What have you done to your car today?
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Soldato
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Was going to change the blades and polish the windscreen.. Then I got home at half 8pm and it was raining.. Again! Might get round to it tomorrow.
Broke down on the M25 currently, trailer brake fault, commercial repairer comes out and is currently diagnosing the trailer via its on board ECU and Bluetooth, clever stuff although he's not found the fault yet!
This little gizmo plugs into the trailers OBD port and his laptop interrogates it....
Edit: One replacement ABS lead (suzie) and all good and I'm on my way home.
This little gizmo plugs into the trailers OBD port and his laptop interrogates it....
Edit: One replacement ABS lead (suzie) and all good and I'm on my way home.
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your lucky Scania, how long where you sat there for?
Apolgies for the bad camera, but got geekman's MR2 down at the workshop right now.
As some may know, engine developed knocking whilst out on track a while back. It's been sitting dormant since but it's time to bring it back to life!
Gotta say I really like how this MR2 looks
Plan is to swap out the current engine with a new one and take apart the old one to see what caused the knock.
First order of business was to get her up in the air and take the undercovers off
Followed by dropping all the fluids in the car.
Coolant & Gear oil were perfect, engine oil had very minimal metal in it but smelt a bit like petrol, so potentially a fueling issue or really old oil.
Exhaust came off next (I know these photos are amazing)
Before stripping the top side of engine bay, checked the ECU for stored error codes. None to report and all warning lights were in working order.
Lastly did a compression check to see how bad things were. Obviously done on a stone cold engine that hadn't been started in ages so I expected that the reading would be a bit lower then usual.
Cyl 1: 110 psi
Cyl 2: 50 psi
Cyl 3: 100 psi
Cyl 4: 110 psi
Didn't have a leak down kit to investigate further, but given the knocking sound on startup and the huge drop in compression in Cyl 2, it's safe to say that there is a good chance something on the bottom end gave up. Initial guess is a spun bearing
Spark plugs show signs of being fouled as well, perhaps oil in the cylinder or running rich
With the basic diagnosis over, time to start getting the car ready for engine to be dropped out.
Most of the electronics have been loosened or disconnected, followed by intake pipes, hoses ,intercooler etc.
Only have a few more hoses and fuel lines to disconnect until the top of the engine is ready to be dropped.
Next up rear suspension and engine mounts coming out!
As some may know, engine developed knocking whilst out on track a while back. It's been sitting dormant since but it's time to bring it back to life!
Gotta say I really like how this MR2 looks
Plan is to swap out the current engine with a new one and take apart the old one to see what caused the knock.
First order of business was to get her up in the air and take the undercovers off
Followed by dropping all the fluids in the car.
Coolant & Gear oil were perfect, engine oil had very minimal metal in it but smelt a bit like petrol, so potentially a fueling issue or really old oil.
Exhaust came off next (I know these photos are amazing)
Before stripping the top side of engine bay, checked the ECU for stored error codes. None to report and all warning lights were in working order.
Lastly did a compression check to see how bad things were. Obviously done on a stone cold engine that hadn't been started in ages so I expected that the reading would be a bit lower then usual.
Cyl 1: 110 psi
Cyl 2: 50 psi
Cyl 3: 100 psi
Cyl 4: 110 psi
Didn't have a leak down kit to investigate further, but given the knocking sound on startup and the huge drop in compression in Cyl 2, it's safe to say that there is a good chance something on the bottom end gave up. Initial guess is a spun bearing
Spark plugs show signs of being fouled as well, perhaps oil in the cylinder or running rich
With the basic diagnosis over, time to start getting the car ready for engine to be dropped out.
Most of the electronics have been loosened or disconnected, followed by intake pipes, hoses ,intercooler etc.
Only have a few more hoses and fuel lines to disconnect until the top of the engine is ready to be dropped.
Next up rear suspension and engine mounts coming out!
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Most likely a cracked ringland. 3SGTE's are notorious for this.
Stopped (from my tachograph record) for 1hr 25min which I thought pretty good given I had to call our fleet department who in turn called TIP trailers who in turn called out a sub contractor, not bad for callout, diagnosis and fix, then again, in this industry time is money....
ABS systems, stability control systems and load sensing air suspension - it has more than one ECU!
Pull an older trailer without such gizmos and the difference in how it handles is very stark.
Mine threw an epc light and multiple codes for throttle position sensors / control last night and started hunting/ stalling at idle if left to its own decices.
Has happened before and all Skoda assist done was reset the bloody thing so I done the same and after a little bit of encouragement everything returned to normal.
I know the issue is with either the throttle body itself or the wiring leading up to it, but I also know Skoda won't do anything with it as it'll now show no pending faults or cleared codes and a throttle body calibration comes back fine so I'm in two minds whether to just get the unit out and clean it or leave it to happen again and have them recover it for warranty repair.
I really don't like modern vag products, aside from being absolutely soulless (and ignoring the whole new engine thing) this has also had constant niggles from day one
Has happened before and all Skoda assist done was reset the bloody thing so I done the same and after a little bit of encouragement everything returned to normal.
I know the issue is with either the throttle body itself or the wiring leading up to it, but I also know Skoda won't do anything with it as it'll now show no pending faults or cleared codes and a throttle body calibration comes back fine so I'm in two minds whether to just get the unit out and clean it or leave it to happen again and have them recover it for warranty repair.
I really don't like modern vag products, aside from being absolutely soulless (and ignoring the whole new engine thing) this has also had constant niggles from day one
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Drove to work having forgotten to fill up with diesel.
65 miles of 90% motorway, very little traffic, 60 - 65MPH, gentle inputs, no cruise, no AC, 35PSI in the tyres and <5 litres of fuel weight.
Averaged an indicated 73.8MPG, which should be around 72MPG actual.
I figure nobody cares but I thought it was pretty impressive really. (Meaning the car not my driving)
65 miles of 90% motorway, very little traffic, 60 - 65MPH, gentle inputs, no cruise, no AC, 35PSI in the tyres and <5 litres of fuel weight.
Averaged an indicated 73.8MPG, which should be around 72MPG actual.
I figure nobody cares but I thought it was pretty impressive really. (Meaning the car not my driving)
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Drove to work having forgotten to fill up with diesel.
65 miles of 90% motorway, very little traffic, 60 - 65MPH, gentle inputs, no cruise, no AC, 35PSI in the tyres and <5 litres of fuel weight.
Averaged an indicated 73.8MPG, which should be around 72MPG actual.
I figure nobody cares but I thought it was pretty impressive really. (Meaning the car not my driving)
Nothing worse than worrying about fuel, I did this last weekend even though I had 5 gallons of fuel in the trailer with the dirt bike... really didn't want it to run out at the worst possible time.
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Use VCDS to plot requested & actual boost it will give you an idea of what power it is putting out. Stock is 1.2bar, turbo is maxed out at 1.7 bar which is about 350-360bhp (with supporting mods). Around 1.5 bar is a stage one map with 300bhp ish.
Went to the garage today to see her and looking good. Maybe a week and it should be done, cant wait. Lots of little things getting done,
Interior is pretty good. Little bits to do but its all there. Short shifter installed, seems good. Back seats are perfect although I expect many will be the same with few passengers
Interior is pretty good. Little bits to do but its all there. Short shifter installed, seems good. Back seats are perfect although I expect many will be the same with few passengers
You can get a pretty accurate HP figure from VCDS. Log the torque value (in NM) - convert NM to ft/lbs and then either -
a) use a website calculator like this one - http://www.metaris.com/hp-relations.php to calc the HP throughout the rev range (do it for every 100rpm).
b) use this excel spreadsheet to do the maths for you - http://www.ross-tech.net/vag-com/examples/Block_120_Tutorial.xls
Mine was about 1% out so extremely good accuracy!
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Broke it's clutch (well it decided to break)
There's no travel in my gearstick and it seems locked in first gear. (I assume that's the clutch??)
How much am I likely to get shafted for? RAC is on its way.
(suzuki sx4 2010 diesel 1.6motor )
There's no travel in my gearstick and it seems locked in first gear. (I assume that's the clutch??)
How much am I likely to get shafted for? RAC is on its way.
(suzuki sx4 2010 diesel 1.6motor )
My Golf broke down a few weeks ago and took 2 weeks to fix as the part was on back order.
I picked it up a few days ago and ever since then there have been little puddles of what look like water underneath. Is this just condensation from the air con or should I be worried? It had a massive puddle the other day but put that down to water draining through from the rain and not drying up as the car was over it.
I picked it up a few days ago and ever since then there have been little puddles of what look like water underneath. Is this just condensation from the air con or should I be worried? It had a massive puddle the other day but put that down to water draining through from the rain and not drying up as the car was over it.