What have you done to your car today?

Gilbert89 said:
EFB on my Golf was poor, when it finally gave up I changed it an AGM.

I noticed it started better, even stop start when I forgot to turn it off would engage and have no issues remaining off for a substantial period compared to the EFB where it was always unavailable or engaged and turned back on within 10 seconds.

After reading “Mirrors Fold/Close Quicker” I now picture your car behaving like this with its new battery :D

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Haha, the noise the motors make for folding in/out the mirrors, seems accurate :cry:
 
Armageus said:
Checked the Coolant level on the Kuga - back to the Minimum again (was topped up from just below Minimum 6 weeks ago).

Booked in for an investigation next Tuesday :(

Still covered with a warranty from the dealer for another year.
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Hopefully just a small plit in a hose or something.

I assume there's no massive plumes of white from the exhaust regardless of weather?
 
Yaayuh! said:
Hopefully just a small plit in a hose or something.

I assume there's no massive plumes of white from the exhaust regardless of weather?
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No nothing from the exhaust, oil cap is fine, and generally runs as it always did.

Very aware that there have been no end of issues with the various Ecoboosts, but thought that the 1.5 4 cylinder was relatively ok.
 
Jonnycoupe said:
Reality is they are just turning the boost up.
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Nope, they're raising the limiters/targets too, newer ECU's are quite good at adapting on the go, this is why there's 10x the amount of tuners now vs 90's/early 00's. When you ask them, if they can tune a nistune or EMU/Link they don't know what you're on about. :p There's a few forums about tuning/remapping that have some good material on them, its quite interesting to know how the ECU functions. :)
 
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Correct - ha. When someone cites on a forum to look at another forum they kind of lose credibility. :cry:
Nope, they're raising the limiters/targets too,
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I mean what does this even mean, the limits or targets of what... guess what - MAP Manifold Absolute Pressure, where positive above ambient we call it 'boost'.

You must enjoy Acme as you are back. :D
 
Jonnycoupe said:
Correct - ha. When someone cites on a forum to look at another forum they kind of lose credibility. :cry:

I mean what does this even mean, the limits or targets of what... guess what - MAP Manifold Absolute Pressure, where positive above ambient we call it 'boost'.

You must enjoy Acme as you are back. :D
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Couldn't keep away, I have ****boxes to showcase. :p
 
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Feels like it's easier in here, but what's the best way to fill holes in body panels if you can't get to the other side?

The previous owner has drilled a few holes in the rear panels of the Jeep and then stuck little plastic stickers over to cover them up. I'm also in the process of removing the rear wheel which will leave small ~8mm holes in the tailgate.
 
Changed the rear shoes on the old Focus MK1. I assume they were original about 150K miles old. As I took the drum off one side, the remainder of the old shoes fell out in several pieces onto the floor. Bit of a faff of a job getting all the springs and clips perfectly in position. Rear hub nut also needs doing up to 235nm. That's the tightest I've ever set my torque wrench to I think.
 
Martynt74 said:
Feels like it's easier in here, but what's the best way to fill holes in body panels if you can't get to the other side?

The previous owner has drilled a few holes in the rear panels of the Jeep and then stuck little plastic stickers over to cover them up. I'm also in the process of removing the rear wheel which will leave small ~8mm holes in the tailgate.
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I've bought some aluminium mesh for body repairs, melted it in the plastic, fibreglass over it, filler and than applied filler primer, sand and paint.

Edit: If its that small, get a soldering gun, zip tie and melt the zip tie in, sand it, touch of filler and paint it.
 
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