What have you done to your car today?

Rroff said:
Sadly it has been in decline across the scale over this year, even the better main dealers aren't what they used to be, along with a price increase for the pleasure.
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Admittedly I'm in a fortunate position because the company I manage the customer support for is low volume and therefore we can afford to formulate good relations with our customers but seriously, within the first 30 seconds they had ruined the customer experience and it was clear that wasn't even a consideration for them.

Shame my company car budget wouldn't stretch to a Toyota or better yet a Lexus :p They still seem to be able to get it right on the whole.
 
Changed the headlight bulb in my sons car, a bit of a ballache involving a torch and dentists mirror just to see wtf I was doing. Fingers like ET would have helped too.
Still, lucky it was just an H4 bulb.
 
lordrobs said:
Got a weird scowled reception from some guy who looks like he isn't allowed within 500 yards of a school.

(...) issues I'd raised with the booking agent questioned because "they made no sense".

epic 'something isn't screwed on right' rattle

4 threaded mounting points with nothing in them

crumbs and **** all over the interior

Truly miserable (...) half finished (...) worst material selection I think they could have managed
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If I didn't know what car you had already, I think I'd still be able to guess that this was Vauxhall. :p
 
Not my car but my wife's X3. It's been showing a drivetrain warning error on iDrive but with no other warning lights. Message says that you can continue your journey but to have the problem checked at service. Car has been driving fine but naturally I was expecting the worst. Hooked up the laptop and read the fault codes...



Errors 1, 2 and 8 can be ignored because they're all relating to the iDrive controller. The car has a different controller in to what it came with from factory so that's nothing to care about

Errors 6 and 7 are because it has a retrofitted non-genuine reverse camera installed so they're to be expected. That leaves the error about the AUC sensor which is just for the auto air recirculation, which then leaves the two about the DPF. Car has about 140k miles on it as the mileage listed there is actually in km. Weird thing is that all the soot levels were fine and the DPF appears to be working absolutely fine.

Did a little bit of reading and found some posts that say that BMW treat the DPF as having a 250k km lifespan which would possibly explain why it triggered at 225k km. Clearing the codes didn't work as it would just come back instantly, so I tried registering a DPF replacement in ISTA. Error has gone, car is driving fine, DPF stats still seem to be happy. Also coded the iDrive controller and that cleared up those errors.

Just have the AUC sensor to deal with now, but if it is the sensor I'm not sure it's worth spending £40 for a new one to fix functionality that I don't really care about anyway.
 
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Yesterday picked up a screw in the tyre of the Mrs car while I was doing the school run, unlike my car this could not be repaired as it was too close to the sidewall and the tyres are badly cracked (I find this amusing on a 3 year old premium tyre but was somehting I was aware of)
So I now have 2 goodyears on front, 1 rear continental and one 1 nexen, as thats all they had in and I needed to get back to work.

So... paid £110 for a nexen to throw in the bin next week and buy 2x decent rear tyres. Expensive screw.
 
LowEndTorque said:
Rear wiper on mine wouldn't stop. Based on my experience with the mk4 Mondeo (front wipers not stopping) I checked the fuse box location and the online fuse diagram.

While investigating this evening, I wanted to stop the rear Wiper at its original position. While fiddling with the fuses, I got distracted by my 3 year old son's continuous questions lol. Dropped the fuse in the engine bay somewhere and it went into oblivion. :D

Thankfully, it at least stopped the rear wiper from swiping which was irritating me. Have ordered a set of fuses and will install the replacement soon. Hopefully it should resolve the issue.
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It was a user issue apparently. As it happens my 3 year old was sat in the drivers seat after we came back home. Obviously the car was switched off.

He pressed the rear wiper speed button to full speed. I didn't know the button existed until my troubleshooting lol.

Anyway, the problem is solved now and I also saw the older fuse that I dropped in the engine bay. I can't get it out and perhaps it will reside there forever. I have put a new fuse in now.

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Scanned the Countyman for codes after my wife got a power steering warning appear on the dash.

Power steering under voltage historic fault logged. I'm assuming might just be the first signs of a failing battery, as it's likely the original from 2017, and is only showing 74% state of charge even after an hour's drive.

Will order a new battery at the weekend, as need to take half the engine bay apart to even check what size is currently on it.

Also don't tell @DJMK4 but when I scanned for codes I had 80 info error codes! (Many of which I still can't clear)
 
Armageus said:
Scanned the Countyman for codes after my wife got a power steering warning appear on the dash.

Power steering under voltage historic fault logged. I'm assuming might just be the first signs of a failing battery, as it's likely the original from 2017, and is only showing 74% state of charge even after an hour's drive.

Will order a new battery at the weekend, as need to take half the engine bay apart to even check what size is currently on it.

Also don't tell @DJMK4 but when I scanned for codes I had 80 info error codes! (Many of which I still can't clear)
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You know that he's ran out and scanned his now because of this :cry:

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Took my 2020 E-PACE for an MOT & service at a Jag dealer, they have put down advisories for all tyres...

Nearside Front Tyre slightly damaged/cracking or perishing (5.2.3 (d) (ii))
Nearside Rear Tyre slightly damaged/cracking or perishing (5.2.3 (d) (ii))
Offside Front Tyre slightly damaged/cracking or perishing (5.2.3 (d) (ii))
Offside Rear Tyre slightly damaged/cracking or perishing (5.2.3 (d) (ii))
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When I look at the tyres they look fine to me, Yes they are nearly 5 years old but they have only done 16,800 miles. I can't see any cracking or perishing!

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LeeUK said:
When I look at the tyres they look fine to me, Yes they are nearly 5 years old but they have only done 16,800 miles. I can't see any cracking or perishing!
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What about the gaps inbetween the tread pattern? That can crack badly too, so can warrant those advisories if so.
 
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Not really a 'today', more something I've been working on for a little while.

Turbo manifold on the race car was starting to be a PITA and needed cracks welding up on a regular basis. Inspired by a Youtube video on getting manifolds 3D printed in stainless I decided to have a go...

The result of far too much time spent in CAD:
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Printed out a couple prototypes in PLA to check fitment etc, then committed to getting it printed properly via JLC3DP. Once it arrived I discovered that they'd done a proper half-arsed job of removing the support material from inside the Cyl 1 and 4 runners so had to spend a few hours jamming various tools down there to get it all out. After that sidequest I got a bit impatient to get it on the car so didn't get as many pictures as I planned. Here's one of the old battle scarred 'log' manifold I made a few years back along with the PLA prototype in the background and the stainless one.

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It's all in the car now and ready for testing at the next sprint in a couple of weeks time. Hopefully it doesn't fail immediately :D

Already started work on designing the next iteration to support a possible turbo upgrade (Fundamentally the same, although it has a V-band on the outlet instead of the T25 flange (Looking at going to a G25-550, or most likely the PSR equivalent). Might also need to move the turbo off-center slightly to help with packaging.
 
Harder to see but possible something on the inside edges, as above a lot of tyres seem to like to get crazy cracking between the tread blocks these days, especially Bridgestone, I've not seen it as much on Goodyear personally. It generally isn't something to worry about unless it gets really bad.
 
kaiowas said:
Not really a 'today', more something I've been working on for a little while.

Turbo manifold on the race car was starting to be a PITA and needed cracks welding up on a regular basis. Inspired by a Youtube video on getting manifolds 3D printed in stainless I decided to have a go...

The result of far too much time spent in CAD:



Printed out a couple prototypes in PLA to check fitment etc, then committed to getting it printed properly via JLC3DP. Once it arrived I discovered that they'd done a proper half-arsed job of removing the support material from inside the Cyl 1 and 4 runners so had to spend a few hours jamming various tools down there to get it all out. After that sidequest I got a bit impatient to get it on the car so didn't get as many pictures as I planned. Here's one of the old battle scarred 'log' manifold I made a few years back along with the PLA prototype in the background and the stainless one.


It's all in the car now and ready for testing at the next sprint in a couple of weeks time. Hopefully it doesn't fail immediately :D

Already started work on designing the next iteration to support a possible turbo upgrade (Fundamentally the same, although it has a V-band on the outlet instead of the T25 flange (Looking at going to a G25-550, or most likely the PSR equivalent). Might also need to move the turbo off-center slightly to help with packaging.
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It's amazing how relatively cheap and simple stuff like this has gotten in the last 5-10 years. It's looks just as good a quality as any aftermarket cast manifold I've seen from the pictures without the cost of having to commit to 10s of thousands in casting.

If you don't mind me asking, what was the cost to have it printed at JLC?
 
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