound great, and it was such a lively car in all other aspects. Add to that Japanese reliability and practicality, and you have an awesome little car.
I think they may have priced themselves out of the market - at least I think that's what happened in Barbados where I live. You were paying almost as much for a Terios as you were for something bigger like a Kia Sportage. They exited this market around 2007/8.
@@AsekiBekovy The Terios Daihatsu made was classed as a SUV but it was a sensible small sized city SUV like the Ford Eco Sport, but unlike the Ford Eco Sport and other pretend off road SUV's, it could actually face a ex Land Rover built off road course at Stoneleigh Park Warwickshire. Many years ago when Terios was new and I hadn't left school me and my mom went in one around that off road course at a countryside show they used to have and the little Terios was extremely good on the off road course and would go most places with ease. You still see many Terios's in the countryside area's of the UK now.
Good video. Many thanks to Tim the Mechanic for letting us in to his workplace, and the confidence in his own opinions to be put out for all to see. He’s my type of go-to mechanic.
My wife and I had our Miss Daisy(2013 Jeep Compass). We dearly miss her. she had her engine head gasket blown. I traded her for Belle, a beautiful 2018 Jeep Compass. I told my wife about the name, she smiled( our Miss Daisy was her car!) Just found your channel this week. and the second video. just subscribed. Thanks!!
Like you said, Mr Hubnut, miss Daisy is well worth preserving and keeping in fine fettle. I'm very glad people like you appreciate and save these cars. Anyone else would be saying "oh, the repair is more than the car's worth" and that kind of silly prattle. It's a fallacy. Congrats, and I think we've found a member of the fleet that will be staying
Recently I had a rough idle on my car, possibly to the E10 fuel (and my car is meant to be rated to be ok to run on this fuel) I have had to use to keep costs down fuelling that I have never experienced before. I decided before I undertook a long journey recently to fill up with super unleaded and then add some injector cleaner into the fuel tank. It seems to have made the engine a lot more perky and I have found fuel economy has greatly increased. I know you don't hugely believe in magic potions but its worth a try on Miss Daisy and see if there is a improvement on throttle response. Also regarding rust prevention, if you have a pressure washer with a snow foaming lance or similar I tend to spray the snow foam soap under the wheel arches and under the bottom half of the car and sills, said soap I use has a wax which provides added protection to underside components and bodywork.
Nice solid car for free cannot complain and nice to see Tim again and be nice to see Tim do the rust proofing, and potentially Lewis to sort that dent. Excellent Video as always.
Wow, I didn't think that Miss Daisy was going to be in such Great condition for a 90's little car. I look forward to seeing the next episode of Hubnut with Miss Daisy.
That's In such tidy condition. Rear arches are definitely a daihatsu weak point - but the repairs done to daisy seem solid. Definitely get on top of the rot and get her undersealed. That rear quarter could probably be significantly improved with a massage by a good dent guy and then selective touching in.
Michelin still make the old style wiper blades, Bosch used to. I found if you just type in Michelin Wiper Blade and then the size in inches, you'll get what you need but I'm sure you know all this. Hardly anyone makes them anymore and they look so much nicer than the universal blade style with the giant knuckle!
I remember the ad campaign when Daihatsu first came out "We're the new guys on the block" 😆😆 Reminds me of Hyundai in the early days, with stamped sheetetal clutch throwout bearings. The pressure plate springs wear unevenly, and the fingers work the sheetemetal until it fails. Tell tale sign is removing the inspection cover and having ball bearings drop down on you.
Don't see many of these older sirions about anymore, been a while since i've seen one too. And i'd say, so long as it isn't too much trouble to get fixed up (this initial look was promising), do fix it up well & preserve it. If you do sell it on at some point, it'll be good to know it has been preserved well, so it can last for a while longer with whoever else gets in down the road. Also does sound good too, 3 cylinder engines usually do after all. So yes, here's to some more adventures with Miss Daisy here.
Miss Daisy will be an awesome car for the Mrs, once she is sorted out. By the looks of things she will not cost a lot to get in top condition and maintain her there.
That one is definitely worth putting a bit of work into - and a few pounds spent won’t be begrudged given the purchase price, I’m sure! It will be worth grasping the nettle and pulling the sill covers off and cleaning and painting as necessary underneath. My old CRV has a similar cover that holds crap. I cut the rear face/lip off both sides so stuff drops out, rather than staying in and it means you can put a hose or pressure washer through from front to flush through to the back periodically. Nice addition to the fleet! 👍🏻
As someone who also own a model of ordinary car that quickly is becoming ever rarer (Renault Modus), I know the feeling of responibillity you must feel to save Miss Daisy for posterity. I see more Audi R8s in a day than I see Sirions (or other Renault Modus for that matter...) - I can't even remember the last time I saw a Sirion...
I had a W reg exactly the same spec & colour. I ran it from 2006 - 2013 as a daily motorway commuter & Dog carrier it never skipped a beat & it was nippy & cruised well. Alas I bumped the front end and at the time I couldn't afford to repair it - I've regretted it ever since & would buy it from you in a flash. Enjoy!
Dare I say, that without the front number plate, it has a 'jaguar-esque' look to it from head on with that thin bumper and oval grille. Decent acquisition for a knock around town car. Curious how well it would run without the ethanol fuel.
These have such a cute face! I remember having one of these on Gran Turismo 3, It was a sporty one with 4WD. This looks pretty bloody solid for a free motor, looks like you can just underseal the living crap out of it, give it a fresh service and then just drive it with no worries!
This summer I did some service in my Citroën C1 engine: I cleaned the throttle body, the MAF sensor and the PCV valve. This is really no big deal. The engine starts and idles better. To change air filter and spark plugs is always a good idea and doesn’t cost that much. I’m looking forward to what’s happening next… Bonne route!
Great video.. Can’t expect much of a little engine with an auto gearbox and running air conditioning.. l think you got a great car.. especially for nothing...
Nice Daihatsu. We only got the 3rd gen Charade (G100) and the Rocky (F300) in the US market. The tiny 53 hp Charade was a hard sell in the US when gas was cheap, and the Rocky was up against the known Suzuki Sidekick and more American friendly Isuzu Amigo. Wish we had gotten more of them as they seemed fairly well built for affordable cars.
I will echo others sentiments. I'm usually a German car guy, but I find your content very interesting as you shows less known, quirky, cars (at least to me) and you tinker with them. Very cool!
LOVE the Sirion. Always remember the brochure containing model dressed up as though he was driving a car from the Victorian times (that, or dressed as a pilot of an old fashioned plane - can't remember which!) Decent pedestrian crash safety as well in Euro NCAP from recollection as well. Very interesting unique car.
I’m really enjoying this new chapter! I’m not familiar with the Sirion (don’t think we got them in the USA), and I like learning about new machinery. Daisy looks like a very well-preserved car. I like the styling! There’s a bit of E-type in the grille. ;-)
Looks pretty good. 'A' pillar corrosion like that needs more than just 'treatment'. The screen will need to come out at the very least to be able to grind out the rust.
Big thanks to Miss Daisy's previous owner for donating the car. A very generous and kind act and now she is a TH-cam star. Very glad to see she will spend winters inside. That is a really nice old car.
Really like this kind of analysis and checking on the car. Looks in pretty good condition underneath. I expect new wipers on the next episode with some fresh washer fluid.
The Sirion is a great find and well worth some care and attention! Off topic - Channel Psivewri (mostly old computers) has an interesting AU Falcon tinkering video!!
that cars bloody mint for its age! glad youre getting it undersealed ian to protect it :-) also if its sometimes lacking power, it could be the M.A.F. Sensor,just like chops garages micra!
Absolutely brilliant video Ian 👍unbelievable old car it's remarkable condition a testament to proper cars built back then its in better nick than my Peugeot 208 which is rusty as anything underneath brilliant car
Air con is the one thing which is lacking on Bella. Hopefully Miss Daisy will be repairable and will do faithful service along with her fellow HubNut fleet members.
I'd say you've done very well there mate ! Especially as it was a freebie ! I'm sure that what needs doing isn't going to cost a fortune. We'll worth keeping it I'd say.
I'd say you're onto a winner there, and doesnt a buzzy little 3cyl sound awesome anyways, I once had use of a focus 1.0 'ecoboom' as some folk like to call them but it was an absolutely stunning car and sounded epic
Aaahh Fond memories of Wales. Wet, Wet, with just a Tad more Wet..! Went on Holidays from Essex in August to Tuffley near Gloucester. Weather Stunning, same day left for Wales by End of Day near Cardiff it became Very Welsh and Stayed that way for 5 days, back to Relatives in Tuffley for Drying out and more Sun..! Good to see the New Fleet member seems Sound. Although a Few months of Wales will sort it out..!!🤑 Welsh Winter 7 or 8 months long..?? 😏 Wales is Beautiful when you can See it between Wet, Fog, and Low Cloud..! Moved to Sth. Australia for less Wet..! Cheers All. 😎
I used to own a manual Sirion type 1 with a 3 cilinder engine. Mine also suffered from a wonky idle, throttlebody cleansing time after time, swapping out complete throttlebody helped only for a month. In a manual at least, driving was really quite joyous. Revving to the max and the car didn't mind, never let me down until the breakpedalmount started to crack and nearly snapped off. I guess some sort of metal fatigue. Otherwise they are pretty sturdy cars. Cambelt can be a pain in the nose, looks easy but isn't. Hope you have fun with it, cheers!
Had three Daihatsu cars. First was my ex-wife's car, a Sirion, we drove from Perth to Sydney. Didn't miss a beat. Bought a second-hand Cuore for cash the week we arrived in Britain and later a new and superb Copen. They are good cars.
@@davidtoth8975 Same firm did the folding roof for the original MB SLK. They reckoned the Copen was a better job. Bit plasticky on the inside, but that's not unusual. With the Toyota-sourced 1300cc engine rather than the original 660cc turbo, it was fairly speedy too. What the MG Midget might have been.
That's sounds like a really nice engine, a good underside rust proof and I think you're laughing, nice colour as well, a good coat of polish will do Daisy justice I feel.
The rear road wheels chucking water, mud and goodness knows what else into sill cavities is what killed many a torsion-bar Renault. It nearly did for my 16 but my father's fabrication and welding skills saved it.
Looks like a great car, not a whole lot wrong with it! With the idle air control, the part you point to on top of the throttle is actually the MAP sensor. The IAC is visible at the 20:00 mark at the bottom of the throttle, with the grey connector. It's a common rotary style used on Toyotas and Subarus too. They often jam up with crud and sometimes need the plastic part unscrewing and the shaft inside given a turn back and forth whilst spraying some cleaner down the ports to free it all up. Looking forward to more Daihatsu content! 🙂
I would try replacing the throttle position sensor because those sending even slightly sketchy signals to the ECU can cause all sorts of issues. If that turns out not to be the issue, at least those sensors are cheap.
A few years ago I bought a low dollar plasma welder which worked surprisingly well for not being a mig, or compared with arc welding. Worthy investment. For not much over $100, I wouldn't have a thought of paying someone even $50 for a minimal bit of welding.
I had a Kia Sedona with dodgy torque converter. Symptoms - struggled up hills especially from standstill and had to be knocked into neutral when stopped.
Check the engine is suitable to run on E10 fuel due to the age of the vehicle and also a good dose of redex or similar. London traffic barely gets above 20mph.
Its not too bad on them little hills by the looks of it... Will still make a amazing little town car im sure it will keep going for a long time. Perhaps give it a trans fluid change that normally helps a bunch on old autos.
I remember having an infuriating loss of power when on hills in an old 1800 16v MkV Escort that no-one could ever figure out until one day we jacked the front end up at a silly angle and let it run for a while and in 5-10mins it completely bogged down, one of the silencers baffles had disintegrated and the debris was blocking off the exhaust when the car was on an upwards incline + exhaust pressure, totally bizarre and hard to pin-point problem as I could never hear it as I was always revving the nuts off the thing trying to get up steep welsh hills at the time...
It’s either TPS or idle control these may throw a code but not put the light on - gearbox - last video, the fluid is clean and cherry red, chalk the spill to ‘just because, Hubnut’
Seems to be a thing with automatic Daihatsus, they don't like kicking down and labour in a high gear for too long. I sometimes lock mine in 2nd when going up a hill so I get more out of the gear, rather than having to use the kickdown feature.
these cars were pretty popular here in South Australia, but most of them seem to have disappeared in recent years , it wouldn't be that they have rusted out ..... we dont get salt on our roads. nice little motor, although probably better as a manual.
Ohh HubNut Please please look after her...she is so dinky and pretty and i would love to follow her progress...please make her a proud little lady with lots of love and waxoil...i do think she is a followable keeper forever fleet family member
I also have an issue with the idle on my sirion 1.3 rally 2 where the idle drops almost cutting outs I'm stopping at junctions etc. I have cleaned the throttle body and idle control valve, but with no success, Its very frustrating. Good to see miss Daisy isn't in bad shape Ian
@@tz6414 no i haven’t it seems to idle at around 800 rpm when warmed up not being driven, it plays up when on the move in slow traffic when applying the clutch. Ps it has a new clutch and did the same thing before.
Daft as it is I once spent trying to diagnose a problem on a Toyota before finding a solidified chewit still in wrapper stuck behind the accelerator pedal.
I recon £500 of suspension arms, brake hose and power wash and underseal (and a hubnut sticker over the rear quater bump. It will be a good car for a couple of Welsh winters.
If the throttle body and stuff doesn't work, and it's still lacking power (sounds "flat" to me on the test drive), has a poor idle and has had a recent cam belt change, I would go back to basics and double-check the cam timing is correct.
I bought a 1.3 Ford Festiva once. Seller told me she'd been quoted $2500 to fix its numerous problems. I stole a spark plug lead off a retired Volvo, and drove it for 6 months. Gotta say though, it wouldn't hold 100km/hr up hills, and its fuel economy was appalling... 10km/l...But I really liked that little car.
I’m not sure if those cars would have an electro-mechanical idle control valve ?. Quite often a stepper motor arrangement controlled by the ECU. It would sit within a bypass air circuit. It’s a fancy way of controlling the idle speed vs engine load/temperature. I imagine they might be more common on automatics due to the drag of the torque converter when in stationary traffic and in drive. They gum up nicely and then won’t adjust themselves properly. The idle speed went up a bit though when the aircon was engaged and electrical load upped. So that could mean it’s working properly. But still worth checking ?
on my auto esspecially at night I tend to knock it into netrual at traffic lights, so I dont blind the people behind me with my brake lights, newer autos with the dreaded electric parking brake will usually auto release the handbrake as you accelerate away to.
According to the website, How Many Left, there aren't a lot of auto Sirions left. Not sure of the exact model Miss Daisy is, but the Sirion+Auto has 105 cars listed, other auto models are as low as 4. I realise How Many Left can be a little unreliable, but that's a pretty rare car nowadays!
I´m not sure but maybe flushing the gearbox and motor oil with some analysis of the oil consistence would help. Like said on some website "Is it worth flushing or servicing my Automatic Gearbox? The short answer is YES." I saw a lot of videos where they used the same procedure in service on high end AMG Mercedes BEFORE you disassemble anything that is related to engine and transmission: - Check spark plugs for conspicuousness - Check compression - Do endoscopic check of the cylinders (can be done with a Smartphone if you don´t want to invest too much) - Check oil filters for metal parts - Flush engine oil and transmission fluid After this, you can be sure you did anything possible that is not related to mechanical problems. If you find a service point that can do the flushing of your engine and transmission, you are at the right place 🙂 -
Ah Church Street - I came to New Quay in my Land Rover Discovery 2 earlier in the year and made a bit of a spectacle of myself trying to make the sharp right turn at the top of the hill to go back down towards the car park. I looked like such a tourist.
This is why I like HubNut, picking up a random mundane car with faults, driving it home for 6 hours, try and find out what is wrong and start tinkering with it.
Exactly. Just the mundane car bit has me sold
@@Taz6688 Giving up on it prematurely and selling it on unfinished is my bet 😂
Well done, Ian. Tim really knows his stuff. Lovely to see him at work on Miss Daisy. After cleaning and adjusting the throttle body, and especially if the battery was disconnected, you have to allow the computer time to get everything back into calibration. On older Fords here in North America, there was a 4 step, 20 minutes routine for getting things working properly after any service to battery or fuel injection. Each step is 5 minutes long. Start the car, air conditioning off and idle in Park, then the same in drive. You will hear things coming into spec. Repeat those same steps with the air conditioning turned on. Other cars don't seem to have that routine outlined, but it has made a big difference in any newly serviced car I have tried it on
But I wish he wouldn't keep saying """under-seal""", which is horrible stuff that encourages rust! As Ian said, wax it!!! (underbody wax).
You mechanic Tim is a bloody diamond. What an excellent co-host.
Thanks to the lovely lady and her dad for giving our HubNut Miss 🌼 Daisy. I'm sure we'll all be very happy together 😍😉
Ian, the car looks like a little diamond, basically solid and I reckon that colour would look great after a machine polish. Ready for some Hubnut adventures!!
Six year old me - I was that age when this car was new - wouldn't have given this car a second glance, but these days it's the sort of thing to put a grin on my face when I see one. Charming little thing it is.
I hired a three cylinder, 1 litre, 5 speed manual Diahatsu Charade over one weekend and I reckon it's the closest thing I've driven to a sports car. Three cylinder motors just sound great, and it was such a lively car in all other aspects. Add to that Japanese reliability and practicality, and you have an awesome little car.
A shame Daihatsu do not export to the UK anymore such interesting cars!
The new Copen is a stunning little car 😍
There just are not enough people who care. SUVs seem to be the best option for city and motorway 😂
I think they may have priced themselves out of the market - at least I think that's what happened in Barbados where I live. You were paying almost as much for a Terios as you were for something bigger like a Kia Sportage. They exited this market around 2007/8.
@@AsekiBekovy The Terios Daihatsu made was classed as a SUV but it was a sensible small sized city SUV like the Ford Eco Sport, but unlike the Ford Eco Sport and other pretend off road SUV's, it could actually face a ex Land Rover built off road course at Stoneleigh Park Warwickshire. Many years ago when Terios was new and I hadn't left school me and my mom went in one around that off road course at a countryside show they used to have and the little Terios was extremely good on the off road course and would go most places with ease. You still see many Terios's in the countryside area's of the UK now.
@@bentullett6068 a ford eco sport is just a raised up fiesta.
This car is a credit to its manufacturer Ian, you got lucky bigtime. What a great car.
Good video. Many thanks to Tim the Mechanic for letting us in to his workplace, and the confidence in his own opinions to be put out for all to see. He’s my type of go-to mechanic.
My wife and I had our Miss Daisy(2013 Jeep Compass). We dearly miss her. she had her engine head gasket blown. I traded her for Belle, a beautiful 2018 Jeep Compass. I told my wife about the name, she smiled( our Miss Daisy was her car!) Just found your channel this week. and the second video. just subscribed. Thanks!!
Like you said, Mr Hubnut, miss Daisy is well worth preserving and keeping in fine fettle. I'm very glad people like you appreciate and save these cars. Anyone else would be saying "oh, the repair is more than the car's worth" and that kind of silly prattle. It's a fallacy. Congrats, and I think we've found a member of the fleet that will be staying
Recently I had a rough idle on my car, possibly to the E10 fuel (and my car is meant to be rated to be ok to run on this fuel) I have had to use to keep costs down fuelling that I have never experienced before. I decided before I undertook a long journey recently to fill up with super unleaded and then add some injector cleaner into the fuel tank. It seems to have made the engine a lot more perky and I have found fuel economy has greatly increased. I know you don't hugely believe in magic potions but its worth a try on Miss Daisy and see if there is a improvement on throttle response.
Also regarding rust prevention, if you have a pressure washer with a snow foaming lance or similar I tend to spray the snow foam soap under the wheel arches and under the bottom half of the car and sills, said soap I use has a wax which provides added protection to underside components and bodywork.
Nice solid car for free cannot complain and nice to see Tim again and be nice to see Tim do the rust proofing, and potentially Lewis to sort that dent. Excellent Video as always.
Good to see a Cactus next to the pole on your id circle
What a great little car! I hope you will rustproof the underside soon. And gradually keep working on improving her 😀👌🏼
Wow, I didn't think that Miss Daisy was going to be in such Great condition for a 90's little car. I look forward to seeing the next episode of Hubnut with Miss Daisy.
Proper HubNut video, thanks very much. It does look like the car has to learn after the throttle body is removed and cleaned out. What a great car.
Cheers. It did feel better on a run out today.
In Japan, it was sold under the name Storia.
Toyota also had a Daihatsu OEM car called the Duet.
That's In such tidy condition. Rear arches are definitely a daihatsu weak point - but the repairs done to daisy seem solid.
Definitely get on top of the rot and get her undersealed.
That rear quarter could probably be significantly improved with a massage by a good dent guy and then selective touching in.
Michelin still make the old style wiper blades, Bosch used to. I found if you just type in Michelin Wiper Blade and then the size in inches, you'll get what you need but I'm sure you know all this.
Hardly anyone makes them anymore and they look so much nicer than the universal blade style with the giant knuckle!
Good stuff. It seems Miss Daisy is pretty solid underneath and any mechanical gremlins aren't holding her back too much. She looks like a lot of fun
I remember the ad campaign when Daihatsu first came out "We're the new guys on the block" 😆😆
Reminds me of Hyundai in the early days, with stamped sheetetal clutch throwout bearings. The pressure plate springs wear unevenly, and the fingers work the sheetemetal until it fails. Tell tale sign is removing the inspection cover and having ball bearings drop down on you.
He is a proper nice bloke, very cool to see a good look around it and point out something that need a bit of work. Great video!
I suffered a rectal prolapse on Tuesday. Despite being well into our 70s, my husband and I still enjoy an energetic sex life.
What a gem! Long live Miss Daisy.
Don't see many of these older sirions about anymore, been a while since i've seen one too. And i'd say, so long as it isn't too much trouble to get fixed up (this initial look was promising), do fix it up well & preserve it. If you do sell it on at some point, it'll be good to know it has been preserved well, so it can last for a while longer with whoever else gets in down the road. Also does sound good too, 3 cylinder engines usually do after all. So yes, here's to some more adventures with Miss Daisy here.
Miss Daisy will be an awesome car for the Mrs, once she is sorted out. By the looks of things she will not cost a lot to get in top condition and maintain her there.
That one is definitely worth putting a bit of work into - and a few pounds spent won’t be begrudged given the purchase price, I’m sure! It will be worth grasping the nettle and pulling the sill covers off and cleaning and painting as necessary underneath. My old CRV has a similar cover that holds crap. I cut the rear face/lip off both sides so stuff drops out, rather than staying in and it means you can put a hose or pressure washer through from front to flush through to the back periodically.
Nice addition to the fleet! 👍🏻
As someone who also own a model of ordinary car that quickly is becoming ever rarer (Renault Modus), I know the feeling of responibillity you must feel to save Miss Daisy for posterity. I see more Audi R8s in a day than I see Sirions (or other Renault Modus for that matter...) - I can't even remember the last time I saw a Sirion...
I had a W reg exactly the same spec & colour. I ran it from 2006 - 2013 as a daily motorway commuter & Dog carrier it never skipped a beat & it was nippy & cruised well. Alas I bumped the front end and at the time I couldn't afford to repair it - I've regretted it ever since & would buy it from you in a flash. Enjoy!
Dare I say, that without the front number plate, it has a 'jaguar-esque' look to it from head on with that thin bumper and oval grille. Decent acquisition for a knock around town car. Curious how well it would run without the ethanol fuel.
Great episode. Really interesting seeing Tim poke about and diagnose etc.
This is why I love hubNut you get a proper journey this one is going to be a good one
Nice to have a look around your new ride. Looks pretty good for a free car 👍
I had an old Rekord with an auto box. It would not kick down unless you floored the pedal. Normal, apparently, according to the dealer.
These have such a cute face! I remember having one of these on Gran Turismo 3, It was a sporty one with 4WD. This looks pretty bloody solid for a free motor, looks like you can just underseal the living crap out of it, give it a fresh service and then just drive it with no worries!
This summer I did some service in my Citroën C1 engine: I cleaned the throttle body, the MAF sensor and the PCV valve. This is really no big deal. The engine starts and idles better. To change air filter and spark plugs is always a good idea and doesn’t cost that much. I’m looking forward to what’s happening next… Bonne route!
Great video..
Can’t expect much of a little engine with an auto gearbox and running air conditioning.. l think you got a great car.. especially for nothing...
+1 Exactly!
Nice Daihatsu. We only got the 3rd gen Charade (G100) and the Rocky (F300) in the US market. The tiny 53 hp Charade was a hard sell in the US when gas was cheap, and the Rocky was up against the known Suzuki Sidekick and more American friendly Isuzu Amigo. Wish we had gotten more of them as they seemed fairly well built for affordable cars.
I will echo others sentiments. I'm usually a German car guy, but I find your content very interesting as you shows less known, quirky, cars (at least to me) and you tinker with them. Very cool!
LOVE the Sirion.
Always remember the brochure containing model dressed up as though he was driving a car from the Victorian times (that, or dressed as a pilot of an old fashioned plane - can't remember which!)
Decent pedestrian crash safety as well in Euro NCAP from recollection as well.
Very interesting unique car.
Wow that is a gem of a car and FOC
I’m really enjoying this new chapter! I’m not familiar with the Sirion (don’t think we got them in the USA), and I like learning about new machinery. Daisy looks like a very well-preserved car. I like the styling! There’s a bit of E-type in the grille. ;-)
Looks pretty good. 'A' pillar corrosion like that needs more than just 'treatment'. The screen will need to come out at the very least to be able to grind out the rust.
Big thanks to Miss Daisy's previous owner for donating the car. A very generous and kind act and now she is a TH-cam star. Very glad to see she will spend winters inside. That is a really nice old car.
Really like this kind of analysis and checking on the car. Looks in pretty good condition underneath. I expect new wipers on the next episode with some fresh washer fluid.
The Sirion is a great find and well worth some care and attention! Off topic - Channel Psivewri (mostly old computers) has an interesting AU Falcon tinkering video!!
Yup, seen that! Not bad for the cash.
that cars bloody mint for its age! glad youre getting it undersealed ian to protect it :-) also if its sometimes lacking power, it could be the M.A.F. Sensor,just like chops garages micra!
In the most affectionate way possible, your integrated merchandise advertising reminded me of Alan Partridge's talk when Bill Oddy failed to turn up
Absolutely brilliant video Ian 👍unbelievable old car it's remarkable condition a testament to proper cars built back then its in better nick than my Peugeot 208 which is rusty as anything underneath brilliant car
Is it really? I didn't think the 208 was that bad? :O
11:35 Had to change the filler pipe on my 1994 Toyota Celica too. The car ponged of petrol fumes.
Air con is the one thing which is lacking on Bella. Hopefully Miss Daisy will be repairable and will do faithful service along with her fellow HubNut fleet members.
I'd say you've done very well there mate ! Especially as it was a freebie ! I'm sure that what needs doing isn't going to cost a fortune. We'll worth keeping it I'd say.
I learned an immense amount from this in a range of things. Thank you.
I'd say you're onto a winner there, and doesnt a buzzy little 3cyl sound awesome anyways, I once had use of a focus 1.0 'ecoboom' as some folk like to call them but it was an absolutely stunning car and sounded epic
Aaahh Fond memories of Wales. Wet, Wet, with just a Tad more Wet..!
Went on Holidays from Essex in August to Tuffley near Gloucester. Weather Stunning, same day left for Wales by End of Day near Cardiff it became Very Welsh and Stayed that way for 5 days, back to Relatives in Tuffley for Drying out and more Sun..!
Good to see the New Fleet member seems Sound.
Although a Few months of Wales will sort it out..!!🤑
Welsh Winter 7 or 8 months long..?? 😏
Wales is Beautiful when you can See it between Wet, Fog, and Low Cloud..!
Moved to Sth. Australia for less Wet..!
Cheers All. 😎
I used to own a manual Sirion type 1 with a 3 cilinder engine. Mine also suffered from a wonky idle, throttlebody cleansing time after time, swapping out complete throttlebody helped only for a month.
In a manual at least, driving was really quite joyous. Revving to the max and the car didn't mind, never let me down until the breakpedalmount started to crack and nearly snapped off. I guess some sort of metal fatigue.
Otherwise they are pretty sturdy cars. Cambelt can be a pain in the nose, looks easy but isn't.
Hope you have fun with it, cheers!
Good videos,. Change the gearbox oil and gasket, tighten the accelerator linkages 🙂, also disconnect the battery 🔋 overnight and it will reset the ECU
I´m loving the ´New´Sirion Ian. I hope you get much pleasure and reliable motoring from her.
Had three Daihatsu cars. First was my ex-wife's car, a Sirion, we drove from Perth to Sydney. Didn't miss a beat. Bought a second-hand Cuore for cash the week we arrived in Britain and later a new and superb Copen. They are good cars.
Wow, a Copen! Either that, or a Mira TR-XX. Coworker used to be a Daihatsu tech, even been to Japan for training. He sings praises about them.
@@davidtoth8975 Same firm did the folding roof for the original MB SLK. They reckoned the Copen was a better job. Bit plasticky on the inside, but that's not unusual. With the Toyota-sourced 1300cc engine rather than the original 660cc turbo, it was fairly speedy too. What the MG Midget might have been.
That's sounds like a really nice engine, a good underside rust proof and I think you're laughing, nice colour as well, a good coat of polish will do Daisy justice I feel.
The rear road wheels chucking water, mud and goodness knows what else into sill cavities is what killed many a torsion-bar Renault. It nearly did for my 16 but my father's fabrication and welding skills saved it.
Really enjoyed this video, getting up and under the car. Some useful insights from Tim for viewers. 👍
Just go to nearest asda and get some RainX. Once you use it, you wont leave your house without it.
Looks like a great car, not a whole lot wrong with it! With the idle air control, the part you point to on top of the throttle is actually the MAP sensor. The IAC is visible at the 20:00 mark at the bottom of the throttle, with the grey connector. It's a common rotary style used on Toyotas and Subarus too. They often jam up with crud and sometimes need the plastic part unscrewing and the shaft inside given a turn back and forth whilst spraying some cleaner down the ports to free it all up. Looking forward to more Daihatsu content! 🙂
Ah. Thank you!
Nice little car, very tidy underneath for it's age.
Looks very much like Miss Daisy has come up roses!! Excellent.
I would try replacing the throttle position sensor because those sending even slightly sketchy signals to the ECU can cause all sorts of issues. If that turns out not to be the issue, at least those sensors are cheap.
A few years ago I bought a low dollar plasma welder which worked surprisingly well for not being a mig, or compared with arc welding. Worthy investment. For not much over $100, I wouldn't have a thought of paying someone even $50 for a minimal bit of welding.
It reminds me of the early Hubnut days. Looking forward to your adventures in this car!
Have to say, I thing you have got yourself a great little car, well done 👏
I had a Kia Sedona with dodgy torque converter. Symptoms - struggled up hills especially from standstill and had to be knocked into neutral when stopped.
Does Daisy have a Mass Airflow Sensor? If so, cleaning it, with the correct cleaner is an easy job, that can have excellent results.
Had that solve a really tricky problem on a PD TDi Passat a while back. The ‘hot wire’ type. The wire was covered in shit.
No MAF.
Check the engine is suitable to run on E10 fuel due to the age of the vehicle and also a good dose of redex or similar. London traffic barely gets above 20mph.
Its not too bad on them little hills by the looks of it... Will still make a amazing little town car im sure it will keep going for a long time. Perhaps give it a trans fluid change that normally helps a bunch on old autos.
Love seeing Cambrian classics
This is an ace video just love your stuff Ian.
I didn’t notice it on the previous video, but those chrome bumper inserts are quite attractive!
I remember having an infuriating loss of power when on hills in an old 1800 16v MkV Escort that no-one could ever figure out until one day we jacked the front end up at a silly angle and let it run for a while and in 5-10mins it completely bogged down, one of the silencers baffles had disintegrated and the debris was blocking off the exhaust when the car was on an upwards incline + exhaust pressure, totally bizarre and hard to pin-point problem as I could never hear it as I was always revving the nuts off the thing trying to get up steep welsh hills at the time...
It’s either TPS or idle control these may throw a code but not put the light on - gearbox - last video, the fluid is clean and cherry red, chalk the spill to ‘just because, Hubnut’
Seems to be a thing with automatic Daihatsus, they don't like kicking down and labour in a high gear for too long. I sometimes lock mine in 2nd when going up a hill so I get more out of the gear, rather than having to use the kickdown feature.
Seems to have very long gearing and big gaps in between the gears. You gained a lot of speed from one gear during the acceleration.
...most manuels will tell you to put it in neutrall when stopped (at traffic lights etc). Stationair it should run 800 epm aprox.
I good underseal refresh and Miss Daisy is a keeper. 👍
There's an almost identical one of these on Gumtree at the moment if you want a brace of them!
these cars were pretty popular here in South Australia, but most of them seem to have disappeared in recent years , it wouldn't be that they have rusted out ..... we dont get salt on our roads. nice little motor, although probably better as a manual.
Seems you got a good one there Ian. Sometimes even free cars can end up being an expensive liability, but not this one.
Very true! Have been bitten by 'free' cars before...
Ohh HubNut Please please look after her...she is so dinky and pretty and i would love to follow her progress...please make her a proud little lady with lots of love and waxoil...i do think she is a followable keeper forever fleet family member
The ecu may need sometime to adjust to the changes to the throttle body
I also have an issue with the idle on my sirion 1.3 rally 2 where the idle drops almost cutting outs I'm stopping at junctions etc. I have cleaned the throttle body and idle control valve, but with no success, Its very frustrating. Good to see miss Daisy isn't in bad shape Ian
Have you set the base idle speed with the adjustment screw?
@@tz6414 no i haven’t it seems to idle at around 800 rpm when warmed up not being driven, it plays up when on the move in slow traffic when applying the clutch. Ps it has a new clutch and did the same thing before.
Daft as it is I once spent trying to diagnose a problem on a Toyota before finding a solidified chewit still in wrapper stuck behind the accelerator pedal.
I recon £500 of suspension arms, brake hose and power wash and underseal (and a hubnut sticker over the rear quater bump. It will be a good car for a couple of Welsh winters.
If the throttle body and stuff doesn't work, and it's still lacking power (sounds "flat" to me on the test drive), has a poor idle and has had a recent cam belt change, I would go back to basics and double-check the cam timing is correct.
I bought a 1.3 Ford Festiva once. Seller told me she'd been quoted $2500 to fix its numerous problems. I stole a spark plug lead off a retired Volvo, and drove it for 6 months. Gotta say though, it wouldn't hold 100km/hr up hills, and its fuel economy was appalling... 10km/l...But I really liked that little car.
I’m not sure if those cars would have an electro-mechanical idle control valve ?. Quite often a stepper motor arrangement controlled by the ECU. It would sit within a bypass air circuit. It’s a fancy way of controlling the idle speed vs engine load/temperature. I imagine they might be more common on automatics due to the drag of the torque converter when in stationary traffic and in drive. They gum up nicely and then won’t adjust themselves properly. The idle speed went up a bit though when the aircon was engaged and electrical load upped. So that could mean it’s working properly. But still worth checking ?
You seem really happy with her Ian, one in one out !!
This reminds me of the mazda 323 you had. It had a throttle issue as well.
you can get ball joint garters in the motor factors with out buying the arm
on my auto esspecially at night I tend to knock it into netrual at traffic lights, so I dont blind the people behind me with my brake lights, newer autos with the dreaded electric parking brake will usually auto release the handbrake as you accelerate away to.
According to the website, How Many Left, there aren't a lot of auto Sirions left. Not sure of the exact model Miss Daisy is, but the Sirion+Auto has 105 cars listed, other auto models are as low as 4.
I realise How Many Left can be a little unreliable, but that's a pretty rare car nowadays!
I´m not sure but maybe flushing the gearbox and motor oil with some analysis of the oil consistence would help.
Like said on some website "Is it worth flushing or servicing my Automatic Gearbox? The short answer is YES."
I saw a lot of videos where they used the same procedure in service on high end AMG Mercedes BEFORE you disassemble anything that is related to engine and transmission:
- Check spark plugs for conspicuousness
- Check compression
- Do endoscopic check of the cylinders (can be done with a Smartphone if you don´t want to invest too much)
- Check oil filters for metal parts
- Flush engine oil and transmission fluid
After this, you can be sure you did anything possible that is not related to mechanical problems. If you find a service point that can do the flushing of your engine and transmission, you are at the right place 🙂
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Ah Church Street - I came to New Quay in my Land Rover Discovery 2 earlier in the year and made a bit of a spectacle of myself trying to make the sharp right turn at the top of the hill to go back down towards the car park. I looked like such a tourist.
Tight one that!
I fixed similar issues with an automatic by cleaning out the throttle body and replacing a position sensor.
Love your vids mate - have been following since you imported the mighty Fairmont!