if I have to explain it .. but if you subsequently presented warranty claim in the vicinity of what you had **** around with guess what they'd say.
What have you done to your car today?
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You only quoted half of my very short comment. Nothing in the Reddit post talks about things that have been interfered with. Just damaged Vs component failure.
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Black is clearly 3 microns thicker and hence totally compromises the cooling aperture…
The size of that cone, with a heatshield and the standard air duct still in place I'd be shocked if it has lost you power. It is more likely you've gained one or two ponies.
The losing power thing is more when people rip out all the carefully engineered ducting and pipework and stick a cheap eBay cone filter directly above the exhaust manifold, like MK1/2 MX5 people do. (and like I have done before as well)
Now that will definitely lose you some! But you do get a 30% dort increase so its worth it.
The losing power thing is more when people rip out all the carefully engineered ducting and pipework and stick a cheap eBay cone filter directly above the exhaust manifold, like MK1/2 MX5 people do. (and like I have done before as well)
Now that will definitely lose you some! But you do get a 30% dort increase so its worth it.
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Wife managed to pick up a chip in her windscreen this morning, too big to repair according to the local National Windscreen place and I'm pretty sure she won't have looked for windscreen cover when sorting her insurance so possibly a nice big bill coming. 
Wife managed to pick up a chip in her windscreen this morning, too big to repair according to the local National Windscreen place and I'm pretty sure she won't have looked for windscreen cover when sorting her insurance so possibly a nice big bill coming.
'windscreen cover?! how will I see out the car!?'
Not in this case, she'd gone for the billy basics Hastings offering. Halfords have said they'll have a crack...at repairing it. After measuring it when she got home it is just under the limit for repair so hopefully the National guy was just being over cautious.
If not you'll find an indie windscreen feller to do it. I had a big rock chip and a 6 inch crack in the windscreen of the Alto works. Local guy still sorted it for me, just couldn't guarantee it.
He redirected the crack towards the edge of the screen so if it did spread it wouldn't go far, drilled the ends, and filled it all in with resin.
Fitted a new NSR brake caliper to the 335d. It has infrequently been binding for the last couple of weeks, but developed to being an unwanted feature of every journey by Thursday. Fortunately, I'm off work this week, so it was reasonable timing for a change.
I then procrastinated (I was supposed to do an oil change today) by removing the rear wheel arch lining on both sides to check for rust where the arch meets the sill, as I have seen a couple of reports of rust holes developing in that area. Luckily, the nearside looked fine, but it needed two handfuls of damp dirt clearing out before it got a coating of Bilt Hamber anti-corrosion wax. The offside showed the very early stages of a patch of surface rust, so that got sorted after another two handfuls of damp dirt was removed.
Oil change tomorrow, then as long as no more dust-rain is predicted I'll clean both of the cars.
Next week I'm doing a rare thing for me, which is paying for work to be done on my car. I'm having a new crankshaft pulley and two new belts fitted to the 335d, as I don't have the proper tools for the job, and I'm past the mileage where the internet says a lot of the pulleys fail. Probably not necessary, but it'll be another nagging thought out of my head.
I then procrastinated (I was supposed to do an oil change today) by removing the rear wheel arch lining on both sides to check for rust where the arch meets the sill, as I have seen a couple of reports of rust holes developing in that area. Luckily, the nearside looked fine, but it needed two handfuls of damp dirt clearing out before it got a coating of Bilt Hamber anti-corrosion wax. The offside showed the very early stages of a patch of surface rust, so that got sorted after another two handfuls of damp dirt was removed.
Oil change tomorrow, then as long as no more dust-rain is predicted I'll clean both of the cars.
Next week I'm doing a rare thing for me, which is paying for work to be done on my car. I'm having a new crankshaft pulley and two new belts fitted to the 335d, as I don't have the proper tools for the job, and I'm past the mileage where the internet says a lot of the pulleys fail. Probably not necessary, but it'll be another nagging thought out of my head.
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Got the steering pump replaced on the Mondeo today. Wallet cried but at least there is no weird sound coming off it and the notchiness has disappeared.