What have you done to your car today?

big syringe is obligatory for the gearbox&diff though .... in the next life I'll get a transparent one.
I assume that with the pump extraction from the sump bottle/pipes tolerate a hot extraction.

what was the californian scent then - marijuana ?
 
adam cool dude said:
You can get 12v pumps also that come with long bits of tube so you don't even have to use your hands. They are great for doing diffs, gearboxes and power steering reservoirs.

I bought one from Lidl for £9.99 about 5 years ago but most likely 50 quid with the inflation over the past two years.
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Middle of Lidl has one at the moment I keep being tempted by... I'll report on price tomorrow. I think sub-£20.
 
EML light was on.
From plugging in the Code Reader, it gave me this code - "P0121 throttle position sensor (TPS) circuit “A” is above or below the normal range."
Being a 2.0 VAG Diesel engine i just assume that the throttle body is just clogged with carbon so cant either open fully or close fully.
Anyway, whipped it off and low and behold shes a dirty girl.

Before:


After:
 
Replaced the throttle cable as the old one had worn a kink in the sleeve.

In doing so had to take the hard top off and reinstate the soft top. Im actually hopeful this will be more watertight. Surprised I got the entire job done in an hour, I only popped out to scope the job out.

Now I can take it for its MOT having sat on the drive since December! Fingers crossed it passes as insurance and tax due in June...


 
Well looks like I need a at least one new new drive shaft as mine are too corroded and the new reluctor ring on the left won't go on at all, the right one is siezed on and a special tool is being sent from their sister garage later on to see what's that is like.

Ahh the joys of owning an old M car....

Car is out of action for 2 more days at the min depending on when the new drive shaft(s) get delivered to the garage quick or not. Best option just replace both anyway as they'll come with the rings attached already and it's only time before the opposite side rusts itself away and damages the new ring anyway.
 
I've had a performance economy blend remap on the 1.6 tdi but also mapped out a previous problem, the problem was so big the car wouldn't come out of limp, no not that . i still have a working dpf but also 20 percent more fuel economy ,it took a place in Devon to travel down to me as no one around here gave me that technical reassurance
66mpg (today) with substantial bhp and torque gains
 
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